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Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Sophie Fredericka Caroline Louise; 19 August 1778 – 9 July 1835) was a princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and the sister of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and King Leopold I of Belgium, and aunt of Queen Victoria. By marriage, she was a Countess of Mensdorff-Pouilly. Born in Coburg, the eldest child of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf. ==Early Life== Sophie had a particular close relationship with her sister Antoinette and both often attended the Schloss Fantaisie, a sanctuary of French emigrants. Was there where she met her future husband, Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly.〔Charles Grey: ''Die Jugendjahre des Prinzen Albert von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha'', Perthes, 1868, p. 311〕 They married on 23 February 1804 in Coburg. Her husband was elevated to count in 1818. In 1806, her husband was in Saalfeld, a secondary residence of the Coburg court. Therefore, it was possible for him participated in the Battle of Saalfeld, retrieved the remains of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia from the battlefield〔Friedrich von Gentz, Adam Heinrich Müller (Knight of Nitterdorf): ''correspondence'', JG Cotta, 1857, p. 85.〕 and protect the residence of Sophie's father and family against the arrogance of the victorious French troops.〔Constantin von Wurzbach: ''Biographisches lexikon des kaiserthums Oesterreich'', K. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1867, p. 369.〕 From 1824 to 1834 Sophie lived in Mainz, where her husband was a commander of the federal fortress; here she was generally referred as "Princess". She was active as a writer and 1830 published her romantic collection of fairy tales, ''Mährchen und Erzählungen''. Sophie received the Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Catherine.〔Philipp Carl Gotthard Karche: ''Jahrbücher der Herzoglich Sächsischen Residenzstadt Coburg'', Ahl, 1829, p. 70〕 Sophie died in Tuschimitz, Bohemia. She was buried in the park of Schloss Preitenstein, the family residence of the Mensdorff-Pouilly family. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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