Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Princess Marie Louise , full name Franziska Josepha Louise Augusta Marie Christina Helena from Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg VA , GBE , GCVO , CI (* August 12, 1872 at Cumberland Lodge , Windsor , Berkshire ; † December 8, 1956 in London ) was a member of the extended British royal family.
Life
Princess Marie Louise was the second daughter of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1831-1917) and his wife Princess Helena of Great Britain and Ireland (1846-1923), third daughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland and Prince Consort Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .
On July 6, 1891, Princess Marie Louise married the German-born Prince Aribert von Anhalt (1864-1933), the fourth son of Duke Friedrich I. von Anhalt and Princess Antoinette von Sachsen-Altenburg, at Windsor Castle . Best man was her cousin (first degree) Kaiser Wilhelm II. The marriage was annulled on December 13, 1900, because of Prince Aribert's homosexuality . After the unhappy marriage, Princess Marie Louise devoted herself to social and artistic activities.
The First World War fell during the tenure of King George V (1910-1936) . Because of the opposition of the Imperial German Empire and Great Britain in this war, he renamed the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to House Windsor on July 17, 1917 because of its German name . Since her father gave up his German name, she received the title Her Highness Princess Marie Louise .
literature
- Princess Marie Louise: My Memories of Six Reigns . Evans Press, London 1979, ISBN 0-237-44948-X (reprinted by EA London 1956).
- Ronald Allison, Sarah Riddell (Eds.): The Royal Encyclopedia . Macmillan, London 1992, ISBN 0-333-53810-2 .
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| SURNAME | Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Franziska Josepha Louise Augusta Marie Christina Helena from Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Member of the British Royal Family |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cumberland Lodge , Windsor , Berkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1956 |
| Place of death | London , England |