Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Marie Adelheid Amalie Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, German: Marie Adelheid Amalie Clotilde, Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Herzogin zu Sachsen (8 July 1846, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, Kingdom of France – 3 June 1927, Alcsút, Hungary) was a Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha by birth and an Archduchess of Austria through her marriage to Archduke Joseph Karl, Palatine of Hungary.

Archduchess Clotilde
BornPrinzessin Clotilde von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha
(1846-07-08)8 July 1846
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, Kingdom of the French
Died3 June 1927(1927-06-03) (aged 80)
Alcsút, Hungary
Spouse
(m. 1864; died 1905)
Issue
Names
German: Marie Adelheid Amalie Clotilde
HouseSaxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry
FatherPrince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
MotherPrincess Clémentine of Orléans

Family

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Clotilde with her brother, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, paternal nephew Kiril, Prince of Preslav, and their nephew Prince Leopold Clement of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Clotilde was the third child and eldest daughter of Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife Princess Clémentine of Orléans. Her youngest brother was Ferdinand I of Bulgaria and her paternal uncle was Ferdinand II of Portugal.

Marriage and issue

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Clotilde married Archduke Joseph Karl, Palatine of Hungary, second son of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary and his wife Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, on 12 May 1864 in Coburg. Clotilde and Joseph Karl had seven children:

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ "1890 Margarethe & Albert of Thurn and Taxis". Grand Ladies: Belle Epoque. Archived from the original on 2017-04-15. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  2. ^ Tomorad, Mladen (2020-09-24). Egypt and Austria XII - Egypt and the Orient: The Current Research: Proceedings of the Conference Held at the Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb (September 17th-22nd, 2018). Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-78969-765-0.