Walburga from Hohenthal

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Walburga von Hohenthal, portrayed by Adolph Menzel .

Walburga honor guard Helena Countess von Hohenthal , later Lady Walburga Paget (born May 3, 1839 in Berlin , † October 11, 1929 in Newnham on Severn , Gloucestershire) was a German court lady at the Prussian royal court and author.

Life

She was a daughter of Carl Friedrich Anton Graf von Hohenthal (1803-1852) and Emilie Albertine geb. Countess von Gneisenau (1809–1855). Her siblings were Carl Friedrich Moritz von Hohenthal (1840–1925) and Angelica Adelheid Valeria (1841–1870), her grandfather was Carl Ludwig August von Hohenthal .

Sent to the royal Prussian court in Berlin at a young age , Walpurga von Hohenthal was one of the ladies-in-waiting of Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland , the Prussian Crown Princess. Together with Maria zu Lynar, she was appointed lady-in-waiting after Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha protested against the fact that his daughter was only associated with significantly older court batches at the Prussian court. Thereupon the two countesses were additionally appointed court ladies. In 1860 Walburga von Hohenthal resigned from court service and married the British diplomat Augustus Berkeley Paget († 1896). Her successor at court was her younger sister Valerie (1841–1878), who was banned from court a few years later because she was involved in a tragic scandal that was kept top secret.

Walburga von Hohenthal left extensive records of the age she had lived through. She and her husband lived at the Danish royal court, among other places. There she played a role in the marriage between the Prince of Wales and the Danish king's daughter Alexandra of Denmark .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charles Mosley, ed., "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage" . 106th edition, volume 1, page 73

Works

  • Vegetable diet. Its benefits . An article extracted from the Nineteenth Century. 1892.
  • Colloquies with an unseen friend . 1907.
  • Scenes and Memories . London 1912 (in German: witnessing a turning point , 1997).
  • Embassies of Other Days . 1923.
  • In My Tower . 1924.
  • The Linings of Life . 1929.

literature

  • Walburga Paget: Witness to a turning point: notes by the Walburga Countess von Hohenthal (1839 - 1929) . selected and over. by Mechthild Stein. Ed .: Mechthild Stein. Degener, Neustadt / Aisch 1997, ISBN 3-7686-5109-6 (English).
  • Hannah Pakula: Victoria: daughter of Queen Victoria, wife of the Prussian Crown Prince, mother of Wilhelm II von Schröder, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-547-77360-1 (American English, original title: An uncommon woman . Translated by Waltraud Kolb, Brigitte Rapp) .
  • Time Magazine, October 21, 1929
  • Hans-Joachim Böttcher : "Hohenthal, Walpurga Honor Guard Helena Countess von", in: Important historical personalities of the Düben Heath, AMF - No. 237, 2012, p. 45.

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personal data
SURNAME Hohenthal, Walburga from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paget, Walburga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1929
Place of death Newnham on Severn , Gloucestershire, United Kingdom