Marie of Prussia (1855–1888)

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Princess Marie of Prussia, around 1878

Princess Marie of Prussia , full name Marie Elisabeth Louise Frederika of Prussia (born September 14, 1855 in the Marble Palace in Potsdam , † June 20, 1888 in Dresden ) was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and by marriage was Princess of the Netherlands , later Princess of Saxony- Altenburg .

Life

Princess Marie and her first husband, around 1878

Princess Marie was the eldest daughter of the Prussian Field Marshal Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia (1828–1885) and his wife, Princess Maria Anna von Anhalt-Dessau (1837–1906), who in turn was the youngest daughter of Duke Leopold IV. Friedrich and the Princess Friederike of Prussia was.

On August 24, 1878, Princess Marie married Prince Heinrich von Oranien-Nassau (1820–1879) in the New Palais in Potsdam , who had been Governor of Luxembourg and Lieutenant Admiralty since 1850 . He was the third son of the Dutch King Wilhelm II and his wife, the Russian Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna . The reason for the marriage was the impending end of the Orange-Nassau dynasty, as the king had no married sons at that time. However, the marriage remained childless.

Princess Marie was the godmother of her nephew Prince Arthur of Connaught , the only son of her sister Luise Margareta, Duchess of Connaught . The christening ceremonies took place in the private chapel at Windsor Castle .

Six years after Prince Heinrich's death, on May 6, 1885, Princess Marie went to Berlin for a second marriage to Prince Albert von Sachsen-Altenburg (1843-1902), a son of Prince Edward and his second wife, Princess Luise Caroline Reuss Greiz, a. From this marriage, which according to all reports went harmoniously, two daughters were born:

  • Olga Elisabeth (1886–1955) ⚭ 1913 Count Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss (1886–1945)
  • Marie (1888–1947) ⚭ 1911–1921 Prince Heinrich XXXV. Reuss to Köstritz (1887–1936)

The princess died in 1888 as a result of childbed fever and was buried in the family crypt of those of Sachsen-Altenburg. Her husband married Helena Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1857–1936), a niece of Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , and the granddaughter of Russian Grand Duke Michael Pawlowitsch Romanow, for the second time in Remplin .

Name in different phases of life

  • 1855–1878 Princess Marie of Prussia
  • 1878–1885 Princess Heinrich of the Netherlands; Princess Marie of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau
  • 1885–1888 Princess Marie of Saxony-Altenburg

literature

  • C. Arnold McNaughton: The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy , in 3 volumes (London, UK: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 66.

Web links

Commons : Princess Marie of Prussia (1855–1888)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Henrik von Nassau, Prince of the Netherlands on thepeerage.com , accessed July 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Prince Albrecht Heinrich Joseph von Sachsen-Altenburg on thepeerage.com , accessed on July 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ Helene Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz on thepeerage.com , accessed on July 26, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Marie of Prussia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marie Elisabeth Louise Frederika of Prussia; Marie of Orange-Nassau; Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of the House of Hohenzollern and the great niece of Emperor Wilhelm I.
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Marble Palace , Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1888
Place of death Dresden