Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
mother of Queen Victoria (1786–1861)
English: Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Mary Louise Victoria; 17 August 1786 – 16 March 1861), later HRH The Duchess of Kent, was the mother of Queen Victoria
Gallery edit
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Princess Victoria 1857, by Franz Winterhalter
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1861
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with little Victoria
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Her mother, Princess Augusta Caroline Reuss of Ebersdorf, said to be one of the most beautiful women of her time
First marriage edit
On 21 December 1803 at Coburg, she married (as his second wife) Charles, Prince of Leiningen (1763–1814), whose first wife, Henrietta Reuss of Ebersdorf, was her aunt.
Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich, Prince of Leiningen | 12 September 1804 | Template:Death date and age | married, on 13 February 1829, to Countess Maria Klebelsberg (27 March 1806 – 28 October 1880); had issue |
Princess Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine | 7 December 1807 | Template:Death date and age | married, 1828, to Ernst, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1794–1860); had issue |
Second marriage edit
On 29 May 1818 at Coburg (and again on 11 July 1818 at Kew Palace) she married Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (1767–1820).
Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom | 24 May 1819 | Template:Death date and age | married, 1840, to Albert, Prince Consort; had issue. |