Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1849–1922)

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Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Princess Reuss zu Köstritz

Marie Anna Alexandrine Sophie Auguste Helene of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (born January 20, 1849 in Weimar ; † May 6, 1922 in Trebschen ) was Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Duchess of Saxony and, through marriage, Princess Reuss of Koestritz .

Life

Marie was the eldest daughter of Grand Duke Carl Alexander von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1818–1901) from his marriage to Princess Sophie (1824–1897), daughter of King Wilhelm II of the Netherlands .

She married Prince Heinrich VII. Reuss zu Köstritz (1825-1906) in Weimar on February 6, 1876 . The couple was called "Zitta" and "Septi" in the family circle. After the death of King Wilhelm III. of the Netherlands , Marie, the daughter of Princess Sophie of the Netherlands , was close to the Dutch throne.

Marie and Heinrich were great supporters of the composer Bernhard Stavenhagen , with whose wife Agnes Stavenhagen Princess Marie was close friends.

Prince Heinrich was Ambassador of the German Empire in Vienna from 1878 to 1894. After his dismissal, the still highly popular Otto von Bismarck attended the wedding of his son Herbert here in 1892 . Chancellor Leo von Caprivi had instructed the ambassador in writing to ignore this event. Marie visited Bismarck in Vienna personally without her husband's knowledge and informed him of the contents of Caprivi's instructions, which she also passed on to the Allgemeine Zeitung .

progeny

From their marriage, Marie had the following children:

⚭ 1920 (closed 1921) Princess Marie Adelheid zur Lippe (1895–1993)
⚭ 1. 1913 (closed 1922) Princess Viktoria Margarete of Prussia (1890–1923)
⚭ 2. 1929 (closed 1935) Allene Tew (1876–1955)
  • Johanna (1882-1883)
  • Sophie Renate (1884–1968)
⚭ 1909 Prince Heinrich XXXIV. Reuss (1887–1956)
  • Heinrich XXXV. (1887–1936)
⚭ 1. 1911 (closed 1921) Princess Marie of Saxony-Altenburg (1888–1947)
⚭ 2. 1921 (closed 1923) Princess Marie Adelheid zur Lippe (1895–1993)

literature

  • Angelika Pöthe: Carl Alexander. Patron in Weimar's ›Silver Era‹. Böhlau, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-412-00498-7 .
  • Wolfgang Stribrny: Bismarck and German politics after his dismissal (1890–1898). Schöningh, Paderborn 1977, p. 122.
  • Paul Lehfeldt, Georg Voss: Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach. G. Fischer, Jena 1917.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Angelika Pöthe: Carl Alexander. Patron in Weimar's ›Silver Era‹. Böhlau, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-412-00498-7 , p. 105; Gerhard Kohlweyer: Agnes Stavenhagen. Weimarer Taschenbuchverlag, Weimar 2007, p. 140 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maria of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach; Zitta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess Reuss zu Köstritz
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Weimar
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1922
Place of death Trebschen