Princess Amalie of Teck

Princess Amalia of Teck (Amalie Josephine Henriette Agnes Sussane, 12 November 1838 – 20 July 1893), known as Countess Amalie of Hohenstein until 1863, was an Austrian noblewoman closely related to the royal houses of Württemberg and the United Kingdom.

Early life She was the third and last of the children of the marriage formed by Duke Alexander of Württemberg and Countess Claudine von Hohenstein (born Countess Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde). As the latter did not belong to any reigning or mediatised house, the marriage was declared morganatic and her mother was granted the title of Countess of Hohenstein by Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria. This last title was the one that both Amalie and her siblings carried from their birth. Her siblings were Countess Claudine of Hohenstein, later Princess of Teck, and Count Francis of Hohenstein (later Prince of Teck and Duke of Teck), who was married to Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. Together, they were the parents of: They had two children: Countess Huberta Amelia Maximiliane Pauline von Hügel (8 October 1897 – 22 December 1912) Count Ferdinand von Hügel (11 March 1901 – 1939)

On 16 December 1871, her cousin Charles I of Württemberg raised her to princess of Teck, just as his father, William I of Württemberg, had done with her siblings on 1 December 1863.

She died on 20 July 1893 as a result of cancer. She was buried in the cemetery of St. Peter in Graz.