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Princess Helene of Hohenlohe Langenburg

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Name
  
Princess of


Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Born
  
22 November 1807 Langenburg, Principality of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (
1807-11-22
)

Died
  
5 September 1880(1880-09-05) (aged 72) Schleiz, Thuringia

Spouse
  
Duke Eugen of Wurttemberg (1788–1857)

Issue
  
Duke William Duchess Alexandrine Duke Nicholas Agnes, Princess Reuss Younger Line

House
  
House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg House of Wurttemberg

Father
  
Karl Ludwig III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Mother
  
Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth

Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (22 November 1807, Langenburg, Principality of Hohenlohe-Langenburg - 5 September 1880, Schleiz, Thuringia) was a member of the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and a Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by birth and a member of the House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg as the second wife of Duke Eugen of Württemberg.

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Family

Helene was the twelfth children and the ninth daughter of Karl Ludwig III, Prince von Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth. She was a younger sister of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, brother-in-law of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

Marriage and issue

On 11 September 1827 Princess Helene married Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857), son of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1758–1822) and Princess Luise of Stolberg-Gedern (1764-1828), first cousin of the better known Countess of Albany. Duke Eugen was a widower of Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1801–1825), daughter of George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont by whom he had had three children. By Helene, Duke Eugen had other four children:

  • Duke William of Württemberg (20 July 1828 – 5 November 1896)
  • Duchess Alexandrine Mathilde of Württemberg (16 December 1829 – 2 September 1913)
  • Duke Nicholas of Württemberg (1 March 1833 – 22 February 1903), married in 1868 his niece Duchess Wilhelmine of Württemberg, no issue.
  • Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (13 October 1835 – 10 July 1886), married in 1858 to Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line, had issue.

    • Titles and styles

  • 22 November 1807 – 11 September 1827: Her Serene Highness Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
  • 11 September 1827 - 8 January 1857: Her Royal Highness Duchess Eugen of Württemberg
  • 8 January 1857 - 5 September 1880:

    • References

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