Princess Marie of Gotha

Princess Marie of Gotha was the youngest daughter of Charlotte, The Duchess of Gotha and Alfred, The Duke of Gotha. She was one of the victims of the _.

Through her mother she was the granddaughter of Prince Peter of Anjou, The Duke of Rochambeau and a great-granddaughter of King Alexander I of Anjou. Her mother's branch of the House of T_ had been seen as primarily pro-greman

She had two other sisters, Victoria Melita and Alexandra

Marie and her sister's Victoria Melita and Alexandra were, with the wishes of her mother, primarily raised in Anjou to recieve a franco education.

Marie left the duchy, and her two young children, _ she would never see either ever again.

The three sisters were brutally murdered, Marie herself had her head placed on a pike

She married Prince Albert of Saxe-Cobourg, the second son of Charles, The Duke of Saxe-Cobourg

After her death her sons became the heirs to the Duchy of Gotha and to the Duchy of Saxe-Cobourg and together ruled as Philip, The Duke of Saxe-Cobourg and Gotha who had no children and the titles passed on to his younger brother, Charles Albert who ruled as The Duke of Saxe-Cobourg and Gotha until he was succeded by his own son after his death.