Princess Mathilde of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (German: Mathilde Maria Josepha Anna Xaveria, Prinzessin von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen;[1][2] born 17 January 1936 in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany[1][2]) is a Princess of Saxony and member of the House of Wettin by birth and a Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as consort to Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Mathilde is the fifth and youngest child[1][2] of Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen and his wife, Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis, and a younger sister of Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen,[1][2] the late head of the Royal House of Saxony and senior claimant to the defunct throne of the Kingdom of Saxony.
Marriage and issue[edit]
Mathilde married Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, eldest son of Prince Rainer of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his first wife Johanna Károlyi de Károly-Patty,[1][2] civilly in Munich on 15 October 1968[1][2] and religiously at Andechs Abbey on 12 November 1968.[1][2] Mathilde and Johannes Heinrich divorced in 1993.[1][2] The couple had one son:[1][2]
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- HRH The Margrave of Meissen
- HRH Prince Daniel
HRH Princess Sandra
- HRH Princess Anna-Catharina
- HRH Prince Gero
- HRH Prince Arne
HRH Princess Sarah
- HRH Princess Rosa
- HRH Princess Frida
- HRH Prince Nils
HRH Princess Jedida
- HRH Prince Moritz
- HRH Princess Aurelie
- HRH Princess Felicitas
- HRH Princess Iris
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Titles, styles, honours and arms[edit]
Titles and styles[edit]
- 17 January 1936 – 15 October 1968: Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony
- 15 October 1968 – 1993: Her Royal Highness Princess Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess and Duchess of Saxony
- 1993 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony
Ancestry[edit]
| Ancestors of Princess Mathilde of Saxony (b. 1936) |
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16. John of Saxony |
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8. George of Saxony |
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17. Amalie Auguste of Bavaria |
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4. Frederick Augustus III of Saxony |
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18. Maria II of Portugal |
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9. Maria Anna of Portugal |
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19. Ferdinand II of Portugal |
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2. Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen |
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20. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany |
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10. Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany |
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21. Princess Maria Antonietta of the Two Sicilies |
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5. Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany |
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22. Charles III, Duke of Parma |
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11. Alice of Bourbon-Parma |
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23. Louise Marie Thérèse of France |
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1. Princess Mathilde of Saxony |
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24. Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis |
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12. Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis |
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25. Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg |
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6. Albert I, Prince of Thurn and Taxis |
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26. Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria |
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13. Duchess Helene in Bavaria |
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27. Princess Ludovika of Bavaria |
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3. Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis |
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28. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary |
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14. Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria |
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29. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg |
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7. Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria |
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30. Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
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15. Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
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31. Princess Clémentine of Orléans |
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References[edit]
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| 1st generation |
- Princess Katharina
- Anna, Landgravine of Hesse
- Katharina, Electress of Brandenburg
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| 2nd generation |
- Amalia, Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut
- Anna, Electress of Brandenburg
- Margarete, Princess-Abbess of Seusslitz
- Margaret, Electress of Brandenburg
- Margarete, Countess of Glatz
- Hedwig, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
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| 5th generation |
- Anna, Princess of Orange
- Princess Eleonore
- Elisabeth, Countess Palatine Johann Casimir of Simmern
- Princess Marie
- Dorothea, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
- Princess Amalie
- Anna, Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach
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| 6th generation |
- Princess Anna Sabine
- Sophie, Duchess of Pomerania
- Princess Elisabeth
- Dorothea, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
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| 7th generation |
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| 8th generation |
- Princess Sibylle Marie
- Erdmuthe Sophie, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
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- 1 princes royal of Poland and Lithuania
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| 6th generation |
- Carin Dabelstein^
- Freiin Gabrielle of Fürstenberg
- Princess Mathilde of Saxony
- Bettina von Pfretschner^
- Rosemarie Jäger^
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| 7th generation |
- Kelly Rondesvedt^
- Christina Schnell^
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