Auguste Reuß zu Ebersdorf

Auguste Caroline Sophie, Gräfin Reuß zu Ebersdorf

Daughter of Heinrich XXIV. Graf Reuß zu Ebersdorf (1724-1779) and his wife Karoline Ernestine, Gräfin zu Erbach-Schönberg (1727-1796).

Born: Ebersdorf 19. Jan 1757

Married: Ebersdorf 13. Jun 1777 Franz, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1750-1806), son of Ernst Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1724-1800) and his wife Sophie Antoinette, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1724-1802).

Issue:

• Sophie, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1778-1835) m.1804 Emmanuel Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1777-1852)

• Antoinette, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1779-1824) m.1798 Alexander, Duke of Würrtemberg (1771-1833)

• Juliane (Anna Feodorovna), Princes of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1781-1860) m. 1796 (div.1820) Konstantin Pavlovich, Grand Duke of Russia (1779-1831)

• Ernst I. Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784-1844) m.1817 (div.1826) Luise, Princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800-1831); m.1832 Marie, Duchess of Württemberg (1799-1860) his niece

• Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1785-1851) m.1815 Antonie, Prinzessin Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya (1797-1862)

• Viktoria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1786-1861) m.1803 Emich Carl Fürst zu Leiningen (1763-1814); m.1818 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820)

• Marianne, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1788-1794)

• Leopold I. King of the Belgians (1790-1865) m.1816 Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817); m.1832 Louise, Princess of Orléans (1812-1850)

• Franz, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1792-1793)

Died: Coburg 16. Nov 1831

Buried: Mausoleum at Coburger Hofgarten, Coburg

Detlev Schwennicke “Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folge” Vol I.1 and I.3; Vittorio Klostermann, 2005; Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000