Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

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Princess Marie
Countess of Flanders
Born(1845-11-17)17 November 1845
Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Died26 November 1912(1912-11-26) (aged 67)
Brussels, Belgium
Burial
SpousePrince Philippe, Count of Flanders
Issue
Names
Marie Luise Alexandra Karoline
Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
MotherPrincess Josephine of Baden

Princess Marie Luise Alexandra Karoline of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (17 November 1845 – 26 November 1912), later Countess of Flanders, was a princess of

King Albert I.[1]

Family

Marie was the youngest daughter and last of the six children of

Marriage

Marie was considered as a potential wife for the future

They had five children:

  • Prince Baudouin of Belgium (3 June 1869 – 23 January 1891) he died of influenza at the age of 21.
  • Princess Henriette of Belgium (30 November 1870 – 28 March 1948) she is the twin Princess Joséphine Marie of Belgium. She married Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme on 12 February 1896. They had four children.
  • Princess Joséphine Marie of Belgium (30 November 1870 — 18 January 1871) she died at one month.
  • Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern
    on 28 May 1894. They had four children.
  • Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria
    on 2 October 1900. They had three children.

Princess Marie was an accomplished artist, even occasionally exhibiting her paintings at the Brussels Fair. She had a literary salon, which was the gathering place of many authors as well as a feature of Brussels social life for forty years.[1] She also demonstrated appreciation for music, on one occasion awarding a gold medal to the Zoellner Quartet after it performed for the Belgian royalty.[3]

Death

Marie Luise died in Belgium in 1912 at the age of 67, after suffering from pneumonia for several days.[1] She was buried in the Church of Our Lady of Laeken.

Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Countess of Flanders in middle age, 1880s

Honours

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Countess of Flanders Dead", New York Times, Brussels, Belgium, 27 November 1912
  2. ^ a b Hibbert, p. 41.
  3. ^ Cariaga, Daniel, "Not Taking It with You: A Tale of Two Estates", Los Angeles Times, 22 December 1985; accessed April 2012.
  4. ^ Nieuws Van Den Dag (Het) 02-10-1900
  5. ^ Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p. 18
  6. ^ Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p. 18
  7. ^ Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p. 18
  8. ^ Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p. 18

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