Princess Joséphine Caroline | |||||
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Princess Joséphine Caroline of Hohenzollern | |||||
Born |
Brussels, Belgium |
18 October 1872||||
Died | 6 January 1958 Namur, Belgium |
(aged 85)||||
Spouse | Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern | ||||
Issue | Princess Stephanie Princess Marie Antoinette Prince Albrecht Princess Henriette |
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House | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
Father | Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders | ||||
Mother | Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
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French: Joséphine Caroline Marie Albertine |
Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (18 October 1872 – 6 January 1958). She was the daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
Joséphine Caroline married her maternal first cousin Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen on 28 May 1894 in Brussels. Their relationship is described as a happy one. They lived in the Burg Namedy. During the World War I, she made the residence to a military hospital for wounded soldiers. In 1936, Joséphine Caroline joined the Catholic Benedictine order and became a nun in Namur in Belgium.
On 28 May 1894 in Brussels, she married her maternal first cousin Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, later simply of Hohenzollern (Sigmaringen, 1 September 1868 - Namedy, 21 February 1919), third son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, later simply of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal. They had the following children;