Princess Elisabeth Helene | |||||
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Margravine of Meissen | |||||
Born |
Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria |
15 December 1903||||
Died | 22 October 1976 Munich, Bavaria, West Germany |
(aged 72)||||
Burial | Royal Chapel in Königskapelle in Karrösten in North Tyrol | ||||
Spouse | Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen | ||||
Issue |
Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen Princess Maria Josepha Anna de Afif, Princess of Gessaphe Albert, Margrave of Meissen Mathilde, Princess Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
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House | Thurn and Taxis | ||||
Father | Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis | ||||
Mother | Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Full name | |
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German: Elisabeth Helene Maria Valerie Franziska Maximiliane Antonie |
Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis (German: Elisabeth Helene, Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis) (15 December 1903, Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria – 22 October 1976, Munich, Bavaria, Germany) was a Princess of Thurn and Taxis by birth and a Princess and Duchess of Saxony, Margravine of Meissen, and titular Queen consort of Saxony through her marriage to Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen. Elisabeth was the sixth child of Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria.
Elisabeth married Prince Friedrich Christian of Saxony, second eldest child and son of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and his wife Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany, on 16 June 1923 in Regensburg, Bavaria. Elisabeth and Friedrich had five children: