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Princess Pauline, Duchess of Sagan

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Princess Pauline
Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Duchess of Sagan
Princess Pauline, 1802
Reign2 November 1810 – 13 September 1838
Born(1782-02-19)19 February 1782
Mitau, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
Died8 January 1845(1845-01-08) (aged 62)
Vienna, Austrian Empire
SpouseFriedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Names
Luise Pauline Maria Biron
HouseHouse of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
FatherPeter von Biron
MotherDorothea von Medem
ReligionLutheran

Luise Pauline Maria Biron, Princess of Courland, Duchess of Sagan[citation needed] (19 February 1782[citation needed] – 8 January 1845[citation needed]) was a Princess of Courland by birth and through her marriage to Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Pauline was Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Hechingen.[citation needed] Pauline was the second-eldest child and daughter[citation needed] of Peter von Biron, the last Duke of Courland and Semigallia, and his third wife Dorothea von Medem.[citation needed]

Marriage and issue

Pauline married Friedrich Hermann Otto, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, son of Hermann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and his second wife Princess Maximiliane of Gavre, on 26 February 1800 in Prague. Pauline and Friedrich had one son:

Eugénie de Beauharnais, no issue.
∞ morganatic Baroness Amalie Schenk von Geyern, with issue.

Titles and styles

  • 19 February 1782 – 26 February 1800: Her Serene Highness Princess Pauline of Courland
  • 26 February 1800 – 2 November 1810: Her Serene Highness The Hereditary Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Princess of Courland
  • 2 November 1810 – 13 September 1838: Her Serene Highness The Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Princess of Courland
  • 13 September 1838 – 29 November 1838: Her Serene Highness The Dowager Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Princess of Courland
  • 29 November 1838 – 8 January 1845: Her Serene Highness The Duchess of Sagan, The Dowager Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Princess of Courland

Upon her father's death, Pauline inherited the Prager Palais and the Lordships of Hohlstein and Nettkow. Upon her elder sister Wilhelmine's death, Pauline also inherited the Duchy of Sagan in Silesia and the Lordship of Náchod in Bohemia.

References

Princess Pauline, Duchess of Sagan
Born: 19 February 1782 Died: 8 January 1845
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Maria Antonia of Waldburg-Wurzachon
Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
2 November 1810 – 13 September 1838
Succeeded by
German nobility
Preceded by Duchess of Sagan
29 November 1838 – 8 January 1845
Succeeded by