Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha


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

Early life

Clotilde was born 3 July 1846. She was the third child and eldest daughter of Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Clémentine of Orléans. Although her father was Austrian, she and her family spent her early childhood in France. When Clotilde was just 2 years old, her maternal grandfather, Louis Philippe I was deposed during the French Revolution of 1848, and her family was forced was forced to flee. At first they went to London, where they regularly met with Queen Victoria
Clotilde's family later moved to Vienna to be with their father.

Marriage and issue

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

Death

Clotilde died in Alcsút Palace on 3 Jun 1927, at the age of 80. Her body was buried next to her husband in the crypt of the Royal Palais, Budapest, Hungary