Sophie zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

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Sophie Maria Theresia zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (born September 18, 1809 in Prague , † July 21, 1838 in Bubeneč ) was a German princess and through her marriage to Prince Heinrich XX. ruling princess of the Principality of Reuss older line (historically also: Reuss-Greiz ; French: Princesse Sophie-Marie-Thérèse de Reuss-Greiz, née Princesse de Lœwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg ).

Life

Sophie was the third daughter of Prince Karl Thomas zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and his wife Sophie Luise Wilhelmine Countess zu Windisch-Grätz (1784–1848). Since the Princely House of Löwenstein-Rosenberg with residence in the Schloss zu Kleinheubach was a Catholic denomination, Sophie belonged to this denomination at least until her wedding. Hereditary Prince Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg was her brother, Prince Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg was her uncle and brother-in-law.

Gallery of the German Federal Princes XXIX : Presentation of Heinrich XX., Older line sovereign Prince Reuss, Count and Lord of Plauen etc., and his wife Sophie geb. Princess zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, in: The Pfennig magazine of the society for the dissemination of non-profit knowledge , Volume 5, Leipzig ( FA Brockhaus ) 1837

The wedding with Heinrich XX. Reuss zu Greiz took place on November 25, 1834 at Haid Castle in Löwenstein . Since the marriage also affected leasehold and property issues, corresponding documents were prepared, which can be found today in the Baden-Württemberg State Archives, Wertheim State Archives. There is also correspondence between Sophie and her husband Heinrich XX. to her brother or brother-in-law, Hereditary Prince Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.

After the death of her brother-in-law Heinrich XIX. Reuss zu Greiz in 1836, Sophie and her husband, as the ruling princely couple, were the heads of the Lutheran dynasty of Reuss-Greiz. Besides them, there was only the widowed sister-in-law and her two daughters, as well as the prince's mother, the widowed princess Luise, b. Princess of Nassau-Weilburg , who died on October 11, 1837.

The marriage remained childless, presumably because of Sophie's untimely death. This was not only a fact of a private nature, but was also of constitutional significance, which was still openly discussed during Sophie's lifetime, because if the prince had remained without ancestor as the last male representative of his lineage , the sovereign principality would have been more applicable Inheritance contracts have been divided among the other lines Schleiz and Ebersdorf of the entire Reuss house .

Princess Sophie, who was considered a benefactress of the poor , died of a nerve attack "after years of suffering" . She was buried in Greiz , Thuringia , in 1838 .

In her honor, her husband had a large white cross erected in her former favorite spot, which offers a good view of the city. This 12 meter high Sophienkreuz was erected in the year of her death near Greiz on the Hirschstein. A memorial plaque on the cross originally bore the inscription: “Heinrich XX. placed this cross in 1838 for his dearly beloved, unforgettable wife Sophie. "

Princess Sophie's will is deposited in the Thuringia State Archives - Greiz State Archives.

In the summer palace (Greiz) there is a contemporary portrait bust of the princess, which is part of the Thuringian Palaces and Gardens Foundation collection .

Web links

Commons : Sophie zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Writing and business calendar for the German Federal Chancellery , Volume 32, Frankfurt am Main 1858, p. 126.
  2. ^ The Pfennig magazine for the dissemination of non-profit knowledge , Volume 7, Leipzig 1839, p. 56.
  3. ^ Almanach de Gotha pour l'année 1846 , Gotha, p. 65.
  4. ↑ Gothaischer genealogical court calendar together with diplomatic-statistical yearbook ... 1829, p. 116 ( google.de [accessed on January 2, 2020]).
  5. ↑ Genealogical-historical-statistical yearbook for the year 1835 , p. 61.
  6. ^ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg , Department State Archives Wertheim, R-Lit. A No. 641: Wedding of Princess Sophie Marie Therese zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg to Prince Heinrich zu Reuss-Plauen-Greiz
  7. ^ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Wertheim: Archive unit R-Lit. Br No. 997 - letters from the ruling Prince of Reuss-Greiz Heinrich XX. and his wife Sophie, b. Princess zu Löwenstein, to whose brother-in-law resp. Brother, the Hereditary Prince Constantin and the Hereditary Princess Agnes (1829–1835)
  8. ↑ a b Fränkischer Merkur , Bamberg, No. 294, October 21, 1837: The extinction of the dynasties of Germany
  9. ↑ Genealogical-historical-statistical almanac for the year 1838 , Weimar 1838, p. 228.
  10. ↑ a b Conversations Lexicon of the Present , Volume 2, Verlag FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1839, p. 813 f.
  11. ↑ Der Bayerische Volksfreund , No. 64, Munich, October 19, 1837, p. 570.
  12. ↑ Oldenburg State Calendar , Oldenburg 1847, p. 42.
  13. ^ Frankfurter Ober-Postamts-Zeitung , January 20, 1839.
  14. ↑ Aschaffenburger Zeitung , August 1, 1838, p. 180.
  15. ^ Isolde Bacher: Baedeker travel guide . Germany east. 2013, p. 327.
  16. ↑ Thomas Gehrlein: The Reuss House , Part I. German Princely Houses, Issue 49, Börde-Verlag, Werl 2015, p. 95.
  17. ^ Thuringian State Archives Greiz: Landesregierung Greiz a. Rep. B - III No. 18: The ruling Princess Sophie Marie Therese Reuss a.L., geb. Princess von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg filed a testamentary ordinance 1837 - 1840 with the princely state government
  18. ↑ Rudolstadt, Thuringian Palaces and Gardens Foundation, inventory no. TSG 9-29: portrait bust Sophie von Reuss, b. Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
personal data
SURNAME Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Sophie zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Sophie Maria Theresia zu (full name at birth); Reuss zu Greiz, Sophie (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German princess and princess of the principality Reuss older line
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1838
Place of death Bubeneč