Princess Sophie of Luxembourg
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| Born | 14 February 1902 Berg Castle, Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg | ||||
| Died | 24 May 1941 (aged 39) Munich, Bavaria, Nazi Germany | ||||
| Burial | Katholische Hofkirche, Dresden, Saxony, Germany | ||||
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| House | House of Nassau-Weilburg (by birth) House of Wettin (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | ||||
| Mother | Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal | ||||
Princess Sophie Caroline Marie Wilhelmine of Luxembourg (14 February 1902 – 24 May 1941) was a Princess of Luxembourg by birth and Princess of Saxony by virtue of marriage.
Early life and ancestry
Sophie was born in Berg Castle, Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, as the sixth and youngest daughter of Grand Duke William IV and his wife, Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal, the daughter of the deposed King Miguel I of Portugal and Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.[1] By birth, she was member of the House of Nassau-Weilburg, a branch of the House of Nassau.
Two of Sophie's elder sisters reigned as Grand duchesses of Luxembourg: Marie-Adélaïde and Charlotte.
Marriage and issue
Sophie married Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony, member of the House of Wettin, youngest son of the last Saxon monarch Frederick Augustus III and his wife Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany, on 12 April 1921 at Schloss Hohenburg.[2]
Together, Sophie and Ernst Heinrich had three sons:
- Prince Albrecht Friedrich August Johannes Gregor Dedo of Saxony (9 May 1922 in Munich; - 6 December 2009 in Radebeul, Germany).[3]
- Prince Georg Timo Michael Nikolaus Maria of Saxony (22 December 1923 in Munich - 22 April 1982 in Emden) married Margrit Lucas on 7 August 1952 at Mülheim. They have two children. He remarried Charlotte Schwindack on 3 February 1966, from whom he was divorced on 6 February 1973. He remarried Erina Eilts on 26 March 1974. He has an illegitimate son.
- Prince Rupprecht Hubertus Gero Maria of Saxony (12 September 1925 in Munich - 10 April 2003 in Picton, Ontario, Canada)
Death
Princess Sophie died on 24 May 1941 at age 39 in Munich of pneumonia.[4] She was interred in Neue Gruft in the Hofkirche, Dresden, Saxony, Germany.[5]
Following her death, Prince Ernst Heinrich married secondly and morganatically to Virginia Dulon on 28 June 1947 in Paris.[6]
Ancestry
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References
- ^ http://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/fam-U-V-W/wettin/saxonyalbert4.htm
- ^ http://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/fam-U-V-W/wettin/saxonyalbert4.htm
- ^ See wikipedia article on Ernst Heinrich of Saxony.
- ^ http://www.luxarazzi.com/2016/03/luxarazzi-101-princess-sophie-of.html
- ^ http://www.royaltyguide.nl/countries/germany/D/dresden/hofkirche.htm
- ^ http://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/fam-U-V-W/wettin/saxonyalbert4.htm
- Généalogie des rois et des princes de Jean-Charles Volkmann Edit. Jean-Paul Giserot (1998)
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All princesses of Luxembourg are also princesses of Nassau. *also a princess of Bourbon-Parma by birth | ||
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*also a princess of Luxembourg by birth ^also a princess of Bourbon-Parma by birth | ||