Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (13/23 January 1724 – 17 May 1802) was the tenth of 17 children of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Marriage
Sophie Antoinette married Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld on 23 April 1749 at Wolfenbüttel. She had the following children:


 * 1) Franz Frederick Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. Coburg 15 July 1750- d. Coburg, 9 December 1806), father of Leopold I of Belgium and grandfather of Leopold II of Belgium, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Empress Carlota of Mexico, Victoria of the United Kingdom, and Victoria's husband Prince Albert.
 * 2) Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand (b. Coburg, 21 November 1751- d. Coburg, 16 February 1757).
 * 3) Fredericka Juliane (b. Coburg, 14 September 1752 - d. Coburg, 24 September 1752).
 * 4) Caroline Ulrike Amalie (b. Coburg, 19 October 1753 - d. Coburg, 1 October 1829), a nun at Gandersheim.
 * 5) Ludwig Karl Frederick (b. Coburg, 2 January 1755 - d. Coburg, 4 May 1806); he had an illegitimate son by a Mademoiselle Brutel de la Riviére: Ludwig Frederick Emil of Coburg (b. Hildburghausen, 1779 - d. Coburg, 1827). In turn, the five children of Ludwig Frederick were created Freiherren von Coburg. His descendants still live.
 * 6) Ferdinand August Heinrich (b. Coburg, 12 April 1756 - d. Coburg, 8 July 1758).
 * 7) Frederick (b. Coburg, 4 March 1758 - d. Coburg, 26 June 1758).