Prince Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Wilhelm
Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Born (1853-12-21)21 December 1853
Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg
Died 15 December 1924(1924-12-15) (aged 70)
Baden-Baden, German Empire
Spouse Gerta Prinzessin zu Ysenburg und Büdingen
Issue Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Prince Albrecht Wilhelm of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Full name
German: Wilhelm Karl Bernhard Hermann Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach[1]
House House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Father Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Mother Princess Augusta of Württemberg

Prince Wilhelm Karl Bernhard Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (21 December 1853 – 15 December 1924) was a member of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.[1]

Life

Prince Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was born on 21 December 1853 in Stuttgart. He was the eldest son of the Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Princess Augusta of Württemberg (1826-1898). Prince Wilhelm also has had his own financial problems, and has been forced by the Grand Duke to live outside Weimar. Wilhelm is heir presumptive to the throne as the young Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst is a widower. His wife, Karoline of Reuss died in January 1905. Many assume that the Grand Duke will marry again, and ensure the succession is kept to the main branch.[2]

Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Prince William had a problem with his eldest son. Prince Hermann morganatically married Wanda Paola Lottero, an Italian stage actress, on 5 September 1909 in London.[1] He rollicking lifestyle. The ducal family forced him to renounce his rights of succession to the Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach throne, as well as his royal status, title and prerogatives, granting him a lesser, noble title, Count Ostheim, along with a small allowance on the grounds that he stay out of the duchy.[2] Prince Wilhelm also had a bad reputation. His behavior aroused the dissatisfaction of the head of the family.[3] Prince Wilhelm fled to the United States in his youth, served as a riding master, clerk, book agent and even as a restaurant waiter in New York City, but was finally persuaded to return to Germany, marry his second cousin, and live on a small pension from the head of the house.

Marriage and family

Prince Wilhelm married Gerta Princess of Ysenburg and Büdingen (1863-1945), daughter of Ferdinand Maximilian I. Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen (1824-1903) and Auguste Marie Gertrude Princess of Hanau and Horowitz (1829-1887), on 11 April 1885 at Wächtersbach, Germany. Wilhelm and Gerta had three children:

Son Albrecht Wilhelm von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach was born on 23 December 1886. He died on 9 September 1918 at age 31 at Gouzeaucourt, France, killed in action. He gained the title of Prince von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach. He was given the name of Albrecht Wilhelm Karl Hermann Bernhard August Friedrich von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach at birth. He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1918.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Wilhelm Karl Bernhard Hermann Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach". Retrieved 10 May 2003.
  2. 1 2 "Princess Who Cost A Throne Is Visiting Here", The New York Times, 27 November 1910
  3. ↑ Fontenoy, Marquise de (2 October 1918), "Boy of 6, Saxe-Weimar Scion", The Washington Post
  4. ↑ Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Hermann Karl Graf von Ostheim". Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  5. ↑ Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Albrecht Wilhelm Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach". Retrieved 10 May 2003.
  6. ↑ Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Sophie Augustine Prinzessin von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach". Retrieved 17 August 2010.
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