Agnes of Württemberg (1835-1886)

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Agnes von Württemberg on an engraving by August Weger

Princess Agnes of Württemberg , married. Pauline Louise Agnes Princess of Reuss Younger Line (born October 13, 1835 in Bad Carlsruhe , † July 10, 1886 at Osterstein Castle near Gera ) was a member of the German aristocracy. She also worked as a writer under the pseudonym Angelica Hohenstein .

Life

Agnes von Württemberg was born as the daughter of Duke Eugen von Württemberg , a famous general of the Wars of Liberation , and Princess Helene zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg at Carlsruhe Castle. On February 6, 1858, she married the reigning Prince Heinrich XIV. Von Reuss younger line in Carlsruhe , the couple had two children:

  1. Heinrich XXVII. (1858-1928); ∞ (November 11, 1884 in Langenburg) Princess Elise zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (born September 4, 1864 in Langenburg; † March 18, 1929 in Gera)
  2. Elisabeth (born October 27, 1859 in Gera; † February 23, 1951 at Hungen Castle); ∞ (November 17, 1887 in Gera) Hermann zu Solms-Braunfels (1845–1900).

Agnes von Württemberg founded numerous foundations and institutes that bore her name, for example the Agnes School, a training institute for female servants in Gera.

She is buried in the princely crypt of the St. Marien mountain church in Schleiz.

Works

  • Helene (story; 1867)
  • From happy hours. Eight images (enth .: Fra Angelico Giovanni da Fiesole , Roswitha , from Venice , A Forest Fantasy , Three folk songs in a picture , in the back room , the lily on the Merano cemetery , Johann Arnold's diary , 1878)
  • The blessing of the grandmother (family picture in two volumes; 1880)

literature

  • Ernst Friedrich Lotze: Funeral services at the solemn burial of the most noble princess, who died blissfully on July 10, 1886. Mrs. Mrs. Pauline Louise Agnes reigning Princess J. L. Reuss born Duchess of Württemberg Royal. Your Highness in the castle church of Gera-Osterstein held on July 14, 1886 . o. V., o. O. 1886.
  • Ludovica Ezekiel : Agnes Princess Reuss jL, b. Duchess of Württemberg: A picture of life. With portrait . Pöschel & Trepte, Leipzig 1887.
  • Hohenstein, Angelica . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 372 ( digitized version ).
  • Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present . Reclam, Leipzig 1913, p. 35f.
  • Elisabeth Friedrichs: The German-speaking women writers of the 18th and 19th centuries. A lexicon . Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-476-00456-2 , ( Repertories on the History of German Literature 9), p. 249.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Princely Crypt (PDF) bergkirche-schleiz.de. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Agnes of Württemberg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Agnes von Reuss younger line; Hohenstein, Angelica (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German princess and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Carlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 1886
Place of death Osterstein Castle near Gera