Princess Amalie of Fürstenberg

Marie Amélie, Duchess of Ratibor, Princess of Corvey, Princess of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (née Princess Amélie of Fürstenberg; 12 February 1821 – 17 January 1899), was the consort of Victor I, Duke of Ratibor.

Early life Princess Amelie of Fürstenberg was born at her family's Princely Palace in Donaueschingen, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire, on 29 March 1822. She was the daughter of Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg and Princess Amalie of Baden. Among his siblings were Princess Marie Elisabeth, Charles Egon III, Prince of Fürstenberg, Prince Maximilian Egon I, Prince Emil Egon, and Princess Pauline Wilhelmine (who married Hugo, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen).

Her father was the only son of the Austrian General Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg (a grandson of Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, Prince of Fürstenberg) and Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis (a daughter of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis). Her maternal grandparents were Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, and his second wife, Louise Caroline of Hochberg. As her grandparents' marriage was morganatic, her mother was born without princely status and excluded from the dynastic line of the House of Zähringen. She was accorded her mother's baronial status until 1796, when her mother was made Countess of Hochberg, at which time she assumed comital rank.

Personal life

On 19 April 1845 at Donaueschingen, Princess Amelie married Victor I, Duke of Ratibor, the eldest son of Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and Princess Constanze of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. They had ten children:

Princess Amelia of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1846–1847), who died young. Viktor II, Duke of Ratibor (1847–1923), who married Countess Maria Breunner-Enkevoirth, in 1867. Prince Franz of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1849–1925) Princess Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1851–1928) Prince Egon of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1853–1896), who married Princess Leopoldine of Lobkowicz, in 1885. Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1854–1928) Prince Maximilian of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1856–1924), who married Countess Franziska Grimaud d'Orsay, in 1882. Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1857–1891) Prince Karl Egon of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1860–1931) Princess Margaret of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1863–1940)

She died on 17 January 1899 at Rauden Palace.

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