Princess Leopoldine of Baden

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Princess Leopoldine
Princess consort of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
File:Leopoldine, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.jpg
Born (1837-02-22)22 February 1837
Karlsruhe
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Strasbourg
Burial Langenburg
Spouse Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Issue Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Princess Elise Victoria Feodora Sophie Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Feodora, Princess of Leiningen
Full name
Leopoldine Wilhelmine Amalie Pauline Maximiliane
Father Prince William of Baden
Mother Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg

Princess Leopoldine of Baden (Leopoldine Wilhelmine Amalie Pauline Maximiliane; 22 February 1837, Karlsruhe - 23 December 1903, Strasbourg), was a Princess of Baden by birth and Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by marriage.

Life

Leopoldine was the fourth and youngest daughter of Prince William of Baden (1792-1859) and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg (1802-1864), daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg. Her paternal grandparents were Charles Frederick of Baden, the first Grand Duke of Baden, and his second wife, Baroness Louise Caroline Geyer of Geyersberg, Countess of Hochberg. She grew up in Karlsruhe, together with her two older sisters, Sophie (1834-1904) and Elizabeth (1835-1891).

Princess Leopoldine married on 24 September 1862 in Karlsruhe, Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1832-1913), second son of Prince Ernst I of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Feodora of Leiningen. They had three children:

Princess Leopoldine founded the Leopoldine Association. In Strasbourg, where her husband was appointed as the Governor of Alsace-Lorraine, she took mainly ceremonial duties. She died the day before Christmas Eve 1903, after a long illness. She was buried in the family cemetery in Langenburg.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 22 February 1837 134 – 24 September 1862: Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Leopoldine of Baden
  • 24 September 1862 - 23 December 1903: Her Grand Ducal Highness The Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Ancestry

Family of Princess Leopoldine of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. John William Friso, Prince of Orange
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Prince William of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Christian Heinrich Geyer von Geyersberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Ludwig Heinrich, Baron Geyer of Geyersberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Christianne Philippa von Thümel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Baroness Louise Caroline Geyer of Geyersberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Johann Rudolph von Hedwiger, Count of Sponeck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Countess Maximiliana Christiane of Sponeck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Wilhelmine Louise von Hoff
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Princess Leopoldine of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Duke Louis of Württemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Margravine Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Sophia Dorothea of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Augusta Frederika Wilhelmina of Nassau-Idstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. William IV, Prince of Orange
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Anne, Princess Royal
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  • Annette Borchardt-Wenzel: Die Frauen am badischen Hof. Gefährtinnen der Großherzöge zwischen Liebe, Pflicht und Intrigen, Piper Verlag GmbH München, 2003, ISBN 3-492-23696-0
  • Paul Zinsmaier: Leopoldine Fürstin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, in: Badische Biographien, vol. 6, edited by A. Krieger and R. Obser, Heidelberg, 1935, p. 785 ff


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