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Princess Marie of Nassau

Field	Value
name	Princess Marie
title	Princess of Wied
image	Karl Ferdinand Sohn - Fürstin Marie zu Wied.jpg
caption	Portrait by Karl Ferdinand Sohn, 1858
spouse
issue	Elisabeth, Queen of Romania
William, Prince of Wied
Prince Otto
full name
house	Nassau-Weilburg
father	William, Duke of Nassau
mother	Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen
birth_date
birth_place	Biebrich, Duchy of Nassau
death_date
death_place	Neuwied, Province of Hesse-Nassau, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire

William, Prince of Wied Prince Otto

Princess Marie of Nassau (; 29 January 182524 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.

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:

Duchess Therese of Oldenburg (1815–1871)
Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817–1905) And half-sister (as well as first cousin once removed) of:
Helena, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1831–1888) who married George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (1836–1913), queen consort of Oscar II of Sweden.

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:

Princess Elisabeth of Wied (29 December 1843 – 3 March 1916) married Carol I of Romania, had issue.
William, Prince of Wied (22 August 1845 – 22 October 1907) married Princess Marie of the Netherlands, had issue.
Prince Otto of Wied (22 November 1850 – 18 February 1862)

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.

Notes and sources

The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: 351; The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: page 336
L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: vol III page 454.

References

Marie von Bunsen: ''Die Welt, in der ich lebte''. Koehler & Amelang, Leipzig 1930.

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