Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | |||||
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Duchess Eugen of Württemberg | |||||
Born |
Langenburg, Principality of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
22 November 1807||||
Died | 5 September 1880 Schleiz, Thuringia |
(aged 72)||||
Spouse | Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857) | ||||
Issue |
Duke William Duchess Alexandrine Duke Nicholas Agnes, Princess Reuss Younger Line |
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House |
House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg House of Württemberg |
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Father | Karl Ludwig III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | ||||
Mother | Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth |
Full name | |
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German: Helene |
Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (22 November 1807, Langenburg, Principality of Hohenlohe-Langenburg - 5 September 1880, Schleiz, Thuringia) was a member of the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and a Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by birth and a member of the House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg as the second wife of [[Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857)|Duke Eugen of Württemberg|
Helene was the twelfth children and the ninth daughter of Karl Ludwig III, Prince von Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth. She was a younger sister of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, brother-in-law of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 11 September 1827 Princess Helene married Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857), son of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1758–1822) and Princess Luise of Stolberg-Gedern (1764-1828), first cousin of the better known Countess of Albany. Duke Eugen was a widower of Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1801–1825), daughter of George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont by whom he had had three children. By Helene, Duke Eugen had other four children: