Princess Sophie of Luxembourg explained

Princess Sophie of Luxembourg
Full Name:French: Sophie Caroline Marie Wilhelmine
Spouse:Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony
House:House of Nassau-Weilburg
House of Wettin
Father:William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Mother:Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal
Birth Date:14 February 1902
Birth Place:Berg Castle, Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg
Death Place:Munich, Bavaria, Nazi Germany
Burial Place:Katholische Hofkirche, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Princess Sophie Caroline Marie Wilhelmine of Luxembourg (14 February 1902  - 24 May 1941) was the sixth and youngest daughter of Grand Duke William IV and his wife, Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal.

Life

Sophie was born in Berg Castle, Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg. Two of Sophie's elder sisters reigned as grand duchesses of Luxembourg: Marie-Adélaïde and Charlotte.

Sophie married Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony, youngest son of the last Saxon monarch Frederick Augustus III and his wife Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany, on 12 April 1921 at Schloss Hohenburg. Sophie and Ernst Heinrich had three sons:

Sophie died on 24 May 1941 at age 39 in Munich of pneumonia. Following her death, Ernst Heinrich married secondly and morganatically to Virginia Dulon on 28 June 1947 in Paris.

References

Notes and References

  1. See wikipedia article on Ernst Heinrich of Saxony.