Princess Marie of Prussia (1855–1888)
Princess Marie of Prussia, full name Marie Elisabeth Louise Frederika of Prussia ( born September 14, 1855 Marble Palace in Potsdam, † June 20, 1888 in Dresden) was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and by marriage Princess of the Netherlands, later Princess of Saxe - Altenburg.
Life
Princess Marie was the eldest daughter of the Prussian Field Marshal Prince Frederick Charles Nicholas of Prussia (1828-1885) and his wife, Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt- Dessau (1837-1906), in turn, youngest daughter of Duke Leopold Friedrich IV and the Princess Friederike of Prussia.
On August 24, 1878 married Princess Marie at the New Palace in Potsdam Prince Henry of Orange - Nassau ( 1820-1879 ), governor of Luxembourg since 1850 and Admiral Lieutenant. He was the third son of the Dutch King William II and his wife, Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia. The reason of the marriage was the impending end of the dynasty of Orange -Nassau, the king at that time had not married sons. However, the marriage remained childless.
Princess Marie was the godmother of her nephew Prince Arthur of Connaught, the only son of her sister Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught. The naming ceremony took place in the private chapel at Windsor Castle.
Six years after Prince Henry's death, on 6 May 1885 Princess Marie went to Berlin a second marriage with Prince Albert of Saxe- Altenburg ( 1843-1902 ), a son of Prince Edward and his second wife, Princess Luise Caroline Reuss to greiz, a. From this marriage, which by all accounts was harmoniously Two daughters were born out:
- Olga Elisabeth (1886-1955) ∞ 1913 Count Carl Friedrich von Pueckler castle Hauss ( 1886-1945 )
- Marie (1888-1947) ∞ 1911-1921 Prince Heinrich XXXV. Reuss to Koestritz (1887-1936)
The princess died in 1888 at the consequences of puerperal fever and was buried in the family vault of the von Sachsen- Altenburg. Her husband married in 1891 in Remplin second wife Helena Duchess of Mecklenburg -Strelitz ( 1857-1936 ), a niece of the Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg- [ Strelitz ], and the granddaughter of the Russian Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich Romanov.