Name Princess of | Siblings Sophia of Nassau | |
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Born 29 January 1825
Biebrich, Duchy of Nassau ( 1825-01-29 ) Issue Elisabeth, Queen of Romania
William, Prince of Wied
Prince Otto House House of Nassau-Weilburg
House of Wied-Neuwied Father William, Duke of Nassau Mother Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen Died March 24, 1902, Neuwied, Germany Spouse Hermann, Prince of Wied (m. 1842–1864) Children Elisabeth of Wied, William, Prince of Wied Parents Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen, William, Duke of Nassau Similar People Elisabeth of Wied, Sophia of Nassau, William - Prince of Albania, Carol I of Romania, Princess Marie of the Nethe | ||
Princess Marie of Nassau (German: Prinzessin Marie Wilhelmine Friederike Elisabeth von Nassau; 29 January 1825 – 24 March 1902) was the eighth child and fourth daughter of William, Duke of Nassau and wife of Hermann, 4th Prince of Wied. She was the mother of Queen Elisabeth of Romania.
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Early life
Marie was born at Biebrich, Duchy of Nassau the eighth child and fourth daughter of William, Duke of Nassau (1792–1839) by his first wife, Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1794–1825), daughter of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.
She was sister of:
And half sister (as well as first cousin once removed) of:
Marriage and family
Marie married on 20 June 1842 in Biebrich, Hermann, Prince of Wied (1814–1864), elder son of Johann August Carl, Prince of Wied and Princess Sophie Auguste of Solms-Braunfels. They had three children:
Private life
According to the German writer and socialite Marie von Bunsen (1860–1941), Princess Marie is reported to have had a relationship with the Baden politician Franz von Roggenbach (1825–1907) to whom she even might have been married morganatically after her husband's death.