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- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3139/victoria-duchess_of_kent
- Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (17 August 1786 ? 16 March 1861), later Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, was a German princess and the mother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. As the widow of Charles, Prince of Leiningen (1763?1814), from 1814 she served as regent of the Principality during the minority of her son from her first marriage, Carl, until her second wedding in 1818 to Prince Edward, son of King George III of the United Kingdom.[1]
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Princess Victoria Mary Louisa von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (Wettin, Ernestiner), Duchess of Kent
German: Victoria Mary Louisa von Sachsen-Saalfeld-Coburg, Duchess of Kent, French: Princesse Victoria de Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Herzogin zu Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld), Duchess of Kent
Birthdate: August 17, 1786
Birthplace: Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Death: March 16, 1861 (74)
Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England (haigus)
Place of Burial: Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Franz Friedrich Anton of Saxse-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke and Augusta Carolina Sophia of Reuss-Ebersdorf, Countess, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Wife of Prince Emich Karl von Leiningen, 2'er Fürst zu Leiningen and Edward Augustus Hanover, Prince, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Mother of Prince Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich von Leiningen, 3'er Fürst zu Leiningen; Anna Feodorovna Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine von Leiningen, Fürstin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Sister of Gräfin Sophie Friedrika Caroline Luise von Mensdorff-Pouilly; Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; Grand Duchess Anna Fyodorovna of Russia; Unnamed Son von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, Prinz; Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Marianne Charlotte von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, Prinzessin; Mary Luisa Victoria von Sachsen-Coburg, Prinzessin; Leopold I, King of the Belgians; Maximilian von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld; Franz Maximilan Ludwig von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, Prinz; Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld « less
Occupation: Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, Duchess of Kent, Prinses van Saxe-Coburg
- English Royalty. The Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, she was the mother of Queen Victoria. Born Marie Luise Victoire, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, she was the daughter of Prince Francis Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Countess Auguste of Ebersdorf and Lobenstein. She married Emich Karl of Leiningen, widower of her aunt, on December 21, 1803. They had two children, Karl and Feodora. After her husband's death, Victoria was urged by her family to marry Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, who was being forced to abandon his long-time mistress in order to obtain an official allowance and provide heirs. They were married at Coburg on May 29, 1818 and again at Kew Palace on July 11. The next year, their only child Alexandrina Victoria was born. The duke died in 1820, and the dowager duchess devoted herself to raising her daughter, who was now the heir to the British throne. Victoria relied heavily on John Conroy, her financial advisor, but his methods and treatment of her earned him many enemies, including the reigning King William IV. When her daughter became queen at the age of 18, Victoria acted as regent for a short time, but her self-serving methods made her quite unpopular with the queen's household. The dowager duchess died at Windsor Castle at the age of 75, and was buried at St. George's Chapel before being moved to the special mausoleum built just for her by Victoria and Albert.
Bio by: Kristen Conrad
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1786 - 1861 (74 years)