Princess Mathilde of Saxony (b. 1936)
Princess Mathilde Maria Josepha Anna Xaveria of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (Full German name: Mathilde Maria Josepha Anna Xaveria, Prinzessin von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen) (born 17 January 1936 in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany) is a Princess of Saxony and member of the House of Wettin by birth and a Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as consort to Johann Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary. 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 current head of the Royal House of Saxony and senior claimant to the defunct throne of the Kingdom of Saxony.
Marriage and issue
Mathilde married Johann Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary, eldest son of Rainer of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary 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 Johann Heinrich divorced in 1993. The couple had one son:
- Johannes Albert Leopold Frederick Christian (b. Innsbruck, 17 November 1969 - killed in skiing accident, Ortler, 21 August 1987).
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
- 17 January 1936 – 15 October 1968: Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony
- 15 October 1968 – 1993: Her Royal Highness Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess and Duchess of Saxony
- 1993 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony