Mary Victoria Hamilton

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Mary Victoria Hamilton

Mary Victoria Douglas Hamilton (born December 11, 1850 in Hamilton Palace , † May 14, 1922 in Budapest ) was Princess of Monaco (1869–1880) by marriage and, also by marriage, Princess (1880) and Countess Festetics of Tolna (1883 ).

Life

Mary Victoria was born as the daughter of William Douglas-Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton (1811-1863), and his wife Princess Marie Amalie of Baden (1817-1888) at Hamilton Palace.

On September 21, 1869, she married Prince Albert of Monaco, who ruled as Prince Albert I from 1889, in the Marchais Castle .

The marriage was not happy, the princess left Monaco a few months after the wedding and lived with her family abroad, mostly in Baden-Baden . There she gave birth to her son Ludwig, who later became Prince Louis II . Her husband didn't meet his son until ten years later. In 1880, nine years before Albert became Prince, the marriage was annulled .

Mary Victoria married on June 2, 1880 in Budapest the Hungarian nobleman Tasziló Festetics de Tolna (1850-1933, Count Festetics 1883). She had four more children with him:

  • Mária (1881-1953)
  • Georg (1882–1941)
  • Alexandra (1884–1963)
  • Karola-Friederika (1888–1951)

Mary Victoria died on February 14, 1922 in Budapest and was buried there. She is the great-great-grandmother of Prince Albert II and, through her second marriage, also the ancestor of the fashion designer Egon von Fürstenberg and the actress Ira von Fürstenberg .

Family table

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. James Douglas-Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Archibald Douglas-Hamilton, 9. Duke of Hamilton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Anne Spencer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Harriet Stewart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Lady Catherine Cochrane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. William Douglas-Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. William Beckford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. William Thomas Beckford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Maria Hamilton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Susan Euphemia Beckford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Margaret Gordon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Lady Margaret Stewart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Mary Victoria Hamilton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Karl Friedrich of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Karl Ludwig of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Karoline Luise of Hessen-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Karl Ludwig Friedrich of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Louis IX. from Hessen-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Amalie of Hessen-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Caroline of Pfalz-Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Marie Amalie of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Claude de Beauharnais, 1st Count des Roches-Baritaud
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Claude de Beauharnais
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Fanny de Beauharnais
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Stephanie de Beauharnais
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Claude François de Lézay-Marnézia, 3rd Marquis of Lézay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Claudine Françoise de Lézay-Marnézia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Marie Claudine de Nettancourt-Vaubécourt
 
 
 
 
 
 

literature

  • Bettina Grosse de Cosnac : The Clan of Monaco. Past and present of the Grimaldis. Hamburg / Vienna 2002. Updated and revised paperback edition under the title The Grimaldis. Past and present of the Princely Family of Monaco. Bergisch Gladbach 2007, ISBN 978-3-404-61620-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton. thepeerage.com, accessed November 29, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b c Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton. Tribal ranks of the German nobility. schlossarchiv.de, accessed on November 29, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Hamilton, Mary Victoria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hamilton, Mary Victoria Douglas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Monaco
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamilton Palace
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1922
Place of death Budapest