Marie Amelie of Baden | |
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Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon | |
Princess Marie ca. 1840 | |
Spouse | William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton |
Issue | |
William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton Charles Douglas-Hamilton, 7th Earl of Selkirk Mary Victoria, Countess Tassilo Festetics von Tolna |
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Full name | |
Marie Amelie Elizabeth Caroline | |
House | House of Zähringen Clan Douglas |
Father | Karl, Grand Duke of Baden |
Mother | Stéphanie de Beauharnais |
Born | 11 October 1817 Karlsruhe, Baden |
Died | 17 October 1888 Baden-Baden, Baden |
(aged 71)
Marie Amelie of Baden (Marie Amelie Elisabeth Caroline; 11 October 1817 in Karlsruhe – 17 October 1888 in Baden-Baden), was the youngest daughter of Karl, Grand Duke of Baden and Stephanie de Beauharnais, the adopted daughter of Napoleon I of France.
On 23 February 1843 in Mannheim, she married a Scottish nobleman, William Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale (later Duke of Hamilton). They had two sons and one daughter.
After her wedding, she relocated to Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran and then later on Hamilton Palace in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Her husband succeeded as Duke of Hamilton upon the death of her father-in-law in 1852. She converted to Roman Catholicism in 1855.
She was styled Marie Amelie, Princess of Baden, Dowager Duchess of Hamilton after her husband's death in 1863.
Through her daughter, she is the great-great-grandmother of the current reigning prince of Monaco, Albert II.