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'''Princess Esperanza Felicitas Alexandra de Saráchaga Lobanova Rostovskaya, Baroness Truchseß von Wetzhausen''' (July 7, 1839 – January 28, 1914) |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Esperanza was born |
Esperanza was born Doña Esperanza Felicitas Alexandra de Saráchaga y Lobanova Rostovskaya on July 7, 1839 in [[St. Petersburg]], Russia. Known in Russian as “Spera”, she was the eldest daughter of [[Don (honorific)|Don]] Jorge de Saráchaga y Uría-Nafarrondo<ref name="Euskalnet">[http://www.euskalnet.net/laviana/gen_bascas/sarachaga.htm Euskalnet]</ref> and his Russian wife Princess Ekaterina [[Lobanov-Rostovsky|Lobanov-Rostovskaya]]. |
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Don Jorge was a Spanish noble, while Ekaterina was daughter of the Russian statesman Prince [[Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky|Alexei Lobanov Rostov]], and his wife Countess Rucheleff. |
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Don Jorge was [[Prince]], [[Marquis]] and [[Count|Comte]] de Saráchaga, XVII [[Lord]] of Saráchaga, and head of the ancient dynastic House de Saráchaga de [[Bilbao]], while Ekaterina was daughter of the Russian statesman of the Russian Imperial House of |
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Lobanov-Rostov, Prince [[Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky|Alexei Lobanov Rostov]], and his wife Countess Rucheleff. |
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[[File:Borovikovsky lobanovy Rostovsky.jpg|thumb|Esperanza's maternal grandparents, Prince [[Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky|Alexei Lobanov-Rostov]] and his wife Countess Rucheleff.]] |
[[File:Borovikovsky lobanovy Rostovsky.jpg|thumb|Esperanza's maternal grandparents, Prince [[Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky|Alexei Lobanov-Rostov]] and his wife Countess Rucheleff.]] |
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==Family == |
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The family descends from the Counts of [[Biscay]], the [[Jiménez dynasty]] , [[House of Trastámara]], and the [[The House of Haro]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="Torre de Vizcaya, 1946, Ibarra">Torre de Vizcaya, 1946, Ibarra</ref> Senior branch (Pariente Mayor) |
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==House de Saráchaga (Saratxaga)== |
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Paternally, Dona Esperanza was the co-heir and the Head of the House of the ancient dynastic House de [[Saráchaga]] de Bizkaia of the [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque region of northern Spain]]. The head of the house was split with her brother Don Alexis until reverting solely to Esperanza upon the very public [[morganatic marriage]] of Alexis to a member of his household staff, Mademoiselle Eugenie Marie Champion in 1903.,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Charbonnier|first1=Alexandra|title=O.V. Milosz: le poète, le métaphysicien, le Lituanien}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Les contrées secrètes By Politica Hermetica 12}}</ref> The Cadet branch and second in line to succeed to the senior line was the [[Comital]] de Sarachaga MacMahon line which united with the de Sarachaga-Lobanov Rostovsky in the 1800s and the current Head of the House de Sarachaga is from this unification. |
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===Origins=== |
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The de Saráchagas succeeded the [[Sovereign]] and Semi Sovereign Counts of the [[Visigothic Kingdom]] and its [[successor states]] of [[Navarre]], [[Biscay]], [[Aragon]], [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]] and [[Catalonia|Catalan]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Nobilario Espanol, Madrid 1959 Julio de Atienza</ref> The family descends from the Counts of [[Biscay]], the [[Jiménez dynasty]] , [[House of Trastámara]], and the [[The House of Haro]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="Torre de Vizcaya, 1946, Ibarra">Torre de Vizcaya, 1946, Ibarra</ref> Senior branch (Pariente Mayor) styled as [[Prince]] since the latest the 15th century.<ref>Histoire d'Espagne depuis ses origines, Volume 3 By Le baron de Nervo </ref>The current pariente mayor descends from this line. During the many civil wars of Spain and various monarchies Los Sarachaga allied with whomever backed their independent rule.<ref name="Torre de Vizcaya, 1946, Ibarra"/> |
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Los Sarachaga ruled their lands even after the unification of Spain and collateral lines were awarded numerous Grandeeships.<ref>Torre de Vizcaya-Javier de Ybarra y Bergé, Pedro de Garmendia</ref> The family dates back to at the earliest 890’s A.D. in the Basque region of northern Spain proceeding from [[Guenes]] and [[Bilbao]] Others, have theorized that they may have originated even earlier.<ref>http://percevales.blogspot.co.il/2008/06/ortiz-de-saracho.html.</ref> |
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Doña Esperanza's grandfather lost his life in the guerrilla struggle of the [[Peninsular War]] during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. Her grandmother then took shelter with a French general who was originally from [[Baden]] and sent the children out of Spain to [[Karlsruhe]] to better ensure their safety. After the war, the general married the widow and the children received their education in Baden.<ref |
Doña Esperanza's grandfather lost his life in the guerrilla struggle of the [[Peninsular War]] during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. Her grandmother then took shelter with a French general who was originally from [[Baden]] and sent the children out of Spain to [[Karlsruhe]] to better ensure their safety. After the war, the general married the widow and the children received their education in Baden.<ref |
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In honor of his step father, Don Jorge volunteered military service. Don Jorge was an elegant and handsome officer and very well-known personality in Karlsruhe.<ref name=eulenburg-hertefeld/> |
In honor of his step father, Don Jorge volunteered military service. Don Jorge was an elegant and handsome officer and very well-known personality in Karlsruhe.<ref name=eulenburg-hertefeld/> |
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Esperanza’s mother was Princess Ekaterina Lobanov-Rostovskaya, a [[Maid of honour|maid in honor]] in 1833 to the Empress of Russia ([[Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia)]]) and the eldest daughter of Russian statesman and Prince [[Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky|Aleksey Alexandrovich Lobanov-Rostovsky]] and his wife Countess Rucheleff/Countess Kusheleva, Alexandra Grigorievna. Ekatarina was granddaughter of Princess Ekaterina Alexandrovna Lobanova-Rostovskaya, born Princess |
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The family's status was recognized in Spain, France, Bulgaria, Italy, Poland, Russia, Mexico, England, Belgium, and Germany, which allowed the family to marry into many ruling and former ruling European families as equals.<ref name=correo>{{Citation |
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==House of Lobanov-Rostovsky== |
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Esperanza’s mother was Princess Ekaterina Lobanov-Rostovskaya (b. 1847?), a [[Maid of honour|maid in honor]] in 1833 to the Empress of Russia ([[Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia)]]) and the eldest daughter of Russian statesman and Prince [[Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky|Aleksey Alexandrovich Lobanov-Rostovsky]] and his wife Countess Rucheleff/Countess Kusheleva, Alexandra Grigorievna. Ekatarina was granddaughter of Princess Ekaterina Alexandrovna Lobanova-Rostovskaya, born Princess |
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Kurakina (1735–1802), wife of Prince Ivan Ivanovich Lobanov-Rostovsky.<ref name=auburn>{{Citation |
Kurakina (1735–1802), wife of Prince Ivan Ivanovich Lobanov-Rostovsky.<ref name=auburn>{{Citation |
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| title = Argunov, I. P. Portrait of Princess Ekaterina Alexandrovna Lobanova-Rostovskaya. 1754 |
| title = Argunov, I. P. Portrait of Princess Ekaterina Alexandrovna Lobanova-Rostovskaya. 1754 |
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==Childhood== |
==Childhood== |
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Doña Esperanza’s father and mother met in St. Petersburg as children. |
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Doña Esperanza’s father and mother met in St. Petersburg as children because of his family relationship to the Tsar. Their potential union was deemed as dynastically permitted by the de Sarachaga house laws eventhough the Lobanov Rostovsky were only semi sovereign at the time. As demonstrated when Jorge requested permission to marry dynastically to the Lobanov Rostovsky family and the same day the Emperor of Russia, [[Nicholas I of Russia|Nicholas I]], personally wrote "agree" in |
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Esperanza would later write that her childhood was good because she had so many people around her who loved her, but that it was also very sad because by the time she was almost ten years old she had lost both her parents and her grandfather. When Esperanza was six years old, she and her brother inherited her father’s massive fortune upon his untimely death in a duel in 1845, just as his father before him. After his death, their bereaved mother, Ekatarina [[Dowager]] de Sarachaga, [[Dowager]] Princess Lobanov Rostovsky was unable to care for them. Upon their mother's departure, Doña Esperanza and her brother were |
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pencil dated June 5, 1837.<ref name=blitz>{{cite web |
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adopted by their maternal grandparents, Prince Alexei Alexandrovich Lobanov-Rostovsky and his wife Countess Kusheleva, Alexandra Grigorievna. Doña Eperanza’s grandmother, Princess Lobanov-Rostovsky, died in Paris during the |
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Esperanza would later write that her childhood was good because she had so many people around her who loved her, but that it was also very sad because by the time she was almost ten years old she had lost both her parents and her grandfather. When Esperanza was six years old, she and her brother succeeded<ref name=consejo-de-estado>{{Citation |
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| title = Sentencias del Consejo de Estado |
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| author = España. Consejo de Estado |
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</ref> to her father’s massive fortune and titles upon his untimely death in a duel in 1845, just as his father before him, Don Florencio de Saráchaga e Izarduy,<ref name="Euskalnet"/> had also died prematurely in a duel. The death of Don Jorge was a very public and complicated political event due to Von Haber's role as major financier of the Carlists cause and de Sarachaga as a proponent of Basque rule based on historical rights and privileges.<ref>William Bollaert, The Wars of Succession of Portugal and Spain, from 1826 to 1840 (E. Stanford, 1870)</ref> |
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After his death, their bereaved mother, Ekatarina [[Dowager]] Princess de Sarachaga, [[Dowager]] Princess de Sarachaga-Lobanov Rostovsky was unable to care for them and went to stay with her dearest friend [[Marie Thérèse of France]], |
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Dowager Empress of [[France]]. Soon after, she died in [[MacDonald Palace]].<ref>Some sources say that the palace was in Florence |
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and some say it was in Austria, perhaps [[Schloss Frohsdorf]].</ref> Upon their mother's departure, Doña Esperanza and her brother were |
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adopted by their maternal grandparents, Prince Alexei Alexandrovich Lobanov-Rostovsky and his wife Countess Kusheleva, Alexandra |
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Grigorievna. Upon their adoption they were awarded all privileges belonging to them as well as honors of now being the adopted children |
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of their grandfather, Prince Alexei Lobanov-Rostov. Doña Eperanza’s grandmother, Princess Lobanov-Rostov, died in Paris during the |
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[[French Revolution of 1848]], and Esperanza was sent to be brought up as a Russian Princess in St. Petersburg away from her brother Alexis. She was summoned to and joined the Russian imperial court at sixteen, presented by her aunt, the Countess Kucheleff.<ref>La Gaulois newspaper , Paris 1914</ref> Dona Esperanza entered the court as a Lady in waiting to the Empress. She and her brother spent their childhood apart between Russia, France, Norway, and Spain.<ref name=politica-hermetica>{{Citation |
[[French Revolution of 1848]], and Esperanza was sent to be brought up as a Russian Princess in St. Petersburg away from her brother Alexis. She was summoned to and joined the Russian imperial court at sixteen, presented by her aunt, the Countess Kucheleff.<ref>La Gaulois newspaper , Paris 1914</ref> Dona Esperanza entered the court as a Lady in waiting to the Empress. She and her brother spent their childhood apart between Russia, France, Norway, and Spain.<ref name=politica-hermetica>{{Citation |
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==Marriage== |
==Marriage== |
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Doña Esperanza married |
Doña Esperanza married diplomat and statesman Friedrich Freiherr Truchseß von Wetzhausen, [[First Minister]] of King [[Ludwig II of Bavaria]]. They were wed on 15 July 1862.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gothaisches genealogisches taschenbuch der freiherrlichen Häuser, Volume 30}}</ref> |
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Esperanza first met Friedrich when he was working as a diplomat |
Esperanza first met Friedrich when he was working as a diplomat at the Prussian and Russian court. It was love at first sight, and they were married soon after. During their marriage she often took him back to [[Bilbao]], Spain to visit her family. Her sense of humor often manifested itself in harmless games of trickery. Once, when they were newly-wed, she took her new husband on a long hiking trip in Spain where they came upon a beautiful country palace. Her husband loved it and said that he wanted to know more about the owners because he was going to buy it for her. The gardener was the one to reveal to him that Esperanza was the owner all along.<ref name=eulenburg-hertefeld/> |
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manifested itself in harmless games of trickery. Once, when they were newly-wed, she took her new husband on a long hiking trip in Spain |
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where they came upon a beautiful country palace. Her husband loved it and said that he wanted to know more about the owners because he was going to buy it for her. The gardener was the one to reveal to him that Esperanza was the owner all along.<ref name=eulenburg-hertefeld/> |
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Prince [[Philip, Prince of Eulenburg|Philipp zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld]] commented that Esperanza was considered by her peers at age 44 to have beauty, be generous and a strong intelligence, and a generous nature,<ref name=eulenburg-hertefeld>{{Citation |
Prince [[Philip, Prince of Eulenburg|Philipp zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld]] commented that Esperanza was considered by her peers at age 44 to have beauty, be generous and a strong intelligence, and a generous nature,<ref name=eulenburg-hertefeld>{{Citation |
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The couple longed to have children but were unable to. In 1885 Doña Esperanza and her brother Don Alexis became guardians of their recently orphaned nephew and niece, Don Ricardo de Saráchaga y Arribalzaga, Count de Sarachaga and Doña Gloria de Saráchaga y Arribalzaga, Countess de Sarachaga. |
The couple longed to have children but were unable to. In 1885 Doña Esperanza and her brother Don Alexis became guardians of their recently orphaned nephew and niece, Don Ricardo de Saráchaga y Arribalzaga, Count de Sarachaga and Doña Gloria de Saráchaga y Arribalzaga, Countess de Sarachaga. |
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Esperanza died in [[Cannes]], France on January 28, 1914. |
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Dona Esperanza’s nephew and adopted son, Don Ricardo Alfonso Mateo de Saráchaga y Arribálzaga, Count de Sarachaga succeeded as Prince de Sarachaga, Prince de Sarachaga-Lobanov Rostovsky and was named heir to the family titles and estates upon the deaths of Esperanza and |
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her brother. Don Ricardo’s descendants hold them to this day. Esperanza died in [[Cannes]], France on January 28, 1914. |
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==Charitable work== |
==Charitable work== |
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Esperanza was described as very generous to those around her. She founded many institutions and foundations including a |
Esperanza was described as very generous to those around her. She founded many institutions and foundations including a |
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</ref> and "Friedrich's Home", a Bavarian [[Elderly care|elder care home]] named after her husband. in addition she was a benefactress of her brother's legacy the [[:fr:Musée eucharistique du Hiéron|Musée du Hiéron]] |
</ref> and "Friedrich's Home", a Bavarian [[Elderly care|elder care home]] named after her husband. in addition she was a benefactress of her brother's legacy the [[:fr:Musée eucharistique du Hiéron|Musée du Hiéron]] |
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==Diplomacy and politics==Doña Esperanza was one of the wealthiest women in Europe during a time of great upheaval, especially in both Prussia and Spain. She was a well known figure at the Spanish, French and some German courts. This was sometimes an awkward position to be in when many of her close friends were in governments at war with each other. Esperanza skilfully moved through their circles always trying to maintain balance. She was also very loyal to friends. [[Philipp zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld]] relays that Esperanza found out the plot to depose King [[Ludwig II of Bavaria]] and confronted the conspirators with an umbrella at the entrance to Schloss [[Hohenschwangau Castle|Hohenschwangau]], giving her enough time to alert the King and military.<ref name=eulenburg-hertefeld/><ref name=bertram>{{Citation |
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==Diplomacy and politics== |
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Doña Esperanza was one of the wealthiest women in Europe during a time of great upheaval, especially in both Prussia and Spain. She was |
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confidante to King [[Ludwig II of Bavaria]], Empress [[Victoria, Princess Royal|Victoria of Prussia]], Queen [[Isabella II of Spain]], |
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Empress of Russia [[Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)|Maria Alexandrovna]], and the Empress [[Eugénie de Montijo|Eugenia of France]]. This was sometimes |
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an awkward position to be in when many of her close friends led governments at war with each other. Esperanza skilfully moved through |
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their circles always trying to maintain balance. Her rank allowed her to introduce people into those courts such as at the Imperial Russian Court in the Winter Palace.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archivesjournaux.ville-cannes.fr/dossiers/littoral/1914/Jx5_Littoral_1914_01_30_Page_01.pdf|title=Je lis, J'ai vu, on dit |date=January 30, 1914 |newspaper=Le Littoral}}</ref> She was also very loyal to friends. [[Philipp zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld]] relays that |
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Esperanza found out the plot to depose King [[Ludwig II of Bavaria]] and confronted the conspirators with an umbrella at the entrance to |
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Schloss [[Hohenschwangau Castle|Hohenschuangau]], giving her enough time to alert the King and military.<ref name=eulenburg-hertefeld/><ref name=bertram>{{Citation |
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==Children== |
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Friedrich and Esperanza's adopted children were her niece and nephew, Doña Gloria and Don Ricardo. |
Friedrich and Esperanza's adopted children were her niece and nephew, Doña Gloria and Don Ricardo. |
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| *Born in 1871 in Bilbao || [[Don (honorific)|Don]] Ricardo de Saráchaga || [[Don (honorific)|Don]] Ricardo Alfonso Mateo de Saráchaga y Arribálzaga, Marquis de [[Planquette|Planquet]], Baron de Saráchaga, Baron de Arribálzaga, Baroness de [[Torre de Zubialdea]], Baron de [[Urrutia]], Senor de [[McMahon]], was born on the 23rd of September, 1871 in Bilbao, Spain and died 1919 in exile in Mexico in 1919 assassinated by poison. |
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He married in [[Bilbao]] to [[Vizcayan]] Senora Doña Maria Luisa de Carrouche, His children were |
He married in [[Bilbao]] to [[Vizcayan]] Senora Doña Maria Luisa de Carrouche, His children were Doña Elvira de Saráchaga, Don Enrique de Saráchaga, who drowned in a canal in [[Mexico City]] without descendants, and Don Alfredo Alejo de Saráchaga MacMahon, Marquis de Planquette, Baron de Saráchaga, Baron de Arribálzaga, Baron de Urrutia etc. |
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| Born in 1914 in Mexico City || Don Alfredo Alejo de Saráchaga || married Mexican noblewoman [[Viscount|Vizcondessa]] Doña Lidia de Garcia de Leon y Avellaneda,<ref>La casa Urrutia de Avellaneda y familias enlazadas españolas y americanas [estudios sobre varios linajes de las Encartaciones del Señorío de Vizcaya</ref>[[:es:Señorío del Solar de Tejada|Senora de Solar de Tejada]], Senora de la Vasca Casa de Avellaneda de Urrutia and [[Hurtado de Mendoza]] and House of Cortes. Alfredo was a diplomat and worked as CEO of Mexican oil company [[Pemex]]. Don Alfredo took up the important work of the de Sarachaga family and supported the [[Basque National Government]] in exile in Mexico with [[:es:Santiago Aznar|Santiago Aznar]] Sarachaga. |
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| Born in 1914 in Mexico City || Prince Don Alfredo Alejo de Saráchaga-Lobanov Rostovsky || Don Alfredo succeeded his father and brother to all other honors and dignities of the family and married dynastically to heiress and |
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Mexican noblewoman [[Viscount|Vizcondessa]] Doña Lidia de Garcia de Leon y Avellaneda,<ref>La casa Urrutia de Avellaneda y familias enlazadas españolas y americanas [estudios sobre varios linajes de las Encartaciones del Señorío de Vizcaya</ref>[[:es:Señorío del Solar de Tejada|Senora de Solar de Tejada]], Senora de la Vasca Casa de Avellaneda de Urrutia a descendant of the [[House of Bourbon|Houses of Bourbon]] and [[Hurtado de Mendoza]] and House of Cortes. Alfredo was a diplomat and worked as CEO of Mexican oil company [[Pemex]]. Don Alfredo took up the important work of the de Sarachaga family and supported the [[Basque National Government]] in exile in Mexico with [[:es:Santiago Aznar|Santiago Aznar]] Sarachaga. |
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Don Alfredo's daughter was |
Don Alfredo's daughter was Doña Ekatarina (Katia) de Saráchaga y Garcia de Leon, Marquess and Countess de Sarachaga. Baroness de Saráchaga, Baroness de Arribálzaga, Baroness de [[Torre de Zubialdea]] and other honors and dignities of the family. She was born on the 14th of February, 1946 and married to Don Seraphino di Ferrari of the noble Ferraris of Korzula, [[Venice]] and [[Parma]]. She died young and was succeeded by her daughter, Princess Stephanie. |
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| || Princess Doña Stephanie Zobel de Saráchaga (Estefania de Sarachaga) || Don Alfredo and his wife were then to leave the bulk of their fortune to their granddaughter, Doña Stephanie Zobel de Saráchaga, Marquess and Countess de Sarachaga, Vizcondessa de Avellaneda, Baroness de Saráchaga, Baroness de Arribalzaga, Baroness de [[Torre de Zubialdea]], [[Bilbao]] etc. She married in 2010 to Yacov Crawford Zobel heir to the Counts of Bykovskŷ and Zeballos, and descendant of the [[Earl of Crawford|Earls of Crawford]]. |
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Through their joint foundation Zobel de Sarachaga Family Trust, Dona Stephanie and Don Yacov currently run the de Sarachaga-Lobanov Rostovsky foundation who is actively involved with preserving Esperanza's and her brother, Alexis's legacy and the charitable institutions they were a part of.<ref>Le Gaulois Newspaper</ref> |
Through their joint foundation Zobel de Sarachaga Family Trust, Dona Stephanie and Don Yacov currently run the de Sarachaga-Lobanov Rostovsky foundation who is actively involved with preserving Esperanza's and her brother, Alexis's legacy and the charitable institutions they were a part of.<ref>Le Gaulois Newspaper</ref> |
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| * Born in 1878 Bilbao || [[Doña]] Ciriaca María de la Gloria Josefa de Saráchaga y Arribálzaga || "Comtesse de Sarachaga" *born on the 8th of August 1878, married in [[Brussels]] on the 21st of January 1902 to Baron Maurice Greindl raised to Count Greindl. |
| * Born in 1878 Bilbao || [[Doña]] Ciriaca María de la Gloria Josefa de Saráchaga y Arribálzaga || "Comtesse de Sarachaga" *born on the 8th of August 1878, married in [[Brussels]] on the 21st of January 1902 to Baron Maurice Greindl raised to Count Greindl. |
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==Titles== |
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*Princess de Sarachaga |
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*Princess de Sarachaga-Lobanov Rosctovsky |
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*Marquess and Countess de Sarachaga-Lobanova-Rostovskaya |
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*Baroness [[w:de:Truchseß von Wetzhausen|Truchseß von Wetzhausen]], |
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*Baroness de Saráchaga |
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*Baroness de [[Oria, Apulia|Uría]] |
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*Baroness de [[Etxeberria|Echevarría]] |
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*Baroness de [[w:es:Azpiroz|Azpíroz]] |
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*Baroness de [[Urrutia]] |
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*Baroness de [[w:es:Mendibil|Mendíbil]] |
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*Baroness de Torre de Arbieto |
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*Baroness de Torre de Zubialdea |
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*[http://www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/130944 Maria Micaela de Uria Alcedo] |
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*[http://ludwig2vonbayern.forumieren.de/t56-freifrau-von-truchsess Freifrau von Truchsess] |
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*[http://www.euskalnet.net/laviana/gen_bascas/sarachaga.htm Sarachega] |
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Background
Esperanza was born Doña Esperanza Felicitas Alexandra de Saráchaga y Lobanova Rostovskaya on July 7, 1839 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Known in Russian as “Spera”, she was the eldest daughter of Don Jorge de Saráchaga y Uría-Nafarrondo[1] and his Russian wife Princess Ekaterina Lobanov-Rostovskaya.
Don Jorge was a Spanish noble, while Ekaterina was daughter of the Russian statesman Prince Alexei Lobanov Rostov, and his wife Countess Rucheleff.
Family
The family descends from the Counts of Biscay, the Jiménez dynasty , House of Trastámara, and the The House of Haro.[2][3] Senior branch (Pariente Mayor)
Doña Esperanza's grandfather lost his life in the guerrilla struggle of the Peninsular War during the Napoleonic Wars. Her grandmother then took shelter with a French general who was originally from Baden and sent the children out of Spain to Karlsruhe to better ensure their safety. After the war, the general married the widow and the children received their education in Baden.[4]
In honor of his step father, Don Jorge volunteered military service. Don Jorge was an elegant and handsome officer and very well-known personality in Karlsruhe.[4] Esperanza’s mother was Princess Ekaterina Lobanov-Rostovskaya, a maid in honor in 1833 to the Empress of Russia (Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia)) and the eldest daughter of Russian statesman and Prince Aleksey Alexandrovich Lobanov-Rostovsky and his wife Countess Rucheleff/Countess Kusheleva, Alexandra Grigorievna. Ekatarina was granddaughter of Princess Ekaterina Alexandrovna Lobanova-Rostovskaya, born Princess Kurakina (1735–1802), wife of Prince Ivan Ivanovich Lobanov-Rostovsky.[5]
Childhood
Doña Esperanza’s father and mother met in St. Petersburg as children. Esperanza would later write that her childhood was good because she had so many people around her who loved her, but that it was also very sad because by the time she was almost ten years old she had lost both her parents and her grandfather. When Esperanza was six years old, she and her brother inherited her father’s massive fortune upon his untimely death in a duel in 1845, just as his father before him. After his death, their bereaved mother, Ekatarina Dowager de Sarachaga, Dowager Princess Lobanov Rostovsky was unable to care for them. Upon their mother's departure, Doña Esperanza and her brother were adopted by their maternal grandparents, Prince Alexei Alexandrovich Lobanov-Rostovsky and his wife Countess Kusheleva, Alexandra Grigorievna. Doña Eperanza’s grandmother, Princess Lobanov-Rostovsky, died in Paris during the French Revolution of 1848, and Esperanza was sent to be brought up as a Russian Princess in St. Petersburg away from her brother Alexis. She was summoned to and joined the Russian imperial court at sixteen, presented by her aunt, the Countess Kucheleff.[6] Dona Esperanza entered the court as a Lady in waiting to the Empress. She and her brother spent their childhood apart between Russia, France, Norway, and Spain.[7]
Marriage
Doña Esperanza married diplomat and statesman Friedrich Freiherr Truchseß von Wetzhausen, First Minister of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. They were wed on 15 July 1862.[8]
Esperanza first met Friedrich when he was working as a diplomat at the Prussian and Russian court. It was love at first sight, and they were married soon after. During their marriage she often took him back to Bilbao, Spain to visit her family. Her sense of humor often manifested itself in harmless games of trickery. Once, when they were newly-wed, she took her new husband on a long hiking trip in Spain where they came upon a beautiful country palace. Her husband loved it and said that he wanted to know more about the owners because he was going to buy it for her. The gardener was the one to reveal to him that Esperanza was the owner all along.[4]
Prince Philipp zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld commented that Esperanza was considered by her peers at age 44 to have beauty, be generous and a strong intelligence, and a generous nature,[4]
The couple longed to have children but were unable to. In 1885 Doña Esperanza and her brother Don Alexis became guardians of their recently orphaned nephew and niece, Don Ricardo de Saráchaga y Arribalzaga, Count de Sarachaga and Doña Gloria de Saráchaga y Arribalzaga, Countess de Sarachaga.
Esperanza died in Cannes, France on January 28, 1914.
Charitable work
Esperanza was described as very generous to those around her. She founded many institutions and foundations including a Bavarian Kindergarten[4] and "Friedrich's Home", a Bavarian elder care home named after her husband. in addition she was a benefactress of her brother's legacy the Musée du Hiéron ==Diplomacy and politics==Doña Esperanza was one of the wealthiest women in Europe during a time of great upheaval, especially in both Prussia and Spain. She was a well known figure at the Spanish, French and some German courts. This was sometimes an awkward position to be in when many of her close friends were in governments at war with each other. Esperanza skilfully moved through their circles always trying to maintain balance. She was also very loyal to friends. Philipp zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld relays that Esperanza found out the plot to depose King Ludwig II of Bavaria and confronted the conspirators with an umbrella at the entrance to Schloss Hohenschwangau, giving her enough time to alert the King and military.[4][9]
Children
Friedrich and Esperanza's adopted children were her niece and nephew, Doña Gloria and Don Ricardo.
| Date | Name | Details |
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| *Born in 1871 in Bilbao | Don Ricardo de Saráchaga | Don Ricardo Alfonso Mateo de Saráchaga y Arribálzaga, Marquis de Planquet, Baron de Saráchaga, Baron de Arribálzaga, Baroness de Torre de Zubialdea, Baron de Urrutia, Senor de McMahon, was born on the 23rd of September, 1871 in Bilbao, Spain and died 1919 in exile in Mexico in 1919 assassinated by poison.
He married in Bilbao to Vizcayan Senora Doña Maria Luisa de Carrouche, His children were Doña Elvira de Saráchaga, Don Enrique de Saráchaga, who drowned in a canal in Mexico City without descendants, and Don Alfredo Alejo de Saráchaga MacMahon, Marquis de Planquette, Baron de Saráchaga, Baron de Arribálzaga, Baron de Urrutia etc. |
| Born in 1914 in Mexico City | Don Alfredo Alejo de Saráchaga | married Mexican noblewoman Vizcondessa Doña Lidia de Garcia de Leon y Avellaneda,[10]Senora de Solar de Tejada, Senora de la Vasca Casa de Avellaneda de Urrutia and Hurtado de Mendoza and House of Cortes. Alfredo was a diplomat and worked as CEO of Mexican oil company Pemex. Don Alfredo took up the important work of the de Sarachaga family and supported the Basque National Government in exile in Mexico with Santiago Aznar Sarachaga.
Don Alfredo's daughter was Doña Ekatarina (Katia) de Saráchaga y Garcia de Leon, Marquess and Countess de Sarachaga. Baroness de Saráchaga, Baroness de Arribálzaga, Baroness de Torre de Zubialdea and other honors and dignities of the family. She was born on the 14th of February, 1946 and married to Don Seraphino di Ferrari of the noble Ferraris of Korzula, Venice and Parma. She died young and was succeeded by her daughter, Princess Stephanie. |
| Princess Doña Stephanie Zobel de Saráchaga (Estefania de Sarachaga) | Don Alfredo and his wife were then to leave the bulk of their fortune to their granddaughter, Doña Stephanie Zobel de Saráchaga, Marquess and Countess de Sarachaga, Vizcondessa de Avellaneda, Baroness de Saráchaga, Baroness de Arribalzaga, Baroness de Torre de Zubialdea, Bilbao etc. She married in 2010 to Yacov Crawford Zobel heir to the Counts of Bykovskŷ and Zeballos, and descendant of the Earls of Crawford.
Through their joint foundation Zobel de Sarachaga Family Trust, Dona Stephanie and Don Yacov currently run the de Sarachaga-Lobanov Rostovsky foundation who is actively involved with preserving Esperanza's and her brother, Alexis's legacy and the charitable institutions they were a part of.[11] | |
| * Born in 1878 Bilbao | Doña Ciriaca María de la Gloria Josefa de Saráchaga y Arribálzaga | "Comtesse de Sarachaga" *born on the 8th of August 1878, married in Brussels on the 21st of January 1902 to Baron Maurice Greindl raised to Count Greindl. |
See also
References
- ^ Euskalnet
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ a b c d e f Prince Philipp zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld (1934), Princess Augusta of Eulenburg-Hertefeld (ed.), The end of King Ludwig II and other experiences, Fri Wilh. Grunow publisher, retrieved 2012-04-08 Cite error: The named reference "eulenburg-hertefeld" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ George Mitrevski, Argunov, I. P. Portrait of Princess Ekaterina Alexandrovna Lobanova-Rostovskaya. 1754, retrieved 2012-04-08
- ^ La Gaulois newspaper , Paris 1914
- ^ Politica Hermetica (1999), Politica Hermetica 12: Les ContrÉes SecrÈtes, retrieved 2012-04-08
- ^ Gothaisches genealogisches taschenbuch der freiherrlichen Häuser, Volume 30.
- ^ Werner Bertram, King Ludwig II of Bavaria: A royal recluse; memories of Ludwig II of Bavaria
- ^ La casa Urrutia de Avellaneda y familias enlazadas españolas y americanas [estudios sobre varios linajes de las Encartaciones del Señorío de Vizcaya
- ^ Le Gaulois Newspaper