Princess Marie Adelheid Amalie Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, full German

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 name: Marie Adelheid Amalie Clotilde, Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Herzogin zu Sachsen (8 July 1846, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Neuilly-sur-Seine

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, Île-de-France

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, Kingdom of the French

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 – 3 June 1927, Alcsút

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- History :Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary had his palace there. It was constructed by the renowned architect Mihály Pollack. It was destroyed during World War II, with only the portico remaining.-External links:*...

, Hungary

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) was a Princess

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 of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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 by birth and an Archduchess

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 of Austria

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 through her marriage to Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria.

Family

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

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.

Marriage and issue

Clotilde married Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, second son of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary and his wife Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

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, on 12 May 1864 in Coburg

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. Clotilde and Joseph Karl had seven children:

• Archduchess Elisabeth Klementine Klothilde Maria Amalie of Austria (18 March 1865–7 January 1866)
• Archduchess Maria Dorothea Amalie of Austria
  Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria
  Maria Dorothea of Austria, full German name: Maria Dorothea Amalie, Erzherzogin von Österreich was a member of the Hungarian line of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Bohemia, Hungary, and Tuscany by birth...
  
   (14 June 1867–6 April 1932)
• Archduchess Margarethe Klementine Maria of Austria
  Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria
  -Titles and styles:*6 July 1870 – 15 July 1890: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess and Princess Margarethe Klementine of Austria; Princess Margarethe Klementine of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany...
  
   (6 July 1870–2 May 1955)
• Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria of Austria
  Archduke Joseph August of Austria
  Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia was for a short period head of state of Hungary, a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and the eldest son of Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria and his wife Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...
  
   (9 August 1872–6 July 1962)
• Archduke László Philipp Marie Vincent of Austria (16 July 1875–6 September 1915)
• Archduchess Elisabeth Henriette Klothilde Maria Viktoria of Austria (9 March 1883–8 February 1958)
• Archduchess Klothilde Maria Amalie Philomena Raineria of Austria (9 May 1884–14 December 1903)

Titles and styles

• 8 July 1846 – 12 May 1864: Her Serene Highness Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
• 12 May 1864 – 3 June 1927: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Imperial & Archduchess Clothilde of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia

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