Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

The Belgian royal family counts many interesting and extraordinary women
which were often forgotten in history.

One of them is Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.






Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was born on 17 November
1845 as the daughter of Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
and Josephine of Baden.

She was thus the granddaughter of Karl, Prince of
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Marie Antoinette Murat
(a niece of Joachim Murat, King of Naples).

She also was the granddaughter of Charles Grand Duke of Baden and
Stéphanie de Beauharnais (a niece of Napoleon Bonaparte).

Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was thus the sister of inter
alia:

Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (who was the father of
King Ferdinand I of Romania).

Princess Stéphanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who married to
King Pedro V of Portugal.

Carol of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who became King of Romania.



Love and Marriage


As every royal girl, a suitable marriage was wished. She was considered
as a possible bride for the future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.

However she finally married on 25 April 1867 to Prince Philip of Belgium,
the Count of Flanders and the brother of King Leopold II of Belgium.

The couple had 5 children:

Baudouin (who died at the age of 21)
Henriette of Belgium, who married Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme
Joséphine of Belgium (who died young)
Joséphine of Belgium
Prince Albert of Belgium, who became King Albert I of Belgium.





Hobby & Work

Princess Marie was a fantastic artist, she also had a literary salon  and she
liked music.




Death

Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen died on 26 November 1912.
She is buried at the Church of our Lady in Laeken.


Trivia

During the World exhibition of 1853 in Chicago (USA), some of her art
work was shown.


The pictures were taken at the Royal Palace of Brussels in 2015.

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