Education
Sophie had a particular close relationship with her sister Antoinette and both often attended the Schloss Fantaisie, a sanctuary of French emigrants.
Sophie had a particular close relationship with her sister Antoinette and both often attended the Schloss Fantaisie, a sanctuary of French emigrants.
By marriage, she was a Countess of Mensdorff-Pouilly. Born in Coburg, the eldest child of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf. Early Her husband was elevated to count in 1818.
Therefore, it was possible for him participated in the Battle of Saalfeld, retrieved the remains of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia from the battlefield and protect the residence of Sophie"s father and family against the arrogance of the victorious French troops.
She was active as a writer and 1830 published her romantic collection of fairy tales, Mährchen und Erzählungen. Sophie died in Tuschimitz, Bohemia.
She was buried in the park of Schloss Preitenstein, the family residence of the Mensdorff-Pouilly family. Emmanuel and Sophie had six sons:
Hugo Ferdinand von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1806–1847).
Alphons, Count von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1810–1894).
Married, firstly, in 1843, Countess Therese von Dietrichstein-Proskau-Leslie (1823–1856). Married, secondly, in 1862, Countess Maria Thersia von Lamberg (1833–1876). Alfred Carl von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1812–1814).
Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1813–1871), Fürst von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg 1868, was Austrian Foreign Minister and Prime Minister of Austria in the 1860s.
Married in 1857 Countess Alexandrine Maria von Dietrichstein-Proskau-Leslie (1824–1906). Leopold Emanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1815–1832).
Arthur August von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1817–1904). Married, firstly, in 1853, Magdalene Kremzow (1835–1899), divorced in 1882.
Married, secondly, in 1902, Countess Bianca Albertina von Wickenburg (1837–1912).