Marie zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst

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Marie Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein. Marble bust by Ernst Rietschel , 1855

Marie Pauline Antoinette Princess of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst , b. Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg (born February 18, 1837 in Woronice , † January 21, 1920 at Friedstein Castle near Stainach ) was an Austrian patroness .

Life

origin

Princess Marie with her mother Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein . Around 1840
Marie Hohenlohe as Tassos Leonore, painted by Wilhelm von Kaulbach , around 1864

Marie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein was born in 1837 as the daughter of the Imperial Russian Rittmeister a. D. Nikolaus Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg and Carolyne , b. von Iwanowska was born in Woronice, southern Ukraine. Her childhood was marked by her parents' falling out and her mother's flight to her idol and later lover Franz Liszt in Germany in 1848. From 1849 Marie, who had taken her mother with her from Russia, grew up with her and Liszt in Weimar , where she came into contact with the music and art scene of her era early on; Richard Wagner and Hector Berlioz , among others , frequented the Altenburg in Weimar , where her mother had established her residence . Liszt dedicated the Six chants polonais op.74 de Frédéric Chopin transcrits pour le piano (1860) to the princess . Her mother had her inherited fortune transferred to her in good time so that, despite her parents' divorce in 1855, she was financially secure.

Next life

In 1859 Marie married Prince Konstantin zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1828–1896), an Austrian court official, in Weimar and moved to Vienna . With the appointment of her husband to the first Supreme Court Master of Emperor Franz Joseph I in July 1866 - at the same time the couple was elevated to the personal prince status with the predicate "Your Grace" - they advanced to a prominent position at the Austrian imperial court she was intensely committed to promoting cultural life. Gottfried Semper , Franz von Dingelstedt , Adolf von Wilbrandt and Ferdinand von Saar were among their protégés . She had a special friendship with Friedrich Hebbel . Having grown up in a musical and intellectual environment, she devoted herself to literary projects: for example, she translated Alphonse de Lamartine's Le tailleur de pierre de Saint-Point and Liszt's biography of Chopin - which some assume was actually from her mother - from French.

She was also active in philanthropy . On her initiative, the "Leopoldstädter Volksküche" was established in 1873, and she took over the management, as well as several holiday camps for children.

Heinz Gollwitzer judged Princess Marie:

“Inwardly, she had a certain distance from the first Viennese society, and this perhaps explains why she sought compensation in the form of a spiritually significant salon. Liszt, Wagner, Tegetthoff, Austria's naval hero, Makart and her special protégé, the poet Ferdinand von Saar, frequented the evenings of the princess, whom Kaulbach painted as Tassos Leonore. The fact that the Viennese theaters were part of her husband's department enabled the Princess to devote herself to the Burgtheater. "

family

Marie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein married Prince Konstantin zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst in 1859 . The couple had six children:

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  1. ↑ Cf. Gollwitzer, p. 312.
personal data
SURNAME Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Marie to
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sayn-Wittgenstein, Marie zu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian nobleman and patroness
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Woronice
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1920
Place of death Stainach