Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Viktoria Franziska Antonia Juliane Louise, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Daughter of Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1785-1851) by his wife Antonie, Prinzessin Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya (1797-1862)

Born: Vienna 14. Feb 1822

Married: St. Cloud 26. Apr 1840 Prince Louis d’Orléans, Duc de Nemours (1814-1896), son of Louis Philippe, King of the French (1773-1850) by his wife Maria Amelia, Princess of the Two Sicilies (1782-1866).

Her brother August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha married Louis’ sister Clementine d’Orléans in 1843.

Issue:

• Prince Gaston d’Orléans, Comte d’Eu (1842-1922) m. 1864 Isabel, Princess of Brazil (1846-1921)

• Prince Ferdinand d’Orléans, Duc d’Aleçon (1844-1910) m. 1868 Sophie, Duchess in Bavaria (1847-1897)

• Princess Marguerite d’Orléans (1846-1893) m. Wladislaw Prince Czartoryski (1828-1894)

• Princess Blanche d’Orléans (1857-1932)

Died: Claremont House, Surrey 10. Nov 1857

Buried: Chapelle Royale St. Louis, Dreux

Detlev Schwennicke “Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folge” Vol I.1; Vittorio Klostermann, 2005; Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000;