Hilda of Nassau

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Hilda, Grand Duchess of Baden
Opening of the Kunsthalle Baden-Baden in 1909 - seated on the left, the later Chancellor Prince Max von Baden , next to Hilda von Baden, on the right flanked by husband Friedrich II. Von Baden

Princess Hilda of Nassau , full name: Princess Hilda Charlotte Wilhelmine of Nassau (born November 5, 1864 in Biebrich near Wiesbaden , † February 8, 1952 in Badenweiler ) was the last Grand Duchess of Baden .

origin

Hilda was the youngest daughter of Duke Adolph I of Nassau (1817-1905) and his wife Princess Adelheid Marie von Anhalt-Dessau (1833-1916), daughter of Prince Friedrich August and his wife Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hessen-Kassel.

After the defeat of the German War in 1866, her father lost control of the Duchy of Nassau , which was annexed by Prussia . In 1890 he became Grand Duke of Luxembourg . Because of the extinction of the male line of the Dutch royal family ( Orange-Nassau ), the next male relatives, the former dukes of Nassau , came to the government. This gave Luxembourg its own hereditary dynasty, the House of Nassau-Weilburg .

siblings

Founder of the Königstein fortress ruins in 1922 - a gift to the city
  • Wilhelm IV. (1852-1912)
  • Friedrich (1854–1855)
  • Marie (* / † 1857)
  • Franz (1859–1875)

The later Grand Duchess of Baden spent her youth with her siblings in the Taunus and Isar valleys.

Life

Princess Hilda of Nassau married Grand Duke Friedrich, Grand Duke Friedrich II of Baden (1857–1928), son of Grand Duke Friedrich I and his wife Princess Luise of Prussia , daughter of German Emperor Wilhelm I , on September 20, 1885 at Hohenburg Palace . They had no children.

The coffin of the Grand Duchess in the crypt of the burial chapel in Karlsruhe

Princess Hilda was an intelligent woman with a special interest in the fine arts. She liked visiting artist studios, picture exhibitions and museums.

At the funeral service in the Protestant town church of Badenweiler, the population, along with members of the royal houses and the nobility, said goodbye to the deceased. Their final resting place is in the crypt of the princely burial chapel in Karlsruhe. Numerous schools and streets are named after her, including the Hilda-Gymnasium in Pforzheim, the Hilda-Gymnasium in Koblenz and the northern and southern Hildapromenade in Karlsruhe. She was also the namesake for the Hilda temple in Königstein im Taunus and for the Hilda tower on Freiburg's Lorettoberg and the Hildastraße there. The "Hildabrödle", a Baden specialty, can also be traced back to her.

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personal data
SURNAME Hilda of Nassau
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hilda Charlotte Wilhelmine of Nassau (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Grand Duchess of Baden
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Biebrich near Wiesbaden
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1952
Place of death Badenweiler