Princess Josephine of Belgium
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Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (18 October 1872 – 6 January 1958). She was the daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
, she married her maternal first cousin Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
, later simply of Hohenzollern (Sigmaringen
, 1 September 1868 - Namedy, 21 February 1919), third son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
, later simply of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal
. They had the following children;
Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
align="right"|Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders was the third born son of King Leopold I of the Belgians and his wife Louise d'Orléans . He was born at the Château de Laeken, near Brussels, Belgium...
and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
Marriage and issue
On 28 May 1894 in BrusselsBrussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, she married her maternal first cousin Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern
Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was a member of the Princely House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Karl Anton was the third and youngest son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and his wife Infanta Antónia of Portugal...
, later simply of Hohenzollern (Sigmaringen
Sigmaringen
Sigmaringen is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district....
, 1 September 1868 - Namedy, 21 February 1919), third son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern was the head of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, and played a fleeting role in European power politics, in connection with the Franco-Prussian War....
, later simply of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal
Infanta Antónia of Portugal
Infanta Antónia of Portugal , was a Portuguese infanta of the House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, daughter of Queen Maria II of Portugal and her King...
. They had the following children;
- Princess Stephanie Josephine Karola Philippine Leopoldine Marie of Hohenzollern (8 April 1895 PotsdamPotsdamPotsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
– 7 August 1975 Dießen am AmmerseeDießen am AmmerseeDießen am Ammersee is a municipality in the district of Landsberg in Bavaria in Germany.-References:...
, Germany), married Joseph Ernst, Count FuggerFuggerThe Fugger family was a historically prominent group of European bankers, members of the fifteenth and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and venture capitalists like the Welser and the Höchstetter families. This banking family replaced the de'...
von Glott (26 October 1895 – 13 May 1981 MiesbachMiesbachMiesbach is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and is the capital of the Miesbach district. The district is at an altitude of 697 metres above sea level. It covers an area of approximately 863.50 km² of alpine headlands and in 2004 had a population of 93,942. The town is located 48 km southeast...
, Germany), on May 18, 1920. - Princess Marie Antoinette Wilhelmine Auguste Viktoria of Hohenzollern (23 October 1896 – 4 July 1965) married Baron Egon Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich (6 December 1892 Bolzano, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
– 27 April 1981 ÜberlingenÜberlingenÜberlingen is a city on the northern shore of Lake Constance . After the city of Friedrichshafen, it is the second largest city in the Bodenseekreis , and a central point for the outlying communities...
, Germany), on November 27, 1924, and had four children:- Baroness Veronika Josephine Wilhelmine von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich, born August 15, 1926, in Bolzano, and died August 13, 1942.
- Baroness Stephanie Louise Marietta Anna von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich (born 17 December 1930 in Bolzano, married Josef von Zallinger-Stillendorf (born 1 May 1920 in Bolzano), on November 27, 1950, and had four children:
- Astrid Maria Elisabeth von Zallinger-Stillendorf (born 9 September 1954 in Bolzano), married Wilhelm Michael von Medinger (born 4 January 1945) on July 26, 1982, and had two daughters:
- Isabella Andrea von Medinger, born December 5, 1984.
- Valerie Anna von Medinger, born February 22, 1989.
- Karin Maria Antoinette von Zallinger-Stillendorf (born 20 November 1956 in Bolzano), married Wilhelm Hubertus von Groeling (born 7 January 1944) on September 22, 1980 in Bolzano, and divorced without issue. She wed, secondly, Helmut Becherer (born 19 April 1953) on June 9, 1995, and had one daughter before they divorced:
- Romina Becherer, born March 24, 1996.
- Michael Georg Egon Jakob Maria von Zallinger-Stillendorf was born September 3, 1959 in Bolzano, unmarried and without issue.
- Stephan Christoph Franz Josef von Zallinger-Stillendorf (born 4 October 1961 in Bolzano), married Andrea Ida Sippl (born 22 June 1987) on June 22, 1987, and had three children:
- Viktoria von Zallinger-Stillendorf, born December 25, 1987.
- Dominik Franz von Zallinger-Stillendorf, born August 18, 1990.
- Berenice Sophie von Zallinger-Stillendorf, born in 1994.
- Astrid Maria Elisabeth von Zallinger-Stillendorf (born 9 September 1954 in Bolzano), married Wilhelm Michael von Medinger (born 4 January 1945) on July 26, 1982, and had two daughters:
- Baroness Elisabeth Marie Irene Benedikte von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich (born 15 May 1932 Bolzano) married Baron Bernhard von Hohenbühel gennant Heufler zu Rasen (born 18 December 1922), on August 9, 1954, and had six children:
- Baroness Maria Michaela Antoinette Hedwig Elisabeth von Hohenbühel gennant Heufler zu Rasen (born 11 Feb 1956 Bolzano, married Count Johannes zu Firmian (born 4 January 1955), on August 28, 1978, had one daughter, and divorced. She wed, secondly, Wilfred Kantner (born 12 April 1956), on October 3, 1985, in ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, and had one daughter.- Countess Denise zu Firmian (born 27 October, 1976)
- Katharina Kantner (born May 17, 1983, in Vienna.
- Baron Carl Philipp Josef Heinrich Johannes Geminian Maria von Hohenbühel gennant Heufler zu Rasen (born 25 July 1957 Bolzano), married Princess Karoline Adelma Henriette Anna Elisabeth Reuß zu Köstritz((born 23 June 1959 in Vienna) on September 28, 1991, and had two children:
- Baroness Augusta Marie Louise Hedwig Geminiana Elisabeth von Hohenbühel genannt Heufler zu Rasen, (born 11 October 1996, in Bolzano.
- Johannes Gaudenz Antonius Otto Ludwig Heinrich Geminian von Hohenbühel, Freiherr von Hohenbühel genannt Heufler zu Rasen, (born 18 January 1999, in Bolzano).
- Baroness Hedwig Margaretha Philomena Elizabeth Maria von Hohenbühel gennant Heufler zu Rasen (born October 17, 1958, in Bolzano.
- Baron Heinrich Paul Dietrich Bernhard Geminian Maria von Hohenbühel gennant Heufler zu Rasen (born 9 July 1961 in Bolzano), married Anette Blunck (born 3 February 1961), on 20 March 1997, and had two children:
- Baroness Marie-Louise Hedwig Carmen von Hohenbühel von Hohenbühel gennant Heufler zu Rasen (born 30 December 1998).
- Baron Maximilian Bernhard Stephan Heinrich Geminian Maria von Hohenbühel gennant Heufler zu Rasen (born 13 October 2001).
- Baron Hans-Christoph Berthold Bernhard Dietrich Geminian Maria von Hohenbuhel gennant Heufler zu Rasen (born 5 Jun 1964 Bolzano), married Monika Klammsteiner (born 17 April 1969 Bolzano) on 16 October 1999, and had two children:
- Baroness Charlotte Maria-Elisabeth Antoinette Katharina Waltraud Alexander Monika von Hohenbühel genannt Heufler zu Rasen (born 23 March 2000).
- Baron Jakob-Balthasar Bernhard Florian-Georg Joseph Egon Aloisius Franz-Gottfried Heinrich Hans-Christoph Geminian Maria von Hohenbühel genannt Heufler zu Rasen (born 8 May 2001).
- Baron Alexander Karl Bernhard Johannes Dietrich Maria von Hohenbühel gennant Heufler zu Rasen (born May 26, 1972, in Bolzano).
- Baroness Maria Michaela Antoinette Hedwig Elisabeth von Hohenbühel gennant Heufler zu Rasen (born 11 Feb 1956 Bolzano, married Count Johannes zu Firmian (born 4 January 1955), on August 28, 1978, had one daughter, and divorced. She wed, secondly, Wilfred Kantner (born 12 April 1956), on October 3, 1985, in Vienna
- Baron Karl Josef Georg Meinrad Heinrich Maria von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich (b. 19 January 1935 in Bolzano), married Countess Isabelle Christiane Ceschi a Santa Croce (born 8 May 1949), on 12 April 1975, and had four children:
- Baron Georg-Bernhard Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich
- Baroness Antoinette Marie Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich (born 3 February 1979), who married Gerhard Kostka, Edler von Liebinsfeld (born 15 February 1977), on 28 May 2005.
- Baroness Alix Andrea Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich (born May 26, 1980 in Bolzano.
- Hubertus Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich, Baron Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich (born 20 September 1987 in Bolzano).
- Prince Albrecht Ludwig Leopold Tassilo of Hohenzollern (28 September 1898 Potsdam – 30 July 1977), married Isle Margot Klara Willy von Friedeburg (28 June 1901 Potsdam – 2 July 1988) on 19 May 1921, in Potsdam, and had five children:
- Princess Wilhelma Karola Luise Maria Stephanie Marie-Antoinette Leni of Hohenzollern (born 15 February 1922), married Count Harald Erik Friedrich Torsten von Posadowsky-Wehner (25 September 1920 – 8 September 1990) on June 3, 1967, and had no issue.
- Princess Luise-Dorothea Stephanie Elisabeth Maximiliane Cecilie Rosmarie Felicitas of Hohenzollern (9 February 1924 – 11 November 1988), married Count Egbert Waltern Ida Hubertus Marie von Plettenberg (15 October 1917 – 1 November 1995), on 11 June 1947, and had seven children:
- Count Christoph Friedrich Albrecht Klemens August von Plettenberg (born 23 February 1948), married Christiane Klasen (born 1 June 1955) on 5 November 1977, and had one son:
- Count Carl-Christian von Plettenberg (born 27 September 1978).
- Count Hubertus Albrecht Georg Joseph von Plettenberg (born 4 May 1949), married Countess Verena Luithlen von Thun und Hohenstein (born 20 October 1959) on 15 September 1981, and had four children:
- Countess Alexandra Ida Maria Theodora Dorothea von Plettenberg (born 20 June 1984).
- Count Matter Albrecht Wolfgang Egbert Hubertus von Plettenberg (born 14 August 1987 in MünichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, Germany). - Countess Kira Josephine Johanna Jutta von Plettenberg, Gräfin von Plettenberg, born (born 2 June 2, 1990, in Münich).
- Countess Katalin Stephanie Angelina Dorothea von Plettenberg (born 2 June 1990, in Münich), and is the twin sister of Countess Kira von Plettenberg.
- Count Burkhard Wolfgang Joseph Michael von Plettenberg (born 16 July 1951), married Baroness Patricia Bernadette Marie-Rose Huberta Eugénie Marie Auguste von Loë (born 28 April 1956), on 26 July 1980, and had four children:
- Count Friedrich Rudolf Christian von Plettenberg (born 24 February 1982).
- Countess Philippa Sophie Charlotte von Plettenberg (born 9 June 1983).
- Countess Benita Dorothea Huberta von Plettenberg(born 24 January 1985).
- Ferdinand Egbert Degenhardt von Plettenberg, Graf von Plettenberg, (born 26 April 1996).
- Nikolaus Paul Christian Johann von Plettenberg, Graf von Plettenberg (born 26 September 1952 in Bad Kreuznach, Germany) married Countess Harriet von Lambsdorff (born 23 December 1954), on 19 May 1979, and had four children:
- Count Johannes Albrecht Leonce von Plettenberg (born 27 November 1980).
- Count Claudius Paul Magnus von Plettenberg (born 16 January 1984, in TrierTrierTrier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....
, Germany). - Countess Carlotta Eva Elgin Luise von Plettenberg, born October 25, 1987, in WittlingenWittlingenWittlingen is a town in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, part of the district Lörrach. The coat of arms of Wittlingen was granted 1906 and show the arms of Baden impaled by a plow iron as a symbol for the agricultural character of the town. The blazon is Or a Bend Gules impaling...
, Germany). - Count Donatus Constantin Leopold von Plettenberg, (born 3 December 1993, in Trier).
- Count Egbert Franz Stephan Bernhard von Plettenberg (born 26 September 1953 in in Bad Kreuznach, married Diana Gärtner (born 4 December 1955) on 19 June 1982, and had five children:
- Count Falk-Albrecht Carl Alexander Hubertus von Plettenberg (born 4 August 1983).
- Countess Sophie Diana Johanna Dorothea von Plettenberg (born on 14 June 1985).
- Count Egbert Philipp Paul Constantin von Plettenberg (born 17 March 1987, in Bad Kreuznach).
- Count Justus Carl-Friedrich Paul Donatus von Plettenberg (born May 10, 1989, in Bad Kreuznach).
- Count Carl Anton Friedrich Leopold Johannes von Plettenberg (born June 19, 1991).
- Countess Stephanie Elisabeth Dorothea von Plettenberg, Gräfin von Plettenberg (born 11 April 1957 in Bad Kreuznach), married 3 September 1993 Alan McKenzie-Laing (born 6 April 1954 in AberdeenAberdeenAberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
, ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
), and had two sons:- Christopher Stewart Hubertus Alan Graf von Plettenberg-Laing (born 13 June 1993).
- Anthony Nicholas Gabriel Gordon Graf von Plettenberg-Laing (born 10 December 1994).
- Count Constantin Meinrad Johann von Plettenberg, Graf von Plettenberg (born 18 June 1959), married 3 September 1998 in FrankfurtFrankfurtFrankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
, Germany, Baroness Harriet Rivalier von Meysenburg (born 14 May 1966) and had one daughter:- Countess Franziska Malwina Luise Viktoria von Plettenberg (born 22 March 1999, in Frankfurt).
- Count Christoph Friedrich Albrecht Klemens August von Plettenberg (born 23 February 1948), married Christiane Klasen (born 1 June 1955) on 5 November 1977, and had one son:
- Princess Rose-Margarethe Adelgunde Clementine Mechthilde Maria Felicitas of Hohenzollern (19 February 1930 – 16 February 2005), married 15 September 1955 Edgar Pfersdorf (23 March 1920 – 25 February 1997), and had four children:
- Georg Friedrich Godehard Pfersdorf (born 21 September 1956 in Düseeldorf, Germany), married Elke N, and had two children:
- Philipp Pfersdorf
- Marie Pfersdorf
- Albrecht Karl Anton Pfersdorf, born 31 May 1958 in Düseeldorf, and died in 1979.
- Ingo Tassilo Egbert Joseph Pfersdorf (born 17 January 1960), married 1991 Petra Quarg, and had one son:
- Niklas Pfersdorf (born in 1997).
- Verena Margarethe Stephanie Josepha Pfersdorf (born 31 July 1962), married Hans-Helmuff Eben, and had four children:
- Jan Albrecht Eben (born in 1994).
- Anna Catharina Eben (born in 1996).
- Carlotta Eben (born in 1998).
- Luise-Dorothea Eben
- Georg Friedrich Godehard Pfersdorf (born 21 September 1956 in Düseeldorf, Germany), married Elke N, and had two children:
- Princess Marie of Hohenzollern (born and died 1 April 1, 1935).
- Prince Godehard-Friedrich of Hohenzollern (17 April 1939 – 21 May 2001), married morganaticallyMorganatic marriageIn the context of European royalty, a morganatic marriage is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which prevents the passage of the husband's titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage...
Heide Hansen, and had two children:- Carlos Patrick Godehard von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (born December 4, 1978, in Munich).
- Anna Corinna Dione von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (born August 19, 1983).
- Princess Henriette Leopoldine Wilhelmine of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (29 September 1907 – 3 October 1907).
Titles and styles
- 18 October 1872 – 28 May 1894: Her Royal Highness Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium
- 28 May 1894 – 6 January 1958: Her Royal Highness Princess Joséphine Caroline of Hohenzollern
Ancestry
| Princess Josephine of Belgium | Father: Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders align="right"|Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders was the third born son of King Leopold I of the Belgians and his wife Louise d'Orléans . He was born at the Château de Laeken, near Brussels, Belgium... |
Paternal Grandfather: Leopold I of Belgium Leopold I of Belgium Leopold I was from 21 July 1831 the first King of the Belgians, following Belgium's independence from the Netherlands. He was the founder of the Belgian line of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha... |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf Countess Augusta Caroline Reuss of Ebersdorf , was by marriage a duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born in Saalburg-Ebersdorf.-Family:... |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Princess Marie d'Orléans |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Louis-Philippe of France Louis-Philippe of France Louis Philippe I was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the July Monarchy. His father was a duke who supported the French Revolution but was nevertheless guillotined. Louis Philippe fled France as a young man and spent 21 years in exile, including considerable time in the... |
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| Paternal Great-grandmother: Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily sometimes known as Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies was a Princess of Naples and Sicily and later the Queen of the French from 1830–1848, consort to Louis Philippe I.... |
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| Mother: Princess Marie of Hohenzollern |
Maternal Grandfather: Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1831 to 1848.In 1833 Karl called a constitutional assembly together and created a constitutional charter that would be the law in his lands... |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Marie Antoinette Murat Marie Antoinette Murat Marie Antoinette Murat, was a member of the House of Murat and a Princess Murat by birth... |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Princess Josephine of Baden |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Karl, Grand Duke of Baden Karl, Grand Duke of Baden Charles, Grand Duke of Baden became ruler of Baden on June 11, 1811 and ruled until his death. He was born in Karlsruhe.... |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Stéphanie de Beauharnais Stéphanie de Beauharnais Stéphanie, Grand Duchess of Baden was the consort of Karl, Grand Duke of Baden.-Biography:... |