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Countess Sophie of Merenberg

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Countess Sophie of Merenberg, Countess of Torby, (1 June 1868 – 14 September 1927) was the eldest daughter of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau and Natalya Alexandrovna Pushkina.

Early life

Sophie was born at Geneva, Switzerland, the first child of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau and Natalya Alexandrovna Pushkina.[1] As the marriage of her parents was considered morganatic she was ineligible to bear her father's title or rank. Her paternal grandparents were William, Duke of Nassau and Princess Pauline of Württemberg. Her maternal grandparents were the renowned Russian poet, Alexander Pushkin, and Natalya Pushkina.

Marriage and family

Grand Duke Michael Mikailovich of Russia (right) with his children (from left to right), Nadejda, Michael and Anastasia de Torby

She married morganatically, on 10 March 1891, Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, grandson of Nicholas I of Russia at Sanremo, Italy.[1] Sophia was later created Countess de Torby by her uncle, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg; the title was extended to all three of her children.

They had two daughters and one son:

Ancestry

Family of Countess Sophie of Merenberg
16. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
8. Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
17. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
4. William, Duke of Nassau
18. Burgrave William George of Kirchberg, Count of Hachenburg
9. Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg
19. Princess Isabelle of Reuss-Greiz
2. Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau
20. Frederick of Württemberg
10. Prince Paul of Württemberg
21. Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
5. Princess Pauline of Württemberg
22. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
11. Princess Katharina Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen
23. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1. Countess Sophie of Merenberg
24. Lev Aleksandrovich Pushkin
12. Sergei Lvovich Pushkin
25. Olga Vasilievna Chicherina
6. Alexander Pushkin
26. Osip Abramowitsch Hanibal
13. Nadezhda Ossipovna Hannibal
27. Maria Alekseevna Pushkina
3. Natalya Alexandrovna Pushkina
28. Afanasy Nikolaevich Goncharov
14. Nikolay Afanasievich Goncharov
29. Nadejda Platonovna Musina-Pushkina
7. Natalya Nikolaevna Goncharova
30. Ivan Aleksandrovich Zagriajski
15. Natalia Ivanovna Zagriajskaya
31. Euphrosyne Ulrica von Liphardt

See also

References

  1. ^ a b C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 153. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.

Genealogics - Leo van de Pas Gräfin Sophie von Merenberg, Countess Torby