Princess Pauline, Duchess of Sagan
Luise Pauline Maria Biron of Sagan and Kurland ( born February 19, 1782 Jelgava, † January 8, 1845 in Vienna) was a Princess of Courland, Duchess of Sagan and by marriage Princess of Hohenzollern - Hechingen.
Life
Pauline was the second daughter of Peter von Biron, Duke of Courland and Semgallen (1724-1800) from his marriage to Dorothea (1761-1821), daughter of Count Friedrich von Medem.
They married on February 26, 1800 in Prague, later to become the Prince Friedrich of Hohenzollern- Hechingen ( 1776-1838 ), but should rarely live with her husband. Shortly before the marriage of Pauline's father had died and her older sister Lucy inherited the Duchy of Sagan in Silesia and the rule Náchod in Bohemia. Her younger sister Dorothea married in 1809 Count Edmond de Talleyrand -Périgord.
After marriage, Pauline and her husband lived for about a year at the Palais Kurland in Berlin. In 1805 they separated permanently after Pauline from her relationship with Prince Louis Victor Meriadec de Rohan Guéméné ( 1766-1846 ), the husband of her sister Lucy, an extramarital daughter had given birth. Your 1801 -born illegitimate son Constantine was subsequently separated from her.
Like her sisters, Pauline, had caused a stir at the Congress of Vienna by her relationship with General Ludwig von Wallmoden - Gimborn, a grandson of the British King George II. An eye-witness reported: " Pauline has been around for a long time foraging of two parts hung on Wallmoden tighter and tighter, loves furious with his phlegmatic madness the woman."
After the death of her sister Wilhelmine 1839 Pauline Duchess of Sagan and came into possession of the dominions hollow stone, Nettkau and Rothenburg an der Oder; their rights to these gentlemen she transferred her son. The Duchy of Sagan left them by treaty and purchase her younger sister Dorothea. Her last years she spent with her sister Johanna in Vienna.
Progeny
From her marriage to Frederick of Hohenzollern - Hechingen Pauline had son:
- Konstantin (1801-1869), Prince of Hohenzollern- Hechingen
From her relationship with Louis de Rohan Guéméné, Duke of Bouillon Montbazon and she had the daughter:
- Marie Wilson of Steinach (1805-1893)