Princess Hilda of Nassau
Princess Hilda of Nassau, full name: Hilda Charlotte Wilhelmine of Nassau ( born November 5, 1864 in Biebrich in Wiesbaden, † February 8, 1952 in Badenweiler ) was the last Grand Duchess of Baden.
Origin
Hilda was the youngest daughter of the Duke Adolf I von Nassau (1817-1905) and his wife Princess Marie Adelheid of Anhalt- Dessau (1833-1916), daughter of Prince Frederick Augustus and his wife Princess Marie Louise Charlotte of Hesse- Kassel.
Her father lost after losing the German War of 1866 a dominion over the duchy of Nassau, which was annexed by Prussia. In 1890 he was rehabilitated as Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Because of extinction in the male line of the Royal Family ( Orange-Nassau ), reached the nearest male relatives, the former Dukes of Nassau, to the government. This Luxembourg received his own hereditary dynasty, the House of Nassau -Weilburg.
Sibling
- William IV (1852-1912)
- Friedrich (1854-1855)
- Marie ( * / † 1857)
- Franz (1859-1875)
The later Grand Duchess of Baden spent their youth together with their siblings in the Taunus and the Isar valley.
Life
Princess Hilda of Nassau married on September 20, 1885 Castle High Castle Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich, since 1907, Grand Duke Frederick II of Baden ( 1857-1928 ), son of Grand Duke Friedrich I and his wife Princess Louise of Prussia, daughter of the German Emperor Wilhelm I. The marriage remained childless.
Princess Hilda was an intelligent woman, was their special interest in the visual arts. You like to visit artists' studios, art exhibitions and museums.
At the funeral in the Protestant city church of Badenweiler the population increased along with the members of the royal houses of the nobility and farewell to the deceased. Their final resting place is located in the crypt of the princely grave chapel in Karlsruhe. According to her numerous schools and streets are named, including the Hilda -Gymnasium in Pforzheim, the Hilda -Gymnasium in Koblenz and the Northern and Southern Hilda Promenade in Karlsruhe. She was also named after the Hilda temple in Königstein im Taunus and for Hilda Tower on the Freiburg Lorettoberg.