Princess Marie of Hanover
Princess Marie of Hanover | |||||
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Born | Hanover | 2 December 1849||||
Died | 4 June 1904 Gmunden, Austria | (aged 54)||||
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House | Hanover | ||||
Father | George V of Hanover | ||||
Mother | Marie of Saxe-Altenburg |
Princess Marie Ernestine Josephine Adolphine Henriette Therese Elisabeth Alexandrine of Hanover (2 December 1849 – 4 June 1904) was the younger daughter of
Biography
Marie was born in the city of
In 1866 Marie's father was deposed as king of Hanover. Marie and her mother remained in Hanover for over a year, residing at Schloss Marienburg, until they went into exile in Austria in July 1867.[2] Eventually the family settled at Gmunden.
Marriage prospects
Marie visited England with her family in May 1876,[3] and again, after her father's death, in June 1878.[4] Her sister Frederica moved to England where she married, but Marie returned to Gmunden where she remained single and lived with her mother at Schloss Cumberland (named after her father's British ducal title). An American newspaper suggests that Marie twice turned down an offer of marriage from Queen Victoria's third son the Duke of Connaught.[5]
Death
Marie died at
Ancestry
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Notes
References
- ^ "Royal Styles and Titles of Great Britain: Documents". www.heraldica.org.
- ^ "Queen Marie of Hanover", The Times ( 24 July 1867): 11.
- ^ "Court Circular", The Times ( 22 May 1876): 11.
- ^ "Court Circular", The Times ( 24 June 1878): 9.
- ^ "Miss Mary Baring's Marriage", The New York Times ( 30 September 1887): 5.
- ISBN 978-0-7126-4286-6.
- ^ "Prinzessin Mary von Hannover". Wiener Abendpost. June 6, 1904. p. 3.
- ^ "Schloss Cumberland". www.gmundens-schaetze.at.
- ^ Schießer, Heinz. Die Welfen am Traunsee: 130 Jahre Schloss Cumberland in Oberösterreich. pp. 112–113.