Pauline of Württemberg (1810-1856)
Pauline Friederike Marie von Württemberg (born February 25, 1810 in Stuttgart , † July 7, 1856 in Wiesbaden ) was a princess of Württemberg and by marriage Duchess of Nassau.
Life
Pauline was a daughter of Prince Paul von Württemberg and his wife Princess Charlotte von Sachsen-Hildburghausen . Pauline was hard of hearing from her youth.
She married Duke Wilhelm I of Nassau on April 23, 1829 in Stuttgart . Her husband was 18 years older than Pauline and was first married to her aunt Luise von Sachsen-Hildburghausen , with whom he already had eight children. The marriage was unhappy, Wilhelm terrorized his family and made fun of his wife's hearing loss. She later published her life story under the title "My story of suffering".
The duchess was considered popular and benevolent among the population. In 1857 she founded a girls' hostel, the so-called "Nassauische Diakonissen-Mutterhaus Paulinenstiftung". The two hospitals emerged from this in 1896 and were later renamed Paulinenstift Wiesbaden (today Asklepios Paulinen Klinik Wiesbaden ) and Paulinenstift Nastätten . The Duchess was considered a difficult character in the internal circle; a contemporary witness describes her: "Your Highness is and remains completely indifferent to any consideration that does not suit your own view and insight."
The Paulinenschlösschen in Wiesbaden was built for Pauline from 1841 to 1843 as a widow's residence, but it was destroyed in 1945. She commissioned a castle of the same name in Bad Soden am Taunus in 1847 and sold it to the spa doctor Georg Thilenius in 1855 .
Her husband, Duke Wilhelm von Nassau (1792–1839)
1848–1855 your summer residence in Bad Soden am Taunus
progeny
- Daughter (* / † 1830)
- Helene (1831–1888) ⚭ 1853 Prince Georg Viktor von Waldeck-Pyrmont (1831–1893)
- Nikolaus Wilhelm (1832–1905), Major General in Nassau ⚭ 1868 Natalya Alexandrovna Pushkin “Countess of Merenberg” (1836–1913), descendants are the Counts and Countesses of Merenberg
- Sophia (1836–1913) ⚭ 1857 later King Oskar II of Sweden (1829–1907)
Web links
- Literature on Pauline von Württemberg in the Hessian Bibliography
- http://www.zeno.org/DamenConvLex-1834/A/Pauline,+Friederike+Maria,+Herzogin+von+Nassau
- Paulinenschlösschen on the side of the city of Bad Soden
Individual evidence
- ↑ about Pauline on Wiesbadener Tageblatt ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Württemberg, Pauline von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Württemberg, Pauline Friederike Marie von (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Württemberg and by marriage Duchess of Nassau |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1810 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1856 |
Place of death | Wiesbaden |