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Princess of Leiningen Duchess of Kent and Strathearn | |||||
Born | Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 17 August 1786 Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Holy Roman Empire | ||||
Died | 16 March 1861 Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England | (aged 74)||||
Burial | 25 March 1861
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Father | Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | ||||
Mother | Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf | ||||
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Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Marie Louise Victoire; 17 August 1786 – 16 March 1861), later Princess of Leiningen and subsequently Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, was a German princess and the mother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. As the widow of Charles, Prince of Leiningen, from 1814, she served as regent of the Principality during the minority of her son from her first marriage, Karl, until her second wedding in 1818 to Prince Edward, fourth son of George III.[1]