Princess Pauline | |||||
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Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen Duchess of Sagan |
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Princess Pauline, 1802
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Tenure | 2 November 1810 – 13 September 1838 | ||||
Born |
Mitau, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia |
19 February 1782||||
Died | 8 January 1845 Vienna, Austrian Empire |
(aged 62)||||
Spouse | Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen | ||||
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House | House of Hohenzollern-Hechingen | ||||
Father | Peter von Biron | ||||
Mother | Dorothea von Medem | ||||
Religion | Lutheran |
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Luise Pauline Maria Biron |
Luise Pauline Maria Biron, Princess of Courland, Duchess of Sagan (19 February 1782 – 8 January 1845) was a Princess of Courland by birth and through her marriage to Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Pauline was Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Pauline was the second-eldest child and daughter of Peter von Biron, the last Duke of Courland and Semigallia, and his third wife Dorothea von Medem.
Pauline married Friedrich Hermann Otto, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, son of Hermann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and his second wife Princess Maximiliane of Gavre, on 26 February 1800 in Prague. Pauline and Friedrich had one son:
Upon her father's death, Pauline inherited the Prager Palais and the Lordships of Hohlstein and Nettkow. Upon her elder sister Wilhelmine's death, Pauline also inherited the Duchy of Sagan in Silesia and the Lordship of Náchod in Bohemia.