Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Marie Luise Victoria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Daughter of Franz, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750-1806) and Augusta, Gräfin Reuss zu Ebersdorf (1757-1831)

Born: Coburg 17. Aug 1786

Married:

1. Coburg 21. Dec 1803 Emich Carl, 2. Fürst zu Leiningen (1763-1814), son of Carl, 1. Fürst zu Leiningen (1724-1807) and Christiane Wilhelmine, Gräfin zu Solms-Rödelheim (1736-1803). He was the widower of her aunt Henriette Gräfin Reuss zu Ebersdorf (1767-1801).

2. Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg 29. May 1818 Prince Edward oft the United Kingdom, Duke of Kent and Strathern (1767-1820), son of George III. King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820) and his wife Sophie Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818)

Issue of first marriage:

• Karl, 3. Fürst zu Leiningen (1804-1856) m.1829 Maria, Gräfin von Klebelsberg (1806-1880)

• Feodora, Prinzessin zu Leiningen (1807-1872) m.1828 Ernst I. Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1794-1860)

Issue of second marriage:

• Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) m. 1840 Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861), her first cousin

Died: Frogmore House, Windsor 16. Mar 1861

Buried: Duchess of Kent’s Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor Home Park

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann