Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony
Princess Margarete Karola Wilhelmine Viktoria Adelheid Albertine Petrusa Bertram Paula, Duchess of Saxony was the fifth child and second-eldest daughter of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and his wife Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany and a younger sister of Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony and Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen. She was Princess of Hohenzollern from 22 October 1927 until 16 October 1962.
Marriage and issue
Margarete Karola married Frederick Victor, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern, son of William, Prince of Hohenzollern and his wife Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, on 2 June 1920 at Schloss Sibyllenort in Sibyllenort, Silesia, Germany. Margarete Karola and Frederick had seven children:Name | Birth date and place | Death date and place |
Princess Benedikta Maria Antonia Mathilde Anna of Hohenzollern | 19 February 1921 Sigmaringen | |
Princess Maria Adelgunde of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | 19 February 1921 Sigmaringen | Frauenfeld |
Princess Maria Theresia Ludovika Cecilie Zita Elisabeth Hilda Agnes of Hohenzollern | 11 October 1922 Schloss Sigmaringen | |
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Joseph Maria Manuel Georg Meinrad Fidelis Benedikt Michael Hubert | 3 February 1924 Schloss Umkirch | |
Prince Franz Josef Hubertus Maria Meinrad Michael of Hohenzollern | 15 March 1926 Schloss Umkirch | Sigmaringen |
Prince Johann Georg Carl Leopold Eitel-Friedrich Meinrad Maria Hubertus Michael of Hohenzollern | 7 April 1932 Schloss Umkirch | Munich |
Prince Ferfried Maximilian Pius Meinrad Maria Hubert Michael Justinus of Hohenzollern | Schloss Umkirch |
Titles and styles
- 24 January 1900 – 2 June 1920: Her Royal Highness Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony.
- 2 June 1920 – 22 October 1927: Her Royal Highness The Hereditary Princess of Hohenzollern.
- 22 October 1927 – 16 October 1962: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Hohenzollern.
Ancestry