Princess Marie of Battenberg

Princess Marie Caroline of Battenberg (German: Prinzessin Marie Karoline von Battenberg; 15 July 1852 – 20 June 1923) was a Princess of Battenberg and, by marriage, The Princess of Erbach-Schönberg. She worked as a writer and translator.

Early life

Marie was the eldest child and only daughter of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823–1888), founder of the House of Battenberg and his morganatic wife, the Countess Julia Hauke (1825–1895), daughter of the Polish Count John Maurice Hauke. As a result of a morganatic marriage, Marie and her siblings were excluded from the succession of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and bore the title Princes of Battenberg. Marie was conceived six months before her parents married, which she always told people that her birthday was the 15 July and not in February. She was born the 15 February in Strasbourg and not the 15 July in Geneva.

Works as translator

Marie's brother, Alexander since 1879 was Prince of Bulgaria. Her memoir of a visit to him, My Trip to Bulgaria, was published in 1884.

Marie translated The Gate of Paradise and An Easter Dream of Edith Jacob, and A Trip to Siberia by Kate Marsden. She also published her memoirs, which plays her relationship with her mentally-unstable son Maximilian in an essential role.

Marriage and family

The Princess married on 19 April 1871 in Darmstadt, Count Gustav Ernst of Erbach-Schönberg (1840–1908), who was elevated to the rank of Prince (German: Fürst) in 1903 because of family ties with the British Royal Family and the Russian Imperial Family. They had four children:

Count Alexander (later 2nd Prince) of Erbach-Schönberg (12 September 1872 – 18 October 1944)
Count Maximilian of Erbach-Schönberg (17 March 1878 – 25 March 1892)
Count (later Prince) Victor of Erbach-Schönberg (26 September 1880 – 27 Apr 1967)
Countess (later Princess) Marie of Erbach-Schönberg (7 July 1883 – 12 Mar 1966)

Titles and styles

15 July 1852 – 26 December 1858: Her Illustrious Highness Countess Marie of Battenberg
26 December 1858 – 19 April 1871: Her Serene Highness Princess Marie of Battenberg
19 April 1871 – 18 August 1903: Her Serene Highness Princess Marie, Countess Gustav of Erbach-Schönberg
18 August 1903 – 20 June 1923 : Her Serene Highness The Princess of Erbach-Schönberg

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Marie of Battenberg

16. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

8. Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine

17. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

4. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine

18. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt

9. Landgravine Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt

19. Princess Maria Luise of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

2. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine

20. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden

10. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden

21. Landgravine Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt

5. Princess Wilhelmine of Baden

22. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 16)

11. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

23. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (= 17)

1. Princess Marie of Battenberg

24. Ignatz Marianus Hauck

12. Friedrich Carl Emanuel Hauke

25. Baroness Maria Franziska Riedesel zu Eisenbach

6. Count John Maurice Hauke

26. Heinrich Wilhelm Schweppenhäuser

13. Maria Salomé Schweppenhäuser

27. Charlotte Philippine Juliane Westermann

3. Countess Julia Hauke

28. Benno Leopold Ignatius Lafontaine

14. Franz Leopold Lafontaine

29. Maria Katharina Franziska Leonhardt

7. Sophie Lafontaine

30. Markus Kornély^[1]

15. Maria Theresia Kornély

31. Unknown^[1]

References

1 2 Paget, Gerald (1977), The Lineage & Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Edinburgh and London: Charles Skilton

Marie of Erbach-Schönberg: Memoirs of Princess Marie of Erbach-Schönberg, Princess of Battenberg, 1852–1923, nd V. 1958 ISBN 3-922781-75-6
Marie von Erbach-Schönberg: Meine Reise nach Bulgarien im Jahre 1884, Heller, 1916 Marie of Erbach-Schoenberg: My trip to Bulgaria in 1884, Heller, 1916
Sophie Pataky: Lexikon deutscher Frauen der Feder, Bd. 1. Sophie Pataky: Encyclopedia of German women of the pen, 1st Bd Berlin, 1898., S. 194. Berlin, 1898., P. 194

Battenberg / Mountbatten family

Generations are numbered in descent from Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and Julia, Princess of Battenberg

1st generation	Marie, Princess of Erbach-Schönberg Louis, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven Alexander, Prince of Bulgaria Prince Henry Prince Francis Joseph

2nd generation	Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark Louise, Queen of Sweden George, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Alexander, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke Victoria Eugenie, Queen of Spain Lord Leopold Mountbatten Prince Maurice

3rd generation	Philip, Duke of Edinburgh* Lady Tatiana Mountbatten David, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven Patricia, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma Lady Pamela Hicks Lady Iris Mountbatten

4th generation	George, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven Lord Ivar Mountbatten

5th generation	Lady Tatiana Mountbatten Henry, Earl of Medina Ella Mountbatten Alexandra Mountbatten Louise Mountbatten

* son of Princess Alice of Battenberg and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. Although, patrilineally a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, he renounced his Greek and Danish princely titles and took the surname Mountbatten before marrying the future Queen Elizabeth II.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 74653800 GND: 119009331

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