Antonia of Luxembourg
Antonia (Antoinette) Roberte Sophie Wilhelmine von Nassau-Weilburg, Princess of Luxembourg (born October 7, 1899 in Hohenburg Castle , Kingdom of Bavaria , † July 31, 1954 in Lenzerheide , Switzerland ), was the last Bavarian Crown Princess.
Life
Princess Antonia, called Toni, was born as the fourth of the six daughters of Grand Duke William IV of Luxembourg and Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal . She was also the sister of two grand duchesses; Charlotte and Marie-Adelheid .
During the last months of the war she got engaged on February 20, 1918 to Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, 30 years her senior . However, this connection was soon broken for political reasons. The couple's re-engagement was announced in February 1921, and the wedding took place on April 7, 1921. The marriage had six children.
After the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler by the German resistance on July 20, 1944 , the Wehrmacht was looking for people who knew about it and their families who were included in the Christian-conservative "reaction" and who were against national socialism . Generalfeldmarschall a. D. Rupprecht was targeted by the Gestapo as an early Nazi opponent , but was able to hide in Florence, Italy . On July 27, 1944, Antonia and her children were taken into " kin custody" and interned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and later in Dachau , where they were liberated in April 1945.
Antonia, who could no longer recover from her stay in the concentration camp, died at the age of 54 in Lenzerheide , Switzerland. She was buried in the Campo Santo Teutonico in Rome . Her heart was buried separately and is in the royal chapel of grace in Altötting .
ancestors
Pedigree: Antonia of Luxemburg | ||||||||
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Great-great-grandparents |
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (Nassau-Weilburg) (1768–1816) |
Duke |
Hereditary Prince Friedrich von Anhalt-Dessau |
Landgrave Wilhelm von Hessen -Kassel-Rumpenheim |
King Peter III (Portugal) (1717–1786) |
King Charles IV (Spain) |
Prince Karl (Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg) |
Prince Karl Ludwig (Hohenlohe-Langenburg) |
Great grandparents |
Duke |
Prince Friedrich August von Anhalt-Dessau |
King |
Hereditary Prince Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg |
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Grandparents |
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King Michael I (Portugal) |
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parents |
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Antonia of Luxembourg |
progeny
- Heinrich Franz Wilhelm (March 28, 1922 - February 14, 1958)
- Irmingard Marie Josepha (born May 29, 1923 - October 23, 2010)
- Editha Marie Gabrielle Anna (September 16, 1924 - May 4, 2013)
- Hilda Hildegard Marie Gabriele (* March 24, 1926 - † May 5, 2002)
- Marie Gabriele Adelgunde Theresia Antonia (born May 10, 1927)
- Sophie Marie Therese (born June 20, 1935)
literature
- Jean Louis Schlim: Antonia of Luxembourg. Bavaria's last Crown Princess . Langen / Müller, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-7844-3048-1 .
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Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Antonia of Luxembourg |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Antonia Roberta Sophie Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg; Bavaria, Antonia von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian Crown Princess |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1899 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hohenburg Castle (Lenggries) , Bavaria |
DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1954 |
Place of death | Lenzerheide / Lai , Switzerland |