Princess Juliane of Coburg
From Coburg to the tsar's court and on to Bern: stages of a life, backed by the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
Read the articleAn independent topic site on the Coburg region
Women in the History of Coburg
Women in the history of Coburg often appear only in passing in accounts of the region. Frauenspuren Coburg gathers what is known about women from the Coburg area and places it in context using the sources. The site is an independent topic resource and belongs to neither an institution nor a person.
What You Can Read Here
Four articles are on offer. The first is about Juliane, the second about Victoire and the third about women's suffrage in Germany. The fourth explains how to research women's history close to home. There is also the page about the project.
Victoire, Duchess of Kent
The Coburg-born mother of Queen Victoria and the place where she was laid to rest.
Read the articleWomen's Suffrage in 1918 and 1919
Dates, numbers and an open question about Coburg.
Read the articleResearching Women's History
Church registers, address books, newspapers and source criticism for work on the ground.
Read the articleWomen's History in the Coburg Region: How This Site Works
We describe only what can be checked against sources. Where sources are missing, the text says so openly, and gaps are not filled in. That way each article on the history of women in the region can serve as a starting point for your own research. The tone stays factual and warm, because the life stories of these women largely speak for themselves.
Women, Dates and Life Paths
Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was born in Coburg on September 23, 1781. After she was received into the Orthodox Church in February 1796, she bore the name Anna Feodorovna. On February 26, 1796, she married Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, and the marriage was dissolved in 1820. The second woman we feature is Victoire of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, born in Coburg on August 17, 1786 and died on March 16, 1861. She was the Duchess of Kent and the mother of Queen Victoria.
Another focus is women's suffrage. The proclamation of the Council of the People's Deputies of November 12, 1918 cleared the way for the election of the National Assembly on January 19, 1919, the first election in which women took part. For the region this period mattered for another reason too: in the referendum of November 30, 1919, Coburg voted against joining Thuringia and united with Bavaria in 1920.
The articles can be read in any order. If you start with the biographies of Juliane or Victoire and then read the text on suffrage, the larger picture comes into view.
Partners
Our partners below cover subjects that have nothing to do with Coburg, but they may be worth a look if you enjoy variety.
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