Princess Magdalena Reuss of Köstritz
Princess Magdalena | |||||
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Princess Hubertus of Prussia | |||||
Born |
Leipzig, Weimar Republic | 20 August 1920||||
Died |
10 October 2009 89) Löwenstein Castle, Kleinheubach, Germany | (aged||||
Burial | Hohenzollern Castle, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany | ||||
Spouse | Prince Hubertus of Prussia | ||||
Issue |
Anastasia, Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Princess Marie Christine | ||||
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House | Reuss Younger Line | ||||
Father | Prince Heinrich XXXVI Reuss of Köstritz | ||||
Mother | Princess Hermine of Schönburg-Waldenburg |
Princess Magdalena Reuss of Köstritz (20 August 1920 - 10 October 2009) was the wife of Prince Hubertus of Prussia.[1] She was a member of the House of Reuss.
Marriage and issue
On 5 June 1943 at Schloss Prillwitz in Potsdam, Magdalena married Prince Hubertus of Prussia, a younger son of William, German Crown Prince and Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.[1][2][3][4] He had previously been married to Baroness Maria Anna von Humboldt-Dachdroeden, whom he divorced the year he married Magdalena.[3][4][5]
The couple settled briefly in Silesia but were forced to flee west with their infant daughter Anastasia from the advancing Red Army.[2] Hubertus found work managing several wineries in 1947, and the couple had their second daughter that same year. Hubertus moved to south-western Africa in 1950 to begin a new life as a sheep farmer; he chose to leave because it "was a haven of rest far distant from the political turmoil in Germany".[2] Magdalena and their two daughters planned to join him in Windhoek in the summer of that year.[2] Hubertus caught appendicitis and died from peritonitis in April the following year with his wife by his side.[3]
Magdalena moved back to Germany with her two daughters, where she raised them. Anastasia married the Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg in 1965, and Marie Christine died the next year in a car accident.[2]
They had two daughters:
- Princess Anastasia Victoria Cecilia Hermine of Prussia (born February 14, 1944). Married Alois-Konstantin, 9th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and had issue.
- Princess Marie Christine of Prussia (July 18, 1947–May 29, 1966) who died from injuries resulting from a car accident.[3]
Magdanela died on 10 October 2009 at her daughter Anastasia's home.[1][2][3] She was the last surviving daughter-in-law of Crown Prince Wilhelm. Magdalena was buried next to her husband at St. Michaels Bastei, near Burg Hohenzollern.[2][3]
Ancestry
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Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
- 20 August 1920 – 5 June 1943: Her Serene Highness Princess Magdalena Reuss of Köstritz[1]
- 5 June 1943 – 10 October 2009: Her Royal Highness Princess Hubertus of Prussia
References
- 1 2 3 4 Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Magdalene Pauline Prinzessin Reuss zu Köstritz". Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Eilers Koenig, Marlene. "Princess Hubertus of Prussia has died". Royal Musings. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Princess Magdalene of Prussia has Died". The Royal Forums. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- 1 2 "Kaiser's Grandson Weds", The New York Times, Berne, Switzerland, 9 June 1943
- ↑ Eilers Koenig, Marlene. "If circumstances had been different ...". The Royal Forums. Retrieved 7 January 2010.