Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Princess Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg
Spouse Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg
Issue Therese Amalie, Duchess of Dalarna
Antoinette, Duchess of Anhalt
Prince Ludwig Joseph
Prince Johann Friedrich
Full name
German: Amalie Antoinette Karoline Adrienne
House House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
House of Saxe-Altenburg
Father Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Mother Marie Antoinette Murat
Born 30 April 1815
Sigmaringen, Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Died 14 January 1841 (aged 25)
Sigmaringen, Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Princess Amalie Antoinette Karoline Adrienne of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen,[1][2] German: Amalie Antoinette Karoline Adrienne, Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen[1][2] (born 30 April 1815 in Sigmaringen, Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen;[1][2] died 14 January 1841 in Sigmaringen, Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen[1][2]) was a member of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and a Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen by birth. Through her marriage to Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg, Amalie was also a member of the House of Saxe-Altenburg and Princess of Saxe-Altenburg. Marie Antoinette was a grand-niece of Joachim Murat, King of the Two Sicilies from 1808 to 1815 and a brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte, through marriage to Napoleon's youngest sister, Caroline Bonaparte.

Family

Amalie was the fourth and youngest child of Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and his first wife Marie Antoinette Murat.[1][2]

Marriage and issue

Amalie married Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg, seventh but fourth surviving son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826) and Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on 25 July 1835 in Sigmaringen.[1][2] Amalie and Eduard had four children:[1]

  1. Therese Amalie Karoline Josephine Antoinette (b. Ansbach, 21 December 1836 - d. Stockholm, 9 November 1914), married on 16 April 1864 to Prince August of Sweden.
  2. Antoinette Charlotte Marie Josephine Karoline Frida (b. Bamberg, 17 April 1838 - d. Berchtesgaden, 13 October 1908), married on 22 April 1854 to Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt.
  3. Ludwig Joseph Karl Georg Friedrich (b. Bamberg, 24 September 1839 - d. Munich, 13 February 1844).
  4. Johann Friedrich Joseph Karl (b. Sigmaringen, 8 January 1841 - d. Munich, 25 February 1844).

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Darryl Lundy (2 May 2004). "Amalie Antoinette Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Paul Theroff. "HOHENZOLLERN". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2009-08-02.