Friederike von Hannover and Cumberland
Princess Friederike of Hanover and Cumberland , full name Friederike Sophie Marie Henriette Amelie Therese of Hanover and Cumberland (born January 9, 1848 in Hanover , † October 16, 1926 in Biarritz ) was a member of the House of Hanover .
Life
Friederike was the older daughter of three children of the blind Duke of Cumberland and later King George V of Hanover (1819–1878) and his wife Princess Marie (1818–1907), eldest daughter of Duke Joseph von Sachsen-Altenburg and Princess Amalie von Württemberg . Her grandparents were the first Hanoverian King Ernst August I and his cousin, Princess Friederike von Mecklenburg-Strelitz .
In January 1866 negotiations with Hanover were started by the Prime Minister of Prussia, Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), represented by the Foreign Minister Graf von Platen-Hallermund (1814–1889), with a view to a possible marriage of Princess Friederike with the Prince Albrecht of Prussia (1837–1906). But there was no marriage, instead the German war and on September 20, 1866 the Kingdom of Hanover was annexed by Prussia . Her father fled to Vienna and his family followed him into exile in Austria a year later after a temporary stay in Marienburg Castle .
Since the end of the 1870s, she traveled several times with her mother to England to visit relatives. During this time Friederike was by her cousin (second degree) Prince Leopold Georg, Duke of Albany (1853-1884) and Prince Alexander of Orange-Nassau (1851-1884), youngest son of the Dutch King Wilhelm III. , courted. But she was in love with the son of an official of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . On April 24, 1880 Princess Frederica of Hanover on married Windsor Castle to Baron Alfons Pawel-Rammingen (1843-1932). The couple lived at Hampton Court Palace , where their daughter Victoria Georgina Beatrice Maud Anne (* March 7, 1881 - March 27, 1881) was born and died a little later.
In the later years, Baron von Pawel-Rammingen was active in several charitable organizations, including Convalescent Home , Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind in Upper Norwood, Training College for Teachers of the Deaf in Ealing and Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . After the death of her father, she inherited the Villa Mouriscot in Biarritz, where she died on October 16, 1926. Her body was transferred to England and buried in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Title and salutation
- 1848–1880 Her Royal Highness Princess of Hanover and Cumberland
- 1848–1866 Her Royal Highness (Hanover)
- 1848–1926 Her Highness (Great Britain)
- 1880–1926 Baroness of Pawel-Rammingen
literature
- Alison Weir: Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy , London, UK: The Bodley Head (1999)
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| SURNAME | Friederike von Hannover and Cumberland |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pawel-Rammingen, Friederike von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German nobles, member of the House of Hanover |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1926 |
| Place of death | Biarritz |