Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg

Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg

Duchess consort of Anhalt

Born

17 April 1838
Bamberg

Died

13 October 1908 (aged 70)
Berchtesgaden

Spouse

Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt

Issue

Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt
Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt
Elisabeth, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Eduard, Duke of Anhalt
Prince Aribert of Anhalt
Alexandra, Princess of Schwarzburg

Full name
Antoinette Charlotte Marie Josephine Karoline Frida

House

House of Wettin

Father

Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg

Mother

Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg (17 April 1838 – 13 October 1908) was a princess of Saxe-Altenburg by birth and Duchess of Anhalt by marriage.

Biography

Antoinette was the second child of Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg (1804-1852) from his first marriage with Amalie (1815-1841), daughter of Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

She married on 22 April 1854 in Altenburg the future Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt (1831-1904).^[1] The marriage was for dynastic reasons and Antoinette married one of the richest German princes. On the occasion of the marriage was coined a commemorative medal.

Issue

Antoinette and Friedrich had six children:^[2]

Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt (1855–1886), married Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Kassel in 1884.
Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt (1856–1918), married Princess Marie of Baden in 1889.
Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt (1857–1933), married Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg in Strelitz in 1877.
Eduard, Duke of Anhalt (1861–1918), married Princess Luise of Saxe-Altenburg.
Prince Aribert of Anhalt (1866–1933), married Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein.
Princess Alexandra of Anhalt (1868–1958), married Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg

16. Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

8. Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

17. Countess Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau

4. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

18. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

9. Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar

19. Margravine Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

2. Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg

20. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow

10. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg

21. Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

5. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

22. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt

11. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

23. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg

1. Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg

24. Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

12. Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

25. Countess Johanna of Hohenzollern-'s-Heerenberg

6. Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

26. Philip Joseph, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg

13. Princess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg

27. Princess Maria Theresa of Hornes

3. Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

28. Pierre Murat

14. Pierre Murat

29. Jeanne Loubières

7. Marie Antoinette Murat

30. Aymeric d'Astorg

15. Louise d'Astorg

31. Marie Alanyou

References

↑ "Duke of Anhalt Is Dead", The New York Times, Dessau, 25 January 1904
↑ Theroff, Paul. "Anhalt". Retrieved 2008-12-19.

Regnal titles
Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg House of Saxe-Altenburg Born: 28 June 1845 Died: 5 July 1930
Preceded by Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia	Duchess consort of Anhalt 22 May 1871 – 23 January 1904	Succeeded by Princess Marie of Baden

Princesses of Saxe-Altenburg by birth

The generations indicate descent from Duke Frederick I, the first junior line Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

1st Generation	Charlotte, Princess Paul of Württemberg* Therese, Queen of Bavaria* Louise, Duchess of Nassau*

2nd Generation	Marie, Queen of Hanover Princess Henriette Elisabeth, Grand Duchess of Oldenburg Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia Therese, Duchess of Dalarna Antoinette, Duchess of Anhalt Marie Gasparine, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

3rd Generation	Marie, Princess Albert of Prussia Marie Anne, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna of Russia Princess Margarethe Luise Charlotte, Duchess of Anhalt Olga, Countess of Pückler-Burghauss and Freifrau von Groditz Marie, Princess Heinrich XXXV Reuss of Köstritz

4th Generation	Charlotte, Princess Sigismund of Prussia Princess Elisabeth Karola

*Born a princess of Saxe-Hildburghausen

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