Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
Alexandrine Marie Wilhelmine Katharine Charlotte Therese Henriette Luise Pauline Elisabeth Friederike Georgine von Sachsen- Altenburg, VA (* April 14, 1818 in Hildburghausen, † January 9, 1907 in Gmunden, Upper Austria ) was a princess of Saxe- Altenburg and by marriage the last Queen of Hanover
Life
Origin
Marie was the eldest of the six daughters of the Duke Joseph of Saxe- Altenburg (1789-1868) from his marriage to Amalie (1799-1848), daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg. Marie's birthplace was the residence of their ancestors, to her grandfather Duke Frederick of Saxony -Hildburghausen in 1826 Duke of Saxe- Altenburg was.
Queen of Hanover
On July 14, 1839 met the 21 year-old Marie of Saxe- Altenburg who are blind Crown Prince and later King George V of Hanover (from the noble family of the Guelphs ) at his summer residence palace Monbrillant. They were married on 18 February 1843 in the Castle Church of Hanover. At the wedding of the crown prince three oaks remember at Waterloo Square in Hannover, which were planted on the day of marriage. The Crown Princess was devotee of Pietism, which she ran with her father- in contradiction. The couple first lived in Fürstenhof in Calenberger Neustadt, since 1846 at the Ernst- August- Palais. The modest living couple was extremely popular among the population.
From 1851 to 1866, she was at her husband's side, the last queen on the throne of Hanover. In 1859 she laid the foundation stone for the one year later inaugurated Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouse with attached hospital in Hanover, which she named in memory of their grandmother Henriettenstiftung and largely displaced from their private funds, from the legacy of her grandmother, funded.
Exile in Austria
After the battle of Long Salza 1866 the Kingdom of Hanover von Bismarck was annexed and made the Prussian province. 1867 was followed by Marie dethroned her husband into exile in Austria. 1866 George had his wife and his daughters, whom he had left in Mr. Hausen, commended in his last message his " loyal Hanoverians ". Marie was in 1867 by Schloss Marienburg, their private possession, drawn by Mr. Hausen, and finally departed at the urging of Prussia, to Austria. The circle around the queen in Malbork was noticed by anti-Prussian agitation.
After the death of George V (1878 ) chose Queen Marie Villa tuna in Gmunden as her widow's residence, since this villa Queen of Hanover, or simply Queen Villa is mentioned. The villa is still privately owned by the House of Hanover. The addressed to Marie condolences address for Georg of Hanover had been signed by 43700 people.
1907 Queen Marie died in Gmunden, she was buried in a mausoleum next to Schloss Cumberland.
Reception
After Marie of Marienberg and the Marienburg Castle are named in Pattensen in Hanover, in 1857 gave her the King George V Birthday and until 1867 had built for them. The castle looked after her departure into exile ever again.
She is the namesake Marienhospitals Osnabrück, she financially supported establishing in 1859 and beyond. Together with her husband she was named after the present city Georgsmarienhütte near Osnabrück. Also the smelter Founded in 1856, George's St. Mary's mining and metallurgical club in Georgsmarienhuette is named after her and her husband.
In his work " What the day zuträgt me " dedicated to the writer Peter Altenberg Queen Marie in Gmunden, a poem which begins with the following lines:
Progeny
His marriage to King George V had three children:
- Ernst August (1845-1923), Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland
- Friederike (1848-1926)
- Marie (1849-1904)
Publications
- GM Willis (ed.): Hanover fateful year 1866 in correspondence of King George V with Queen Mary. Hildesheim 1966.