Princess Marie of Nassau explained

Princess Marie
Princess consort of Wied
Spouse:Hermann, Prince of Wied
Issue:Elisabeth, Queen of Romania
William, Prince of Wied
Prince Otto
Full Name:German: Marie Wilhelmine Friederike Elisabeth
House:Nassau-Weilburg
Father:William, Duke of Nassau
Mother:Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Birth Date:29 January 1825
Birth Place:Biebrich, Duchy of Nassau
Death Place:Neuwied, Duchy of Nassau

Princess Marie of Nassau (German: Prinzessin Marie Wilhelmine Friederike Elisabeth von Nassau; 29 January 182524 March 1902) was the eighth child and fourth daughter of William, Duke of Nassau and wife of Hermann, 4th Prince of Wied. She was the mother of Queen Elisabeth of Romania.

Early life

Marie was born at Biebrich, Duchy of Nassau the eighth child and fourth daughter of William, Duke of Nassau (1792–1839) by his first wife, Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1794–1825), daughter of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

She was sister of:

And half sister (as well as first cousin once removed) of:

Marriage and family

Marie married on 20 June 1842 in Biebrich, Hermann, Prince of Wied (1814–1864), elder son of Johann August Carl, Prince of Wied and Princess Sophie Auguste of Solms-Braunfels.They had three children:

Private life

According to the German writer and socialite Marie von Bunsen (1860–1941), Princess Marie is reported to have had a relationship with the Baden politician Franz von Roggenbach (1825–1907) to whom she even might have been married morganatically after her husband's death.[1]

Notes and sources

  1. Marie von Bunsen: Die Welt, in der ich lebte. Koehler & Amelang, Leipzig 1930.