Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Amalia Maria da Gloria Augusta (Ghent, 20 March 1830 — Walferdange, Luxembourg, 1 May 1872), Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, was the first wife of Prince Henry of the Netherlands, son of king William II of the Netherlands.
Life
Family
She was the daughter of Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen (daughter of George I of Saxe-Meiningen).
Marriage
She first met Henry, alongside his brother Alexander on the island of Madeira in 1847. She married Henry in Weimar on 19 May 1853 and he then took her to live at Walferdange Castle in Luxembourg, where he was stadhouder. As she had been before her marriage, she was active in charities there, becoming very popular. It was thanks to her that kindergartens (initiated by Friedrich Fröbel) were introduced into the area. The marriage, however, remained childless. On her death in 1872 she was buried in the Nieuwe Kerk at Delft. In 1876 the city of Luxembourg unveiled a statue of her in Henry's presence.
Ancestry
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16. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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8. Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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17. Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth |
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4. Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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18. Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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9. Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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19. Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia |
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2. Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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20. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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10. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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21. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
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5. Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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22. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
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11. Caroline of Zweibrücken |
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23. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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1. Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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24. Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
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12. Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
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25. Elisabeth Eleonore of Brünswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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6. George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
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26. Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal |
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13. Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal |
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27. Christine of Saxe-Eisenach |
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3. Ida of Saxe-Meiningen |
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28. Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
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14. Prince Christian Albert of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
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29. Eleonore of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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7. Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
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30. Frederick Charles, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern |
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15. Karoline of Stolberg-Gedern |
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31. Louise of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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Sources
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Amalia_of_Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach] at Wikimedia Commons
- This page is a translation of its Dutch equivalent.
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| 6th generation |
Katharina, Princess Emanuel Joseph of Hohenzollern · Princess Elisabeth · Princess Beatrice-Maria, Mrs. Davidson
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| 7th generation |
Princess Leonie · Princess Désirée, Countess of and in Hoensbroech
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*''also a Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach by marriage
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| 2nd Generation |
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| 3rd Generation |
none
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Amalia Of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
20 March 1830 |
| Place of birth |
Ghent |
| Date of death |
1 May 1872 |
| Place of death |
Walferdange |