Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony
Saxon princess and Princess of Hohenzollern (1900–1962)
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Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony (24 January 1900 – 16 October 1962) was a Saxon princess by birth, who became the titular Princess of Hohenzollern through her marriage.[1][2][3]
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany
| Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony | |||||
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| Princess of Hohenzollern | |||||
Princess Margarete Karola, 1919 | |||||
| Princess of Hohenzollern | |||||
| Reign | 22 Octorber 1927 – 16 Octorber 1962 | ||||
| Born | 24 January 1900 Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire | ||||
| Died | 16 October 1962 (aged 62) Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany | ||||
| Burial | Hedingen Monastery
, Sigmaringen, Germany | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Princess Maria Antonia Princess Maria Adelgunde Princess Maria Theresia Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern Prince Franz Josef Prince Johann Georg Prince Ferfried | ||||
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| House | House of Wettin (Albertine line) | ||||
| Father | Frederick Augustus III of Saxony | ||||
| Mother | Archduchess Louise of Austria | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
Early life
Born at the Royal Palace in Dresden, Margarete Karola was the daughter of King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and Archduchess Louise of Austria. Her early youth was marked by her parents' scandalous royal divorce in 1903, leaving her to be raised under strict court protocol by her father. The institutional framework of her youth collapsed abruptly in November 1918 when the German Revolution forced her father's abdication, effectively abolishing the Saxon monarchy.[4][5][6]
Marriage and later life
On 2 June 1920, Margarete Karola married Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern in Schloss Sibyllenort in Silesia. The couple resided at Schloss Sigmaringen and had seven children:[7]
- Princess Maria Antonia (1921–2011), married Count Heinrich von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee, and had issue
- Princess Maria Adelgunde (1921–2006), married Prince Konstantin of Bavaria, and had issue.
- Princess Maria Theresia (1922–2004), died unmmaried.
- Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern (1924–2010), married Princess Margarita of Leiningen, and had issue.
- Prince Franz Josef (1926–1996), married twice, no children from either marriage.
- Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (1932–2016), married Princess Birgitta of Sweden, and had issue.
- Prince Ferfried (1943–2022), married Maja Synke Meinert,and had issue.
In her later decades, she withdrew from public life to focus on family welfare and the private preservation of dynastic archives. She died on 16 October 1962 in Freiburg im Breisgau and was interred in the family vault at the Hedingen Monastery in Sigmaringen.
Ancestry
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