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Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Marie Alexandrine Anne Sophie Auguste Helene; 20 January 1849 – 6 May 1922) was the eldest daughter and second child of Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and his wife Princess Sophie of the Netherlands.
María Alejandrina Ana Sofía Augusta Elena de Sajonia-Weimar-Eisenach (en alemán, Marie Alexandrine Anne Sophie Auguste Helene von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach; Weimar, 20 de enero de 1849 - Trebschen, 6 de mayo de 1922) fue la hija mayor y segundo vástago del gran duque Carlos Alejandro de Sajonia-Weimar-Eisenach y de su esposa, la princesa ...
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Princess Marie was the eldest daughter of Prince, and later Grand Duke, Charles Frederick of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and his wife, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, who was the sister of Emperor Alexander I of Russia. Her father was a shy man, whose favourite reading material were fairy tales until the end of his life. Her mother, by contrast, was "one of...
Negotiating a marriage
Marie was 16 years old when she first met her future husband, Prince Charles of Prussia, in Frankfurt an der Oder in 1824. He was the third son of King Frederick William III of Prussia and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna and her two daughters were travelling to Russia and had arranged to meet her brother, Grand Duke, and later Tsar, Nicholas, and his wife Alexandra Feodorovna in Frankfurt. When they arrived in Frankfurt, they were welcomed by Prince Charles and hi...
Two marriages
On 26 May 1827, Princess Marie married Prince Charles of Prussia in Charlottenburg (now part of Berlin). Their son, Frederich Charles, was born 10 months later. Marie's sister Augusta and Charles' brother Wilhelm (William) gave in to dynastic pressure and married two years later. Their marriage, however, was complex and privately happy one. William regarded his wife as an "outstanding personality", but also as less charming than her older sister; he wrote "the Princess is nice and clever, but...
Issue
Charles and Marie had three children: 1. Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia (1828–1885); married Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau 2. Princess Louise of Prussia (1829-1901); married Alexis, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld(1828–1905) 3. Princess Anna of Prussia (1836–1918); married Frederick William, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Marie's younger sister Augusta was married to the then Crown Prince Wilhelm (William) of Prussia. Marie consequently had lower status, being married to a mere Prince.She and her husband always resented their inferior position at court. While Charles took out his frustrations on womanizing and political schemes, Marie vied with Augusta over clothes,...
Marie died on 18 January 1877 in Berlin, at the age of 68. Her husband had a vault constructed under the church of Ss. Peter and Paulin the Glienicke park. On his own death in 1883, he was buried beside her.
Harald Eschenburg: Die polnische Prinzessin: Elisa Radziwill:die Jugendliebe Kaiser Wilhelms I, Stuttgart, 1986, ISBN 3-87203-015-9Karl Prinz von Isenburg: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europäischen Staaten, 2 vols, Marburg, 1953Pakula, Hannah (1995). An Uncommon Woman: The Empress Frederick, Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of the Crown Prince of Prussia, Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-684-...La princesa Marie Alexandrine de Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ( Marie Alexandrine Anne Sophie Auguste Helene; 20 de enero de 1849 - 6 de mayo de 1922) fue la hija mayor y el segundo hijo de Charles Alexander, Gran Duque de Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach y su esposa, la Princesa Sophie de los Países Bajos
Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ( Marie Alexandrine Anne Sophie Auguste Helene; 20 January 1849 – 6 May 1922) was the eldest daughter and second child of Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and his wife Princess Sophie of the Netherlands.
Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808–1877), daughter of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and wife of Prince Charles of Prussia; Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, daughter of Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and wife of Princess Heinrich VII Reuss of Köstritz
Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Marie Alexandrine Anne Sophie Auguste Helene; 20 January 1849 - 6 May 1922) was the eldest daughter and second child of Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and his wife Princess Sophie of the Netherlands.
