Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

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Hereditary Grand Duchess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Coffin (front) in the royal crypt

Pauline Ida Marie Olga Henriette Catharina von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (born July 25, 1852 in Stuttgart ; † May 17, 1904 in Orte ) was Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Duchess of Saxony and, through marriage, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar- Eisenach.

Life

Pauline was the eldest child of Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825–1901). Through his marriage to Auguste (1826–1898), the youngest daughter of King Wilhelm I of Württemberg and his entry into the royal Württemberg army, he founded the so-called Württemberg line of the House of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach.

Pauline married Hereditary Grand Duke Karl August von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1844-1894) on August 26, 1873 in Friedrichshafen , her second cousin. The wedding date had been postponed; originally it was planned to have the world premiere of the opera Aida outside of Italy in Weimar on the occasion of the wedding .

Pauline's husband died before his father, which is why Pauline's older son followed in 1901 as Grand Duke of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach. Under her patronage, one of the oldest kindergartens in the area was opened in Ramsla in 1901 , the “Paulinenstift”. As the last member of the House of Saxony-Weimar, Pauline lived in Belvedere Palace in Weimar until her death . She was buried in the Weimar Princely Crypt.

The Paulinenturm , which is the landmark of the city of Bad Berka, is named after her . Five songs from Joseph Victor von Scheffel's Trumpeter von Säckingen (op. 45) are dedicated to Pauline.

progeny

Pauline had two sons from their marriage:

⚭ 1903 Princess Caroline Reuss zu Greiz (1884–1905)
⚭ 1910 Princess Feodora of Saxony-Meiningen (1890–1972)

literature

  • Otto Devrient: For the moving-in ceremony of the newly weds Her Royal Highnesses Hereditary Grand Duke Karl August and Hereditary Grand Duchess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Kühn, 1873.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Busch: Verdi's Aida , St. Paul 1978, p. 301 ( digitized version )
  2. ↑ http://www.geschichte-der-fliese.de/belvedere_weimar.html
  3. ↑ http://www.bad-berka.de/index.php?id=194&L=0
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mugi.hfmt-hamburg.de
personal data
SURNAME Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Pauline Ida Marie Olga Henriette Catharina von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1904
Place of death places