Leopoldine of Baden
Leopoldine, Princess of Baden , full name Princess Leopoldine Wilhelmine Pauline Amalie Maximiliane von Baden (born February 22, 1837 in Karlsruhe , † December 23, 1903 in Strasbourg ) was Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by marriage .
biography
Leopoldine was the fourth and youngest daughter of Margrave Wilhelm von Baden (1792-1859) and his wife Princess Elisabeth von Württemberg (1802-1864), daughter of Duke Ludwig Friedrich von Württemberg . Her paternal grandparents were Karl Friedrich von Baden , first Grand Duke of Baden, and his second wife Baroness Luise Karoline Geyer von Geyersberg, Imperial Countess von Hochberg . She grew up with her two older sisters, Sophie (1834-1904) and Elisabeth (1835-1891), in Karlsruhe.
On September 24, 1862, Princess Leopoldine married Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1832–1913), second son of Prince Ernst I zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Feodora zu Leiningen . The marriage had three children:
- Ernst Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Maximilian (1863–1950) ⚭ 1896 Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1878–1942)
- Elise (1864–1929) ⚭ 1884 Prince Heinrich XXVII. Reuss younger line (1858–1928)
- Feodora (1866–1932) ⚭ 1894 Prince Emich zu Leiningen (1866–1939)
Princess Leopoldine founded the "Leopoldinen-Verein" and in Strasbourg, where her husband was appointed governor of Alsace-Lorraine , she mainly took on representative tasks. She died one day before Christmas Eve 1903 after a long illness and was buried in the family cemetery in Langenburg .
She was honored in 1871 by being awarded the Order of Olga .
literature
- Annette Borchardt-Wenzel: The women at the Baden court. Companions of the Grand Dukes between love, duty and intrigue , Piper Verlag GmbH Munich (2003) ISBN 3-492-23696-0
- Paul Zinsmaier : Leopoldine Fürstin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg , in: A. Krieger, K. Obser (Ed.): Badische Biographien 6, Heidelberg 1935, p. 785f. ( Digitized version )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Leopoldine of Baden |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leopoldine Wilhelmine Pauline Amalie Maximiliane Princess of Baden (full name); Leopoldine Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Baden, by marriage Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1903 |
| Place of death | Strasbourg |