Princess Leopoldine of Baden
Princess consort of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(m. - Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- Feodora, Princess of Leiningen
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Princess Leopoldine of Baden (Leopoldine Wilhelmine Amalie Pauline Maximiliane; 22 February 1837, Karlsruhe - 23 December 1903, Strasbourg) was a Princess of Baden by birth and Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by marriage.
Life
Leopoldine was the fourth and youngest daughter of Prince William of Baden (1792-1859) and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg (1802-1864), daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg. Her paternal grandparents were Charles Frederick of Baden, the first Grand Duke of Baden, and his second wife, Baroness Louise Caroline Geyer of Geyersberg, Countess of Hochberg. She grew up in Karlsruhe, together with her two older sisters, Sophie (1834-1904) and Elizabeth (1835-1891).
Princess Leopoldine married on 24 September 1862 in Karlsruhe, Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1832-1913), second son of Prince Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Princess Feodora of Leiningen. They had three children:
- Prince Ernest William Frederick Maximilian Charles of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863-1950); succeeded his father as Ernst II, married in 1896 Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1878-1942), had issue.
- Princess Elise Victoria Feodora Sophie Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1864-1929); married in 1884 Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (1858-1928), had issue.
- Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1866-1932); married in 1894 Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen (1866-1939), had issue.
Princess Leopoldine founded the Leopoldine Association. In Strasbourg, where her husband was appointed as the Governor of Alsace-Lorraine, she took mainly ceremonial duties. She died the day before Christmas Eve 1903, after a long illness. She was buried in the family cemetery in Langenburg.
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References
- Annette Borchardt-Wenzel: Die Frauen am badischen Hof. Gefährtinnen der Großherzöge zwischen Liebe, Pflicht und Intrigen, Piper Verlag GmbH München, 2003, ISBN 3-492-23696-0
- Paul Zinsmaier: Leopoldine Fürstin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, in: Badische Biographien, vol. 6, edited by A. Krieger and R. Obser, Heidelberg, 1935, p. 785 ff
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The generations indicate descent from Charles Frederick, the first Grand Duke of a united Baden. Only princesses with articles are included. Later generations do not legally hold a title due to the abolition of the monarchy in 1918-19.
- Caroline, Queen of Bavaria
- Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna of Russia
- Frederica, Queen of Sweden
- Marie, Duchess of Brunswick and Lunenburg
- Wilhelmine, Grand Duchess of Hesse
- Alexandrine, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Marie, Princess of Leiningen
- Cecilie, Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia
- Sophie, Princess of Lippe
- Leopoldine, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- Victoria, Queen of Sweden
- Marie, Duchess of Anhalt
*Titular princess of Baden due to the 1918 German Revolution
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