Josephine of Belgium
Joséphine Caroline Marie Albertine of Belgium (born October 18, 1872 in Brussels , † January 6, 1958 in Namur ) was a princess of Belgium and by marriage Princess of Hohenzollern .
Life
Joséphine was a daughter of Prince Philip of Belgium , Count of Flanders (1837–1905) from his marriage to Marie Luise (1845–1912), daughter of Prince Karl Anton von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen . Her younger brother Albert became King of the Belgians in 1909.
On May 28, 1894, she married her maternal cousin, Prince Karl Anton von Hohenzollern (1868–1919), a son of Prince Leopold von Hohenzollern and younger brother of the Romanian King Ferdinand I. The marriage turned out to be a happy one. Together with her husband, Joséphine bought Burg Namedy as a residence, the mirror hall of which she converted into a military hospital during the First World War . After the war, the names Princess von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha , Duchess of Saxony were dropped from her name.
On August 6, 1935, 16 years after the death of her husband, Princess Joséphine entered a Benedictine monastery in Namur, Belgium, where she died at the age of 85. There she is buried in the Couvent des Soeurs de Notre-Dame.
progeny
From their marriage, Joséphine had the following children:
- Stephanie (1895-1975)
- ⚭ 1920 (closed 1943) Prince Joseph-Ernst Fugger von Glött (1895–1981)
- Marie Antoinette (1896-1965)
- ⚭ 1924 Freiherr Egon Eyrl von und zu Waldgries and Liebenaich (1892–1981)
- Albrecht (1898–1977)
- ⚭ 1921 Ilse Margot von Friedeburg (1901–1988)
- Henriette (* / † 1907)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Namedy Castle, Andernach .
- ^ Genealogy of the Royal Family of Belgium . ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Josephine of Belgium |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Joséphine Caroline Marie Albertine |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Belgium |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1872 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1958 |
Place of death | Namur |