Duchess Agnes of Württemberg
| Duchess Agnes of Württemberg | |||||
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| Princess Reuss Younger Line | |||||
Agnes on an engraving by August Weger
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| Born |
13 October 1835 Carlsruhe, Kingdom of Prussia |
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| Died | 10 July 1886 (aged 50) Gera, Reuss Younger Line |
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| Spouse | Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line | ||||
| Issue |
Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line Elisabet, Princess Hermann of Solms-Braunfels |
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| House |
House of Württemberg House of Reuss Younger Line |
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| Father | Duke Eugen of Württemberg | ||||
| Mother | Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | ||||
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| German: Pauline Louise Agnes |
Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (German: Herzogin Pauline Louise Agnes von Württemberg; 13 October 1835 - 10 July 1886) was a German aristocrat and writer under the pseudonym of Angela Hohenstein.
Duchess Agnes was born at Carlsruhe, Kingdom of Prussia (now Pokój, Poland) was the youngest child of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857), (son of Duke Eugen of Württemberg, and Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern) by his second marriage to Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1807–1880), (daughter of Charles Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Amalie of Solms-Baruth). Agnes had three half-siblings by her father's previous marriage with Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
Agnes founded numerous foundations and institutions that bore her name, such as the Agnes School, a school for female servants in Gera.
Agnes married on 6 February 1858 at Karlsruhe to Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line (1832–1913), son of Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line and Princess Adelheid Reuss of Ebersdorf.
They had two children:
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