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Princess Sophie Friederike of Thurn and Taxis

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Princess Sophie Friederike of Thurn and Taxis
Princess Sophie Friederike Radziwiłł
Born(1758-07-20)20 July 1758
Regensburg, Free Imperial City of Regensburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died31 May 1800(1800-05-31) (aged 41)
SpousePrince Hieronim Wincenty Radziwiłł
Prince Kazanowski
Count Ostroróg
IssuePrince Dominik Hieronim Radziwiłł
Names
German: Sophie Friederike Dorothea Henriette
HouseHouse of Thurn and Taxis
House of Radziwiłł
House of Kazanowski
House of Ostroróg
FatherKarl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
MotherDuchess Auguste of Württemberg

Princess Sophie Friederike Dorothea Henriette of Thurn and Taxis,[citation needed] full German name: Sophie Friederike Dorothea Henriette, Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis[citation needed] (20 July 1758 – 31 May 1800[citation needed]) was a member of the House of Thurn and Taxis and a Princess of Thurn and Taxis by birth. She was also a member of the House of Radziwiłł and Princess Radziwiłł through her marriage to Prince Hieronim Wincenty Radziwiłł.[citation needed] Sophie Friederike was briefly a member of the Kazanowski and Ostroróg Polish noble families through subsequent marriages.[citation needed] She was known as "the Jewel of Regensburg."[citation needed]

Family

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Sophie Friederike was the second child and daughter[citation needed] of Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Duchess Auguste of Württemberg.[citation needed] She was an elder sister of Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis.[citation needed]

Marriage and issue

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Sophie Friederike married Prince Hieronim Wincenty Radziwiłł, son of Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł and his wife Anna Luiza Mycielska, on 31 December 1775 in Regensburg, Free Imperial City of Regensburg, Holy Roman Empire.[citation needed] Sophie Friederike and Hieronim Wincenty had one son:

Sophie Friederike married for a second time to Prince Andrzej Kazanowski around 1795 and for a third time to Count Mikołaj Ostroróg around 1797.[citation needed]

Ancestry

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