Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym explained

Princess Hermine
Archduchess Joseph of Austria
Spouse:Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
Issue:Archduchess Hermine Amalie Marie
Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary
Full Name:German: Hermine Amalie Marie
House:Ascania
Father:Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Mother:Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg
Birth Date:2 December 1797
Birth Place:Hoym
Death Place:Budapest

Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (German: Prinzessin Hermine Amalie Marie von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; 2 December 1797  - 14 September 1817) was by birth a princess of the House of Ascania and by marriage an Archduchess of Austria.

Family

She was the eldest daughter of Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Princess Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg. Hermine had three younger sisters: Adelheid, Emma, and Ida.

Marriage

She was married 30 August 1815 at Schaumburg Castle. The princess was just 17 years old when she married the 39-year-old archduke. Archduke Joseph had no male heirs, since his first wife, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, died giving birth to a stillborn daughter.

Princess Hermine also died in childbirth at the age of 19, after giving birth to fraternal twins. Both of her children died unmarried and without issue. On 24 August 1819, her husband married for a third time to her first cousin, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg.

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