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Princess Mathilde of Saxony (born 1936)

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Princess Mathilde
Born(1936-01-17)17 January 1936
Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany
Died18 March 2018(2018-03-18) (aged 82)
Sistrans, Tyrol, Austria
SpousePrince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (m.1968, div.1993)
IssuePrince Johannes
Full name
German: Mathilde Maria Josepha Anna Xaveria
HouseWettin
FatherFriedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen
MotherPrincess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Princess Mathilde of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (German: Mathilde Maria Josepha Anna Xaveria, Prinzessin von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen; 17 January 1936 – 18 March 2018[1]) was a Princess of Saxony and member of the House of Wettin by birth and a Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as consort to Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Mathilde is the fifth and youngest child of Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen and his wife, Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis, and a younger sister of Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, the late head of the Royal House of Saxony and senior claimant to the defunct throne of the Kingdom of Saxony.

Marriage and issue

Mathilde married Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, eldest son of Prince Rainer of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his first wife Johanna Károlyi de Károly-Patty, civilly in Munich on 15 October 1968 and religiously at Andechs Abbey on 12 November 1968. Mathilde and Johannes Heinrich divorced on 27 August 1993. The couple had one son:

  • Prince Johannes Albert Leopold Frederick Christian of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Innsbruck, 17 November 1969 - Ortler, 21 August 1987); killed in a skiing accident.

Death

Princess Mathilde died on 18 March 2018 in Sistrans, Tyrol, Austria[1]

Ancestry

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Doktorin Mathilde Maria Josepha Anna Xaveria Prinzessin von Sachsen Herzogin zu Sachsen (1936-2018)". généalogies royales et angevines (in français). Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-04-02.


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