Duchess Agnes of Württemberg

Duchess Agnes of Württemberg
Princess Reuss Younger Line
Agnes on an engraving by August Weger
Born	(1835-10-13)13 October 1835 Carlsruhe, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	10 July 1886(1886-07-10) (aged 50) Gera, Reuss Younger Line
Spouse	Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
Issue	Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line Elisabet, Princess Hermann of Solms-Braunfels
Names German: Pauline Louise Agnes
House	House of Württemberg House of Reuss Younger Line
Father	Duke Eugen of Württemberg
Mother	Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (German: Herzogin Pauline Louise Agnes von Württemberg; 13 October 1835 - 10 July 1886) was a German aristocrat and writer under the pseudonym of Angela Hohenstein.

Life and family

Duchess Agnes was born at Carlsruhe, Kingdom of Prussia (now Pokój, Poland) was the youngest child of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857), (son of Duke Eugen of Württemberg, and Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern) by his second marriage to Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1807–1880), (daughter of Charles Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Amalie of Solms-Baruth). Agnes had three half-siblings by her father's previous marriage with Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

Agnes founded numerous foundations and institutions that bore her name, such as the Agnes School, a school for female servants in Gera.

Marriage and issue

Agnes married on 6 February 1858 at Karlsruhe to Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line (1832–1913), son of Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line and Princess Adelheid Reuss of Ebersdorf.

They had two children:

• Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (10 November 1858 – 21 November 1928), married in 1884 to Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, had issue.
• Princess Elisabeth Reuss of Schleiz (27 October 1859 – 23 February 1951), married in 1887 to Prince Hermann of Solms-Braunfels, had issue.

Works

• Helene (narrative, 1867)
• From a lovely time. Eight images (incl.: Fra Angelico Giovanni da Fiesole, Roswitha, From Venice, a fantasy forest, three folk songs in a picture, In the back room, the lilies of the cemetery Meran, Johann Arnold's diary, 1878)
• The blessing of the Grandmother (Family picture in two volumes, 1880)

Ancestry

Family of Duchess Agnes of Württemberg

16. Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg 8. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg 17. Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis 4. Duke Eugen of Württemberg 18. Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt 9. Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt 19. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia 2. Duke Eugen of Württemberg 20. Friedrich Karl, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern 10. Christian Karl, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern 21. Countess Louise of Nassau-Saarbrücken 5. Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern 22. Count Heinrich II Reuss of Lobenstein 11. Countess Eleanore Reuss of Lobenstein 23. Countess Juliana Dorothea Charlotte of Hochberg, Baroness of Fürstenstein 1. Duchess Agnes of Württemberg 24. Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 12. Christian Albert, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 25. Countess Eleonore of Nassau-Saarbrücken 6. Charles Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 26. Frederick Carl, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern 13. Countess Caroline of Stolberg-Gedern 27. Countess Louise of Nassau-Saarbrücken 3. Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 28. Johann Karl, Count of Solms-Baruth 14. Johann Christian II, Count of Solms-Baruth 29. Countess Louise of Lippe-Biesterfeld 7. Countess Amalie of Solms-Baruth 30. Heinrich VI, Count Reuss of Köstritz 15. Countess Friederike Reuss of Köstritz 31. Henrica Casado de Monteleone

Notes and sources

• Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Agnes, Herzogin von Württemberg
• thePeerage.com - Agnes Herzogin von Württemberg
• The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: II 223
• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1956
• L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: II 525