Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony

Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony
Princess of Hohenzollern
Born (1900-01-24)24 January 1900
Dresden, Saxony
Died 16 October 1962(1962-10-16) (aged 62)
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Spouse Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern
Issue Princess Maria Antonia
Princess Maria Adelgunde of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Princess Maria Theresia
Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern
Prince Franz Josef
Prince John George
Prince Ferfried Maximilian
Full name
German: Margarete Karola Wilhelmine Viktoria Adelheid Albertine Petrusa Bertram Paula
House Wettin
Father Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
Mother Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany
Religion Roman Catholicism

Princess Margarete Karola Wilhelmine Viktoria Adelheid Albertine Petrusa Bertram Paula, Duchess of Saxony[1][2]) (24 January 1900, Dresden, Saxony[1][2] 16 October 1962, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[1][2]) was the fifth child and second-eldest daughter of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and his wife Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany and a younger sister of Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony and Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen.[1][2] She was Princess of Hohenzollern from 22 October 1927 until 16 October 1962.

Marriage and issue

Margarete Karola married Frederick Victor, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern (later Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern), son of William, Prince of Hohenzollern and his wife Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, on 2 June 1920 at Schloss Sibyllenort in Sibyllenort, Silesia, Germany.[1][2] Margarete Karola and Frederick had seven children:[1][2]

Name Birth date and place Death date and place
Princess Benedikta Maria Antonia Mathilde Anna of Hohenzollern19 February 1921
Sigmaringen
11 October 2011(2011-10-11) (aged 90)
Princess Maria Adelgunde of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (married Prince Konstantin of Bavaria and had issue)19 February 1921
Sigmaringen
23 May 2006(2006-05-23) (aged 85)
Frauenfeld
Princess Maria Theresia Ludovika Cecilie Zita Elisabeth Hilda Agnes of Hohenzollern11 October 1922
Schloss Sigmaringen
13 December 2004(2004-12-13) (aged 82)
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Joseph Maria Manuel Georg Meinrad Fidelis Benedikt Michael Hubert3 February 1924
Schloss Umkirch
16 September 2010(2010-09-16) (aged 86)
Prince Franz Josef Hubertus Maria Meinrad Michael of Hohenzollern15 March 1926
Schloss Umkirch
13 March 1996(1996-03-13) (aged 69)
Sigmaringen
Prince Johann Georg Carl Leopold Eitel-Friedrich Meinrad Maria Hubertus Michael of Hohenzollern7 April 1932
Schloss Umkirch
2 March 2016(2016-03-02) (aged 83)
Munich
Prince Ferfried Maximilian Pius Meinrad Maria Hubert Michael Justinus of Hohenzollern14 April 1943
Schloss Umkirch

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Darryl Lundy (10 May 2003). "Margarethe Karola Prinzessin von Sachsen". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 11 December 2008. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Paul Theroff. "SAXONY". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony
Born: 24 January 1900 Died: 16 October 1962
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria
 TITULAR 
Princess consort of Hohenzollern
Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

22 October 1927 – 16 October 1962
Reason for succession failure:
Principality annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1850
Succeeded by
Princess Margarita of Leiningen
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