Wilhelmine von Sagan
| Princess Wilhelmine | |||||
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| Duchess of Sagan | |||||
Wilhelmine von Sagan, about 1800
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| Born |
8 February 1781 Mitau, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia |
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| Died | 29 November 1839 (aged 58) Vienna, Austrian Empire |
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| Spouse |
Prince Louis de Rohan-Guémenée (m. 1800; div. 1805) Prince Vasily Troubetzkoy (m. 1805; div. 1806) Prince Karl Rudolf von der Schulenburg (m. 1819; div. 1828) |
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| Issue | Gustava Armfelt (illegitimate) | ||||
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| Father | Peter von Biron | ||||
| Mother | Dorothea von Medem | ||||
| Religion |
Roman Catholic, prev. Lutheran |
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| Full name | |
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| Katharina Friederike Wilhelmine Benigna |
Katharina Friederike Wilhelmine Benigna, Princess of Courland, Duchess of Sagan (born 8 February 1781 in Mitau, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia; died 29 November 1839 in Vienna, Austrian Empire) was a German noble from the ruling family of Courland and Semigallia (today part of Latvia) and a sovereign Duchess of Sagan. Wilhelmine is mainly known for her relationship with Klemens Metternich, a statesman of the Austrian Empire.
French transcription of her name is Wilhelmine Catherine Frédérique Biron, Czech Kateřina Frederika Vilhelmína princezna Kuronská. Among the Czechs she is known as kněžna Kateřina Zaháňská (Zaháň is Czech name for Żagań).
Wilhelmine was born to Peter von Biron, the last Duke of Courland, and his third wife Anna Charlotte Dorothea von Medem (1761–1821). She had three conjugal sisters: Maria Luise Pauline (1782–1845), Johanna Katharina (1783–1876), wife of Fürst Don Francesco, Duke of Acerenza (brother of the 8th Prince of Belmonte), and Dorothea (1793–1862), later wife of Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord (1787–1872), nephew of the French statesman Talleyrand.
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