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Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1831–1855)

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surely recommended her to him. It was a love match and their marriage occurred after a short engagement. Among the wedding gifts was an opulent old villa on Lake Como from her mother, Marianne, as well as a substantial collection of paintings and sculptures. It was renamed the
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The couple shared many interests, particularly with the theatre, as they were both ardent attendees; during their engagement, they had even acted in amateur court theatricals together. They had four children. Charlotte had a talent for music, and was taught by the likes of
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Her parents' marriage was unhappy due to Prince Albert's several affairs, and finally was dissolved on 28 March 1849, after which Princess Marianne began to live with her former coachman Johannes van Rossum, with whom she had a son, Johannes William of Reinhartshausen.
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On 27 January 1855, their second son, Georg, died. Charlotte followed him two months later, dying of childbirth complications on 30 March at the age of 23. Georg was inconsolable, but would eventually remarry to
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in the bride's honour. Due to their Prussian connections, the couple spent the next five years in Berlin and Potsdam but returned to Meiningen for the birth of their children.
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in order to provide a mother to his remaining children. He succeeded his father as Duke of Saxe-Meiningen in 1866, ten years after Charlotte's death.
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in 1849. After resuming his military career in Berlin, Georg soon became engaged to Charlotte, whose position as a niece of
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As a young woman, Charlotte was highly eligible due to her Dutch fortune and Hohenzollern connections. In
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took care of them, moreover after Prince Albert's second and morganatic marriage in 1853 with
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in her youth. She wrote a number of military marches, songs and piano pieces. Her daughter,
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The Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Companionage of the British Empire
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Prince Georg Albrecht (12 April 1852 - 27 January 1855); died in infancy.
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Charlotte, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Meiningen and her three children
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The Theater Duke: George II of Saxe-Meiningen and the German Stage
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Women Composers: A Biographical Handbook of Women's Work in Music
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Victoria Margaret, Princess Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz
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Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn
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Viktoria Luise, Duchess of Brunswick and Princess of Hanover
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was given to their father; however, their childless aunt
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The custody of Charlotte and her two surviving siblings
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Philippine Charlotte, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
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Ancestors of Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1831–1855)
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Alexandrine, Duchess William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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Friederike Luise, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach
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Luise Dorothea, Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Kassel
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Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
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Index

Prussia
House of Hohenzollern

Schönhausen Palace
Berlin
Meiningen
Meiningen
Thuringia
Georg, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
Issue
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Princess Marie Elisabeth
‹See Tfd›
German
House
Hohenzollern
Prince Albrecht of Prussia
Princess Marianne of the Netherlands
House of Hohenzollern

Frederick William III
Prince Friedrich Karl
Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
Charlotte, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Meiningen
Princess Anna
Prince Albert
Princess Alexandrine
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