Prinzessin Feodora zu Leiningen |
Prinzessin Feodora Langenburg Fürstin zu Hohenlohe Langenburg (born zu Leiningen)<br>Birth names: Feodora Anna AugusteFeodore Princess Of Hohenlohe- Langenburg<br>Also known as: Ana Teodora Augusta Carlota Guillermina De Leiningen Princesa consorte de Hohenlohe-Langenburg<br>Gender: Female<br>Birth: Dec 7 1807 - Amorbach, Miltenberg, Unterfranken, Bayern, Deutschland<br>Marriage: Feb 18 1828 - Kensington Palace, Middlesex, England<br>Death: Sep 23 1872 - Amt Baden, Baden, Germany<br>Parents: Marie Louise Victoria Duchess Of Clarence, Fürst Emich Karl zu Leiningen<br>Husband: Ernst I Langenburg<br>Children: <a>Carl Ludwig II VON HOHENLOHE-LANGENBURG, Elise "Princess of" Hohenlohe, Fürst Hermann zu Hohenlohe Langenburg, Prince Herman Ernst Franz Bernhard Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Prinz Viktor zu Hohenlohe Langenburg, Prinzessin Adelheid von Schleswig Holstein (born zu Hohenlohe Langenburg)<br>Siblings: Fürst Karl Friedrich zu Leiningen, Queen Victoria Alexandrina Von Sachsen-Coburg Und Gotha of the United Kingdom (born Hanover)<;/a>, Erbprinz Friedrich Karl Heinrich Ludwig zu Leiningen<br> Additional information: LifeSketch:Princess Feodora of Leiningen (Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine; 7 December 1807 – 23 September 1872) was the only daughter of Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen (1763–1814), and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786–1861). Feodora and her older brother Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, were maternal half-siblings to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She is a matrilineal ancestress of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and of Felipe VI of Spain.[citation needed] was reaching full term, the household moved so that the new potential heir to the British throne could be born in Britain.oria, who was devoted to her, although Victoria resented the fact that Feodora was one of only a few other children with whom she was allowed regular interaction.Despite their closeness, Feodora was eager to leave their residence at Kensington Palace permanently, as her "only happy time was driving out" with Victoria and her governess Baroness Louise Lehzen, when she could "speak and look as she liked."e of Great Britain, as Prince Ernst I was her first cousin. Prior to that, she had only met him twice. After their honeymoon, she returned to the German Confederation, where she lived until her death in 1872. The prince had no domain, however, as the principality had been mediatised to Württemberg in 1806. The couple lived in a large and uncomfortable castle, Schloss Langenburg. Feodora maintained a lifelong correspondence with her half-sister Victoria and was granted an allowance of £300 (equivalent to £25,995 in 2016) whenever she could visit Britain.odora of Leiningen.te:m I hoped so to go and see! The kind Empress Augusta telegraphed the news to me in a most feeling manner, and I got the telegram just after I came back from Abergeldie, where I had gone to see the preparations for Bertie's welcome. This was to have been and is still a day of rejoicing for all the good Balmoral people, on account of dear Bertie's first return after his illness, and I am here in sorrow & grief, unable to join in the welcome. God's will be done, but the loss to me is too dreadful! I stand so alone now, no near & dear one nearer my own age, or older, to whom I could look up to, left! All, all gone! How good & wise, beloved Feodore was, so devoted to me, so truly pious & religious. She is gone to that world she was so fit for & entered it, just sleeping away. What a blessed end! but what a loss to those who are left! She was my last near relative on an equality with me, the last link with my childhood & youth."ia in her journal (23 September 1872)eeded his father on 12 April 1860, but abdicated his rights on 21 April to marry unequally. He married Maria Grathwohl on 22 February 1861. They had three children.urg (8 November 1830 – 27 February 1850) died at the age of 19.hey had three children.ohe-Langenburg (20 July 1835 – 25 January 1900) married Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein on 11 September 1856. They had five children. – 10 February 1872) married George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen on 23 October 1858. They had three sons.de Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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