Princess Josephine of Baden

Princess Josephine of Baden
Princess of Hohenzollern Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Born	(1813-10-21)21 October 1813 Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden
Died	19 June 1900(1900-06-19) (aged 86) Sigmaringen, German Empire
Spouse	Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern
Issue	Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern Stephanie, Queen of Portugal Carol I of Romania Prince Anthony Prince Frederick Princess Marie, Countess of Flanders
Names German: Josephine Friederike Luise
House	Zähringen
Father	Charles, Grand Duke of Baden
Mother	Stéphanie de Beauharnais

Princess Josephine Friederike Luise of Baden (21 October 1813 – 19 June 1900) was born at Mannheim, the daughter of Charles, Grand Duke of Baden and his wife, Stéphanie de Beauharnais. Through her eldest son Leopold and also through her daughter Marie, she is the ancestress of the Romanian royal family and the Yugoslav Royal Family. Through her daughter Marie, she is also the ancestress of the Belgian royal family and the Grand Ducal family of Luxemburg.

Life

On 21 October 1834 at Karlsruhe, she married Karl Anton Joachim Zephyrinus Friedrich Meinrad, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, son of Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1785–1853) and his wife Marie Antoinette Murat (1793–1847).

Their children were:

• Leopold (1835–1905).
• Stephanie (1837–1859), Queen consort of Pedro V, King of Portugal.
• Carol I (1839–1914), King of Romania.
• Anton (1841–1866), died in battle.
• Friedrich (1843–1904).
• Marie (1845–1912), married Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders.

She died at Sigmaringen in 1900.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 21 October 1813 – 21 October 1834: Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Josephine of Baden
• 21 October 1834 – 27 August 1848: Her Grand Ducal Highness The Hereditary Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
• 27 August 1848 – 3 September 1869: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
• 3 September 1869 – 2 June 1885: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Hohenzollern
• 2 June 1885 – 19 June 1900: Her Royal Highness The Dowager Princess of Hohenzollern

Honours

• Dame of the Order of Louise.

Ancestry

Family of Princess Josephine of Baden

16. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach 8. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden 17. Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz 4. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden 18. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 9. Landgravine Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt 19. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Heiress of Lichtenberg 2. Charles, Grand Duke of Baden 20. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 18) 10. Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 21. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Heiress of Lichtenberg (= 19) 5. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 22. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 11. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken 23. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken 1. Josephine Friederike of Baden 24. Claude de Beauharnais 12. Claude de Beauharnais 25. Renée Hardouineau 6. Claude, 2nd Count des Roches-Baritaud 26. François-Abraham-Marie Mouchard 13. Marie-Anne Mouchard de Chaban 27. Anne-Louise Lazure 3. Stéphanie de Beauharnais 28. François-Gabriel, Marquis de Lézay-Marnézia 14. Claude, Marquis de Lézay-Marnézia 29. Charlotte-Antoinette de Bressey 7. Claudine Françoise Adrienne Gabrielle de Lézay-Marnézia 30. Gaston Jean Baptiste Charles de Nettancourt-Vaubécourt 15. Marie-Claudine de Nettancourt-Vaubécourt, Dame de Vaubécourt 31. Yolande Madeleine de Nettancourt de Passavant

References

• Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin Volume Two, published in cooperation with the New England Historic and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, by Carl Boyer, 3rd, Santa Clarita, California, 1999, volume 2, p. 220.

External links

• Staatsarchiv Sigmaringen
• Hausarchiv Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen: Nachlass Fürstin Josephine von Hohenzollern (1813-1900)