Princess Marie of Prussia (1855–1888)

House of Hohenzollern
Prussian Royalty

Descendants of Frederick William III
Great Grandchildren Princess Marie Elisabeth Anna, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg Princess Anna Victoria Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn Prince Friedrich Leopold Prince Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht Prince Joachim Albert Prince Friedrich Wilhelm

For other uses, see Marie of Prussia (disambiguation).

Princess Marie of Prussia (Marie Elisabeth Louise Frederika of Prussia; 14 September 1855, Marmorpalais, Potsdam - 20 June 1888, Dresden), was a princess of the House of Hohenzollern. She was the daughter of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia and later became second wife of Prince Henry of the Netherlands then the first wife of Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg. She was also the great-niece of Wilhelm I, German Emperor.

Life

Prinzessin Marie and her first husband, in 1878

Princess Marie was the eldest daughter of Prussian field-marshal Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia (1828–1885) and his wife, Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau (1837–1906). Marie's mother was the youngest daughter of Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Friederike of Prussia.

On 23 August 1878 Princess Marie married Prince Henry of Orange-Nassau at the Neuen Palais^[1] (1820–1879), who had since 1850 been Governor of Luxembourg and Admiralleutnant zur See. He was the third son of the King William II of the Netherlands and his wife Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia. The marriage between Marie and Henry was arranged in an attempt to save the House of Orange-Nassau from extinction. Unfortunately, it was to prove childless: barely five months later, in January 1879, Prince Henry died after contracting measles.

Six years later, on 6 May 1885, Princess Marie married Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg in Berlin^[2] (1843–1902), a son of Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg and his second wife, Princess Luise Caroline Reuss-Greiz. This marriage was to all reports a harmonious one and produced two children:

Princess Olga Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1886–1955); married in 1913 Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss (1886–1945).
Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1888–1947); married in 1911 Heinrich XXXV, Prince von Reuss of Köstritz (1887–1936); divorced in 1920.

The princess died at Schloss Abrechtesberg^[3]^[4] in 1888 at from the effects of puerperal fever and was buried in the Saxe-Altenburg family vault. Her second husband remarried in 1891 to Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Remplin^[5] (1857–1936), a niece of Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and granddaughter of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia

Princess Marie was godmother to her nephew Prince Arthur of Connaught, only son of her sister Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. The christening occurred in the private chapel at Windsor Castle.

Titles and styles

14 September 1855 – 23 August 1878: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie of Prussia
23 August 1878 – 6 May 1885: Her Royal Highness Princess Henry of Orange-Nassau; Princess of the Netherlands
6 May 1885 – 20 June 1888: Her Royal Highness Princess Albert of Saxe-Altenburg

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Marie of Prussia (1855–1888)

16. Frederick William II of Prussia

8. Frederick William III of Prussia

17. Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt

4. Prince Charles of Prussia

18. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

9. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

19. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

2. Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia

20. Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

10. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

21. Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt

5. Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

22. Paul I of Russia

11. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia

23. Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg

1. Princess Marie of Prussia

24. Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

12. Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau

25. Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen

6. Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt

26. Friedrich Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

13. Margravine Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt

27. Princess Leopoldina of Anhalt-Dessau

3. Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau

28. Frederick William II of Prussia (= 16)

14. Prince Louis Charles of Prussia

29. Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 17)

7. Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia

30. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (= 18)

15. Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

31. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 19)

Bibliography

C. Arnold McNaughton: The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 66. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.

External links

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References

Prussian princesses by birth

The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as King in Prussia in 1701.

1st generation	Luise Dorothea, Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Kassel

2nd generation	Wilhemine, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Friederike Luise, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach Philippine Charlotte, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Sophia Dorothea, Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg

3rd generation	Wilhelmine, Princess of Orange Princess Louise Radziwiłł

4th generation	Princess Frederica, Duchess of York Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands Augusta, Electress of Hesse

5th generation	(Charlotte) Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia Alexandrine, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Princess Louise of the Netherlands Frederica, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine Queen Marie of Bavaria

6th generation	Louise, Grand Duchess of Baden Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfel Anna, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel Hereditary Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

7th generation	Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen Princess Viktoriaof Schaumburg-Lippe Queen Sophia of Greece Margaret, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg Hereditary Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Oldenburg Princess Louise, Duchess of Connaught

8th generation	Viktoria Luise, Duchess of Brunswick Princess Margaret Reuss-Köstritz Princess Marie Therese Princess Luise Henriette Princess Marianne of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld Princess Elisabeth

9th generation	Princess Alexandrine Irene Princess Cecilie Viktoria Princess Victoria Marina Herzeleide, Princess Biron von Courland Duchess Barbara of Mecklenburg Princess Louise Viktoria

10th generation	Princess Felicitas, Mrs. von der Osten Princess Christa Duchess Marie Cécile of Oldenburg Princess Kira, Mrs. Liepsner Princess Xenia, Mrs. Lithander Anastasia, Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Princess Marie Christine Princess Victoria Marina, Mrs. Achache Princess Antonia, Duchess of Wellington Princess Marie Louise, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau Princess Alexandra Maria Princess Désirée Anastasia

11th generation	Princess Viktoria Luise Princess Micaela Princess Nataly Princess Cornelie-Cécile Princess Irina Maria

12th generation	Princess Emma Marie

Dutch princesses by marriage

1st generation	Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia Princess Louise of Prussia

2nd generation	Princess Sophie of Württemberg Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Princess Marie of Prussia

3rd generation	None

4th generation	None

5th generation	None

6th generation	Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti Mabel Martine Wisse Smit Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst Marie-Hélène van den Broek Annette Sekrève Anita van Eijk Aimée Söhngen

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