Marie of Saxony-Altenburg (1854–1898)

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Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg

Marie Friederike Leopoldine Georgine Auguste Alexandra Elisabeth Therese Josephine Helene Sophie von Sachsen-Altenburg (born August 2, 1854 in Eisenberg , † October 8, 1898 at Kamenz Castle , Lower Silesia) was a princess of Sachsen-Altenburg and, by marriage, Princess of Prussia.

Life

Marie was the only surviving child of Duke Ernst I of Saxony-Altenburg (1826-1908) from his marriage to Agnes (1824-1897), daughter of Duke Leopold IV of Anhalt-Dessau .

She married Prince Albrecht of Prussia (1837–1906) in Berlin on April 9, 1873 . On the occasion of the marriage of Albrecht's mother Marianne von Oranien-Nassau (1810–1883), who was married to his father Prince Albrecht of Prussia (1809–1872) from 1830 to 1849, the couple received Kamenz Castle in Silesia as a gift. In 1885 Albrecht became regent in the Duchy of Braunschweig , the country in which the grandson of Aunt Maries of the same name was finally able to ascend the throne as the reigning duke in 1913.

Marie was buried in the mausoleum of the castle park in Kamenz, Lower Silesia . After the mausoleum was looted and destroyed after the Second World War, she and her husband were reburied in the palace gardens.

progeny

From their marriage, Marie had the following children:

⚭ 1. 1919 Marie Blich-Sulzer (1872–1919)
⚭ 2. 1920 (closed 1936) Karoline Kornelia Stockhammer (1891–1952)
⚭ 1910 Princess Agathe zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1888–1960)

Honors

After the lung sanatorium Albrechtshaus near Stiege in the Harz Mountains had been named after her husband, the sanatorium for women with lung diseases that was later built in the immediate vicinity was named Marienheim.

literature

  • Heinrich Ferdinand Schoeppl: The dukes of Saxony-Altenburg. Bozen 1917, reprint Altenburg 1992
  • Hans-Peter Schmidt: Silesia and Prussia , Schweitzerhaus Verlag GmbH, 2007, p. 109

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personal data
SURNAME Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sachsen-Altenburg, Marie Friederike Leopoldine Georgine Auguste Alexandra Elisabeth Therese Josephine Helene Sophie von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Prussia
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisenberg
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1898
Place of death Kamieniec Ząbkowicki