Princess Amalie | |||||
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Princess Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg | |||||
Born |
Sigmaringen, Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
30 April 1815||||
Died | 14 January 1841 Sigmaringen, Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
(aged 25)||||
Spouse | Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg | ||||
Issue |
Therese Amalie, Duchess of Dalarna Antoinette, Duchess of Anhalt Prince Ludwig Joseph Prince Johann Friedrich |
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House |
House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (by birth) House of Saxe-Altenburg (by marriage) |
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Father | Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | ||||
Mother | Marie Antoinette Murat |
Full name | |
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German: Amalie Antoinette Karoline Adrienne |
Princess Amalie Antoinette Karoline Adrienne of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen,German: Amalie Antoinette Karoline Adrienne, Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (30 April 1815, Sigmaringen, Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – 14 January 1841, Sigmaringen, Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) was a member of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and a Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen by birth. Through her marriage to Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg, Amalie was also a member of the House of Saxe-Altenburg and Princess of Saxe-Altenburg. Marie Antoinette was a grand-niece of Joachim Murat, King of the Two Sicilies from 1808 to 1815 and a brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte, through marriage to Napoleon's youngest sister, Caroline Bonaparte.
Amalie was the fourth and youngest child of Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and his first wife Marie Antoinette Murat.
Amalie married Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg, seventh but fourth surviving son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826) and Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on 25 July 1835 in Sigmaringen. Amalie and Eduard had four children: