Princess Feodora of Leiningen

Princess Feodora of Leiningen
Princess consort of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Princess Feodora in about 1828.
Spouse Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Issue
Carl Ludwig II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Princess Elise
Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Prince Victor
Adelheid, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
Feodora, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
Full name
Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine
English: Anne Theodora Augusta Charlotte Wilhelmina
House House of Leiningen
House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Father Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen
Mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Born 7 December 1807
Amorbach
Died 23 September 1872(1872-09-23) (aged 64)
Baden-Baden

Princess Feodora of Leiningen (Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine; 7 December 1807 – 23 September 1872) was the only daughter of Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen (1763–1814) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786–1861). Feodora and her older brother Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen were maternal half-siblings of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She is a matrilineal ancestor of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

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Life

On 29 May 1818 her mother remarried to Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III of the United Kingdom. The following year she, along with the rest of the household, was taken to the United Kingdom as the Duchess' pregnancy came to an end, so that the new potential heir to the British throne could be born on British soil.[1][2]

By all accounts, Feodora enjoyed a very close relationship with her half-sister, Victoria, who was devoted to her elder sister.[3][4] Despite this, Feodora was eager to permanently leave their residence at Kensington Palace, as her "only happy time was driving out" with Victoria and her governess Baroness Louise Lehzen because she could "speak and look as she liked".[3]

Marriage

In early 1828, she returned to the German Confederation and married Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1794–1860).[3] The prince had no actual domain as the principality had been mediatised to Württemberg in 1806. The couple lived in the large and uncomfortable Schloss Langenburg.[3] Feodora maintained a lifelong correspondence with her half-sister, and was granted an allowance of £300 whenever she could visit England.[5]

Feodora's daughter the Duchess of of Saxe-Meiningen died in early 1807 of scarlet fever,[6] and Feodora herself died later that year.

Issue

Feodora and Ernest had six children:

Name Birth Death Age Notes
Carl Ludwig II Wilhelm Leopold, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 25 October 1829 16 May 1907 77 years Succeeded to the title on 12 April 1860 but abdicated his rights in favor of his younger brother on 21 April of the same year.
Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 8 November 1830 27 February 1850 19 years
Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard VI, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 31 August 1832 8 March 1913 80 years Married to Princess Leopoldine of Baden
Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 11 December 1833 31 December 1891 58 years Settled in Great Britain and made a morganatic marriage.
Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 20 July 1835 25 January 1900 64 years Married to Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.
Princess Feodora Victoria Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langeburg 7 July 1839 10 February 1872 32 years Married to Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Ancestry

References

Notes

  1. ^ Hibbert 2000, pp. 9–10.
  2. ^ Gill 2009, p. 34.
  3. ^ a b c d Hibbert 2000, p. 22.
  4. ^ Gill 2009, p. 51.
  5. ^ Hibbert 2000, p. 58.
  6. ^ Pakula 1997, p. 296.

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