Julie of Brandenburg
Sophie Julie Countess of Brandenburg (born January 4, 1793 , baptized February 2, 1793 in Neuchâtel , † January 27, 1848 in Vienna ) was an illegitimate daughter of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II and his "wife on the left hand" , Countess Sophie von Dönhoff . She was the sister of the Prussian Prime Minister Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Brandenburg .
Life
Julie was educated in the house of the Prussian court marshal Valentin von Massow (1752-1817). In her youth she was considered the most beautiful woman at the Prussian court and had numerous admirers, u. a. Oldwig von Natzmer , whom she rejected as not befitting. Through her marriage to Ferdinand Friedrich von Anhalt-Köthen in 1816 she became Duchess of Anhalt-Köthen . The marriage remained childless.
On October 24, 1825 , the duke couple converted to the Catholic faith in Paris , prepared by the Jesuit Father Rousin. The transfer was not announced until January 13, 1827, after Julie, as half-sister of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. personally informed the court of her step. This was followed by angry reactions from the Prussian court. The duke and ducal couple were accused of being proselytized and being Jesuit friendly. The correspondence between Berlin and Koethen was handled by the Austrian consul general Adam Heinrich Müller in Leipzig . 1826 her relative became Theodor Friedrich Klitsche de la Grange (1799 to 1868) to the charge d'affaires of the duchy of Anhalt-Köthen to the Holy See. In 1828 a Roman embassy was founded in Köthen. However, a Catholic parish already existed in Köthen under the predecessors of the ducal couple. After the death of her husband in 1830, Julie left the country and went on a journey with her Jesuit confessor, Pierre Jean Beckx . In 1831 she stayed near Rome in the Villa Grazioli and received Pope Gregory XVI there. for breakfast together. She later settled in Vienna with Beckx, where she died in 1848.
She was buried at the side of her husband in the crypt chapel of the Catholic parish church of St. Maria in Köthen, which she founded .
literature
- Hubert Bastgen : The duke couple Ferdinand and Julie v. Anhalt-Köthen, the beginnings of the Catholic parish in Köthen and the Holy See. According to the files of the Vatican Secret Archives. Paderborn 1938.
- Franz Schulte: Duke Ferdinand and Duchess Julie v. Anhalt-Cöthen. A study of the history of religion and the psychology of religion. Verlag des Sächsisches Tageblattes, Cöthen 1925 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bayerische Landbötin 1831 , No. 137. Rösl, Munich 1831, p. 1086
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brandenburg, Julie von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brandenburg, Sophie Julie Countess von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | illegitimate daughter of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II., by marriage to the Duchess of Anhalt-Köthen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuchâtel |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1848 |
| Place of death | Vienna |