Archduchess Clotilde of Austria
Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Bohemia and Hungary (1846–1927), Clotilde (Marie Adelheid Amalie Clotilde) became an Archduchess of Austria through her marriage to Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, a member of the Hungarian part of Habsburg-Lorraine. The marriage was celebrated in Coburg in 1864. Her husband began his military career as a Major General and ended as a General of the Cavalry. He was deeply interested in the country and language of Hungary and published several books on the subject. The couple had seven children. She was the third child and eldest daughter of Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife Princess Clémentine of Orléans.
Princess Victoire, Duchess of Nemours. Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1840
Princess Victoire was the daughter of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry and Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya. In 1840, she married Louis d’Orléans, the Duke of Nemours and second son of King Louis Philippe of France. She inherited the paternal estates in Slovakia and Hungary in 1851. The Duke and Duchess of Nemours had four children, all of them having issue except the last, Blanche, who never married.
