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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Princess Victoria 
| title        = [[Duchess of Nemours]]
| image        = Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Duchess of Nemours.jpg
| caption      = Portrait by [[Franz Xaver Winterhalter]], {{Circa|1840}}
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours]]|1840}}
| issue        = [[Prince Gaston, Count of Eu]]<br> [[Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon|Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Alençon]]<br>[[Princess Marguerite of Orléans|Marguerite, Princess Władysław Czartoryski]]<br/>Princess Blanche
| full name    ={{langx|en|Victoria Frances Antonia Juliana Louise}}<br />{{langx|fr|Victoire Françoise Antoinette Julianne Louise}}<br />{{langx|de|Viktoria Franziska Antonia Juliane Luise}}
| house        = [[House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry]]
| father       = [[Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry]]
| mother       = [[Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1822|2|14|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Vienna]], [[Austrian Empire|Austria]]
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1857|11|10|1822|2|14|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Claremont (country house)|Claremont House]], Surrey, England 
| burial_date  = 
| burial_place = [[Chapelle royale de Dreux]]
}}

'''Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha''' (Victoria Franziska Antonia Juliane Luise); 14 February 1822 – 10 November 1857) was the daughter of [[Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry]], and [[Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya]]. Her father was the second son of [[Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], and [[Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf]]. Through her father, she was the first cousin of [[Queen Victoria]] as the Queen's [[Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld|mother]] was her aunt.

==Biography==
[[File:Duchess Victoria of Nemours with her two sons.png|thumb|260px|upright|Duchess Victoria of Nemours with her two sons ([[Gaston, Count of Eu|Gaston]] and [[Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon|Ferdinand]]), 1852]]

Born to [[Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry]] and [[Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya]]. Her mother was the daughter and heiress of [[Ferenc József, Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya]]. When Antonia's father died in 1826, she inherited his estates in [[Slovakia]] and [[Hungary]]. Her elder brother was King [[Ferdinand II of Portugal]] and first cousins included British [[Queen Victoria]], her husband [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] as well as Belgian King [[Leopold II of Belgium|Leopold II]] and his sister, Empress [[Carlota of Mexico]].

On 27 April 1840, at the [[Château de Saint-Cloud]], she married [[Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours|Louis d'Orléans]], known since birth as the Duke of Nemours, second son of King [[Louis Philippe]] of [[France]]. After the [[Revolution of 1848 in France]], the royal family went into exile and settled in [[England]]. In England Victoria spent a lot of time with her cousin, Queen Victoria, with whom she was extraordinarily close, and she was a frequent guest at [[Osbourne House]].

[[File:Victoria and her cousin, 1852.jpg|thumb|250px|upright|Duchess Victoria together with her cousin, [[Queen Victoria]], in 1852 by [[Franz Xaver Winterhalter]]]]

The Duke and Duchess of Nemours had four children, all of them having issue except the last, Blanche, who never married. Victoria was outlived by her husband, who died in 1896. She died almost two weeks after giving birth to Blanche at [[Claremont (country house)|Claremont]] and was buried at the Chapel of Saint Charles Borromeo in [[Weybridge]].  Her remains were transferred to the [[Chapelle royale de Dreux|Royal Chapel of Dreux]], the traditional burial place of the House of Orléans, in 1979.

==Issue==
* [[Gaston, Count of Eu|Louis Philippe Marie Ferdinand Gaston d'Orléans]], ''Count of Eu'' (28 April 1842 &ndash; 28 August 1922), who married [[Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil|Isabella]], eldest daughter and heiress of Dom [[Pedro II of Brazil]];
* [[Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon|Ferdinand Philippe Marie d'Orléans]], ''Duke of Alençon'' (12 July 1844 &ndash; 29 June 1910), who married [[Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria]] (1847–1897), sister of [[Empress Elisabeth of Austria|Elisabeth, Empress of Austria]], and who had been for a time engaged to [[Ludwig II of Bavaria]];
* [[Princess Marguerite of Orléans|Marguerite Adélaïde Marie d'Orléans]] (1846–1893), who married Prince [[Władysław Czartoryski|Ladislaus Czartoryski]];
* Blanche Marie Amelie Caroline Louise Victoire d'Orléans (28 October 1857 &ndash; 4 February 1932).

==Honours==
* {{flag|Kingdom of Portugal}}: Dame of the [[Order of Saint Isabel|Order of Queen Saint Isabel]], 22 July 1839<ref name="Agraciamentos">{{cite journal|last1=Bragança |first1=Jose Vicente de |date=2014 |title=Agraciamentos Portugueses Aos Príncipes da Casa Saxe-Coburgo-Gota |url=https://www.academia.edu/10576008 |language=pt|trans-title=Portuguese Honours awarded to Princes of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|journal=Pro Phalaris |volume=9–10 |page=9 |access-date=28 November 2019 }}</ref>

==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha'''
|2= 2. [[Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry]]
|3= 3. [[Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya]] 
|4= 4. [[Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]]
|5= 5. [[Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf]]
|6= 6. [[Ferenc József, Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya]]
|7= 7. [[Countess Maria Antonia von Waldstein]]
|8= 8. [[Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]]
|9= 9. [[Duchess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]
|10= 10. [[Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf]]
|11= 11. [[Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg]]
|12= 12. [[Ignác József, Count Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya]]
|13= 13. Countess Maria Gabriella Cavriani
|14= 14. [[Count Georg Christian von Waldstein]]
|15= 15. [[Countess Elisabeth Ulfeldt]]
}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commonscategory-inline|Princess Victoria, Duchess of Nemours|Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, ''Duchess of Nemours''}}

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