Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg

Therese (Swedish: Teresia ) Amalie Karoline Josephine Antoinette of Saxe- Altenburg ( born December 21, 1836 in Ansbach, † November 9, 1914 in Stockholm ) was a Princess of Saxe -Altenburg and by marriage Duchess of Dalecarlia.

Life

Therese was the eldest daughter of Prince Edward of Saxe- Altenburg (1804-1852) from his first marriage with Amalie (1815-1841), daughter of Prince Karl of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen. After the death of her father Therese lived first at the court of her cousin Queen Marie in Hanover and then at her uncle Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen.

She married on 16 April 1864 in Altenburg Prince August of Sweden, Duke of Dalecarlia ( 1831-1873 ). At this time, Therese was already 28 years old and an orphan. The marriage was as happy and had no children. Both August and Therese were regarded as little intelligent. August used to call his wife as his "little Hoppetosse ". The marriage ended after nine years in 1873 with the death of Augustus.

In their long -time widow Therese suffered frequently to " nervous breakdowns " in which she was increasingly brutal aggressive towards their employees. Increasingly become a burden on the Swedish court, it was in 1875 declared insane and sent under the pseudonym of Countess of Dahlskiöld in Switzerland. She lived there for many years in Neuchâtel where they bought a villa. 1890, she returned to Sweden and lived until her death in Haga Castle. Here she composed music and was charity work. A particularly close relationship she had with the suffering from epilepsy Prince Erik Gustaf.

Therese is buried in the Stockholm Riddarholmskirche.