She was born in Coburg, the eldest child of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf.

Sophie had a particularly close relationship with her sister, Antoinette, and both often attended the Schloss Fantaisie, a sanctuary of French emigrants.

Therefore, it was possible for him to have participated in the Battle of Saalfeld, he retrieved the remains of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia from the battlefield[2] and protected the residence of Sophie's father and family against the arrogance of the victorious French troops.

[3] From 1824 to 1834, Sophie lived in Mainz, where her husband was a commander of the federal fortress; here, she was generally referred to as "Princess".

She was active as a writer and, in 1830, published her romantic collection of fairy tales, Mährchen und Erzählungen.