Duchess Olga of Württemberg

Olga of Württemberg
Princess Maximilian of Schaumburg-Lippe
Photograph, 1896
Born(1876-03-01)1 March 1876
Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg
Died21 October 1932(1932-10-21) (aged 56)
Ludwigsburg, Weimar Republic
Spouse
Prince Maximilian of Schaumburg-Lippe
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(m. 1898; died 1904)​
IssuePrince Eugen
Prince Albrecht
Prince Bernhard
Names
German: Herzogin Olga Alexandrine Marie von Württemberg
HouseWürttemberg
FatherDuke Eugen of Württemberg
MotherGrand Duchess Vera Constantinovna of Russia

Olga of Württemberg (German: Herzogin Olga Alexandrine Marie von Württemberg; 1 March 1876 – 21 October 1932) was a daughter of Duke Eugen of Württemberg and Grand Duchess Vera Constantinovna of Russia. She married Prince Maximilian of Schaumburg-Lippe.[1]

Early life and family

Princess Olga was born at Stuttgart, Württemberg on 1 March 1876. She was the younger twin daughter of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1846–1877), and Grand Duchess Vera Constantinovna of Russia (1854–1912). Her father was chosen by Charles I of Württemberg (a distant relative) as a husband for her mother, who was Charles' and Queen Olga's niece and adopted daughter.[2]

Her elder brother, Duke Charles-Eugen of Württemberg, died young in 1875. Her older twin was Duchess Elsa of Württemberg (1876–1936), who married her husband's brother, Prince Albert of Schaumburg-Lippe. The twin sisters did not look alike and Olga, who was much taller than her sister, seemed to be the elder of the two.[3]

Her paternal grandparents were Duke Eugen of Württemberg, and Princess Mathilde of Schaumburg-Lippe. Her maternal grandparents were Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg.[3]

Marriage and issue

Olga of Württemberg with her sons: Prince Albrecht of Schaumburg-Lippe (right) and Prince Eugen of Schaumburg-Lippe (left).

There were plans to marry Duchess Olga to Prince Maximilian of Baden, but he ultimately married Princess Marie Louise of Hanover. In March 1898 there were reports of her engagement to Prince Eugen of Sweden, the youngest son of King Oscar II of Sweden. The marriage never occurred; Prince Eugen, a notable artist, remained a bachelor.

On 3 November 1898, Olga was married to Prince Maximilian of Schaumburg-Lippe (1871–1904) at Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg.[1] He was a son of Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Bathildis, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau. Their marriage lasted less than six years before her husband died young. Together, they had three children:[4]

  • Prince Eugen of Schaumburg-Lippe (1899–1929), who died unmarried at age 30 at Caterham, Surrey, England, in a plane crash.[1]
  • Prince Albrecht of Schaumburg-Lippe (1900–1984), who married Baroness Walburga von Hirschberg (1906–1986) in 1930. They had no children, however, he had a daughter with Baroness Marie-Gabriele von Pfetten-Arnbach (1927–2015).[1]
  • Prince Bernhard of Schaumburg-Lippe (1902–1903), who died in childhood.[1]

Prince Maximilian died on 1 April 1904. Olga died on 21 October 1932.

Descendants

Through her second son Albrecht, she was posthumously a grandmother of Andrea of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 1960), who married Count Franz von Degenfeld-Schonburg on 4 September 1993. They had three children.[1]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Willis, Daniel (2009). The Romanovs in the 21st Century: A Genealogical Biography. VDM Publishing. p. 162. ISBN 978-3-639-17480-9. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. ^ Württemberg (1877). Königlich-Württembergisches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch: 1877. Guttenberg. pp. 21, 49, 54.
  3. ^ a b Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et; Raineval, Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe. Burke's Peerage. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-85011-028-9. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  4. ^ C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 234.