Marie of Baden (1782–1808)
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Princess Marie Elisabeth Wilhelmine of Baden (born September 7, 1782 in Karlsruhe , † April 20, 1808 in Bruchsal ) was a member of the House of Baden and by marriage, Duchess of Braunschweig and Lüneburg and von Oels, as well as Princess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel .
origin
Marie was the fifth daughter of Hereditary Prince Karl Ludwig von Baden (1755–1801) and his wife Amalie (1754–1832), daughter of Landgrave Ludwig IX. von Hessen-Darmstadt and Princess Henriette Karoline von Pfalz-Zweibrücken . Her paternal grandparents were Grand Duke Karl Friedrich von Baden and his first wife, Princess Karoline Luise von Hessen-Darmstadt .
Marriage and offspring
On November 1, 1802 Princess was Marie von Baden in Karlsruhe with Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Oels (1771-1815), fourth son of the Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Princess Royal Augusta of Great Britain and Ireland married, . The marriage had three children:
- Karl (1804–1873), Duke of Braunschweig
- Wilhelm August Ludwig Maximilian (1806–1884), Duke of Braunschweig
- Stillbirth of a daughter in April 1808
Flight and Exile
The Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel was incorporated into the Kingdom of Westphalia in 1807 , which was ruled by Emperor Napoleon 's younger brother Jérôme Bonaparte . Duchess Marie fled with her children to her brother Karl and lived in Pforzheim until her early death , where she was buried in the royal crypt.
ancestors
| Friedrich Hereditary Prince of Baden (1703–1732) | |||||||||||||
| Karl Friedrich Grand Duke of Baden (1728–1811) | |||||||||||||
| Anna of Nassau-Dietz-Oranien (1710–1777) | |||||||||||||
| Karl Ludwig von Baden (1755–1801) | |||||||||||||
| Ludwig VIII Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691–1768) | |||||||||||||
| Karoline Luise of Hessen-Darmstadt (1723–1783) | |||||||||||||
| Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700–1726) | |||||||||||||
| Marie of Baden | |||||||||||||
| Ludwig VIII Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691–1768) | |||||||||||||
| Louis IX Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1719–1790) | |||||||||||||
| Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700–1726) | |||||||||||||
| Amalie of Hessen-Darmstadt (1754–1832) | |||||||||||||
| Christian III of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1674–1735) | |||||||||||||
| Caroline of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1721–1774) | |||||||||||||
| Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704–1774) | |||||||||||||
Note: Due to inter-family marriages, Landgrave Ludwig VIII of Hessen-Darmstadt and his wife Charlotte are two-time great-grandparents of Marie.
literature
- Foundation Residenzschloss Braunschweig, House of the Brunswick Foundations (Ed.): Marie! The Black Duke's wife. Exhibition catalog, Braunschweig 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-049405-5 .
Web links
- Marie Elisabeth Wilhelmine von Baden as a personality in BLIK - Braunschweig's guidance and information system for culture on braunschweig.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Friedrich Görges : The Sanct Blasius Cathedral in Braunschweig and its curiosities, as well as the hereditary burials of the House of Braunschweig-Lüneburg in Braunschweig and Wolfenbüttel, built by Heinrich the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria. 3rd edition, Eduard Leibrock, Braunschweig 1834, p. 67.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Marie of Baden |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marie Elisabeth Wilhelmine Duchess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel; Marie Elisabeth Wilhelmine of Baden |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Baden and by marriage Duchess of Braunschweig |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 1808 |
| Place of death | Bruchsal |