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]

1. Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt (1855–1886), married Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Kassel in 1884.
2. Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt (1856–1918), married Princess Marie of Baden in 1889.
3. Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt (1857–1933), married Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg in Strelitz in 1877.
4. Eduard, Duke of Anhalt (1861–1918), married Princess Luise of Saxe-Altenburg.
5. Prince Aribert of Anhalt (1866–1933), married Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein.
6. 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

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