Grand Duchess Vera Constantinovna of Russia

Vera Konstantinovna Romanova (born 4 Februarjul / February 16 1854greg in Saint Petersburg, .. † April 11, 1912 in Stuttgart) was Grand Duchess of Russia and adopted daughter of King Charles I of Württemberg and Queen Olga of Württemberg.

Life

Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia was a daughter of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich Romanov and Grand Duchess Alexandra of Russia, nee Princess of Saxe -Altenburg. At the age of nine years, Vera came to her aunt, the Princess Olga of Württemberg in Stuttgart. Wera, writes the maid of honor Baroness Massenbach was suffering from a " nervous suffering" and is expected to recover in the south. 1871 she was adopted by King Charles I of Württemberg and Queen Olga of Württemberg.

On May 8, 1874, she married Duke Eugen of Württemberg in Stuttgart ( born August 20, 1846 † January 27, 1877 ), the son of Duke Wilhelm Eugen Alexander Erdmann von Württemberg ( 1820-1875 ) and Mathilde of Schaumburg -Lippe (1818 -1891 ). Together they had three children: Charles Eugene, who died as an infant, and the twins Elsa and Olga. Her husband died after only three years of marriage in Dusseldorf. The official reason was given a fall from his horse, in truth, he was killed in a duel. After his death she remained unmarried, although she was only 22 years old.

Vera lived at the beginning of their marriage in the Academy at the castle; after the death of her aunt Olga, she moved into the Villa Mountain.

Vera was seen as sociable and talkative. She was very popular with the people, especially since it was very socially engaged. It supported 30 different social and cultural institutions, which they also turned testamentary large sums. These facilities included, among others, founded by her Wera home for unwed, expectant mothers, the Karl- Olga Hospital, St. Nicholas care for the blind, the institution Mariaberg in Reutlingen, the Lancers her husband and a Russian regiment. She supported the construction of the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas in Stuttgart and founded the Church of the Redeemer in Stuttgart in gratitude. She herself was in 1909 converted to the Lutheran Church of Württemberg.

Vera died at the age of 58 years on April 11, 1912 in Stuttgart, having previously suffered a stroke a year. She was, like her husband, buried in the Castle Church in the Old Palace in Stuttgart.

Children and grandchildren

  • Karl Eugen of Württemberg (* April 8, 1875, † November 11, 1875 )
  • Elsa of Württemberg ( * March 1, 1876, † May 27 1936 ) ∞ 1897 Prince Albrecht zu Schaumburg -Lippe ( * October 24, 1869, † December 25, 1942 ) Maximilian zu Schaumburg -Lippe ( * March 28, 1898; † February 4, 1974 )
  • Franz Josef zu Schaumburg -Lippe ( * September 1, 1899; † July 6, 1963 )
  • Alexander zu Schaumburg -Lippe ( * January 20, 1901, † November 26, 1923 )
  • Bathildis of Schaumburg -Lippe ( * November 11, 1903, † 29 June 1983)
  • Eugen zu Schaumburg -Lippe ( * August 8, 1899; † November 9, 1929 )
  • Albrecht zu Schaumburg -Lippe ( * October 17, 1900, † 20 May 1984)
  • Bernhard zu Schaumburg -Lippe ( * December 8, 1902, † June 24, 1903 )
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