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Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890–1972)

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47: 328: 352:"One of the wealthiest sovereigns in Europe; stolid, well-behaved, imbued with great pride of race, and a strict sense of what is due to the anointed of the Lord. He is also one of the most severely respected and proper of German rulers...the Grand Duke is very dull, and his court and environment reflect his character in this respect to such a point that Weimar has become the dreariest capital in Europe". 264:. He had been serving with the Prussian artillery during that time. Despite his role in their engagement however, Emperor Wilhelm refused to attend the wedding. This caused much speculation, as he and his wife were very close to the Grand Duke. This was seen by many to be due to mutual ill will between Wilhelm and Feodora's grandfather 347:
for her health. She was stricken with a severe attack of measles and scarlet fever, which she had acquired while visiting an asylum she had founded. Her increased attentions to this particular asylum were attributed to her unhappiness at court, and seen as an escape. The extreme etiquette also caused
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had displeased many royal personages like Wilhelm. Georg was the only ruler of a reigning German dynasty who had never visited the Emperor upon his accession in 1888, and who, in turn, had never received any imperial German visitors at his own court. Wilhelm's disapproval was even more surprising in
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there to be a distance between herself and the Grand Duke, as well as with their young children. While reports did not call her husband particularly cruel, he was, according to one source:
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that, when newspapers announced that Wilhelm would not be attending the wedding, the official communication from the royal palace declared that he had never been invited.
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had died childless after eighteen months of marriage in 1905). This first marriage had been unhappy, as Karoline disliked the Weimar court, eventually fleeing to
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Feodora's marriage was unhappy; the Weimar court was generally considered to be one of the most stifling and etiquette-driven in Germany. One source recounted:
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Feodora was very popular among the middle and lower classes of Weimar; this was largely attributed to her charm and kindness to the poor and suffering.
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his daughter Princess Katharina of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (born 30 November 1943) married Prince Emanuel Joseph of Hohenzollern-Emden, son of
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yet acknowledged another lesser match, especially when the latter was within his own family and subject to the rigid Hohenzollern
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On 9 November 1918 Wilhelm Ernst—along with the rest of the German monarchs following the defeat of Germany in
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Feodora was unhappy in such an environment; at the age of 23, reports leaked out that she was staying at a
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that he had recently allowed the marriage between a Hohenzollern dynast (
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The Emperor's boycott of the wedding was so strongly resented in
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Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
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Ancestors of Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890–1972)
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Karl August, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
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Feodora Karola Charlotte Marie Adelheid Auguste Mathilde
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Feodora Karola, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
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She was his second wife (his first wife 221:Prince Friedrich Johann of Saxe-Meiningen 199:Prince Friedrich Johann of Saxe-Meiningen 1197:21 January 1910 – 9 November 1918 1016: 1014: 1012: 661:Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 573:Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel 417:Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg 326: 1417:Grand duchesses of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1261:and founder of the Saxe-Meiningen line. 989: 987: 875:14. Count Leopold Otto von Wartensleben 635:Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 128: 1910; died 1923) 1399: 1370:Adelaide, Princess Adalbert of Prussia 1084: 1082: 856: 841:Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld 736: 732: 722: 614: 504: 500: 229:Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld 209:Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld 145:Sophie Louise, Princess of Schwarzburg 1245:Princesses of Saxe-Meiningen by birth 1217: 1114: 1112: 1110: 1108: 1106: 1104: 1102: 1100: 1066: 1064: 1062: 1046: 1044: 1009: 929: 919: 915: 903: 897: 887: 874: 864: 860: 844: 838: 828: 812: 802: 798: 786: 780: 770: 754: 744: 740: 716: 706: 690: 680: 676: 664: 658: 648: 632: 622: 618: 602: 596: 586: 570: 560: 556: 544: 538: 528: 512: 508: 237:Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 39:Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 27:Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1071:"Why the Kaiser Wasn't At Wedding", 984: 815:Countess Adelheid of Castell-Castell 457:, on 25 May 1968 (divorced in 1985) 252:During a summer visit to the palace 18:Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 1360:Feodora, Princess Reuss of Köstritz 1119:"Sad Fate of Two Grand Duchesses", 1079: 1029:Volume I Europe & Latin America 515:Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 313:Princess Caroline Reuss, Elder Line 279:Prince Frederick William of Prussia 256:, Feodora was urged by her kinsman 13: 1253:Generations indicate descent from 1127: 1097: 1059: 1041: 900:Countess Karoline von Wartensleben 783:Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld 757:Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld 719:Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen 599:Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen 217:Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen 22:Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen 14: 1443: 1386:Regina, Crown Princess of Austria 1138:, Eisenach, Germany, 29 July 1912 993: 260:to make a match with the widowed 233:Ernst, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld 64:21 January 1910 – 9 November 1918 1186:Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz 541:Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 266:Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 235:. By marriage, she was known as 225:Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 45: 125: 1: 1412:House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1134:"Son Born to Grand Duchess", 1027:Royal Families of the World: 977: 693:Princess Feodora of Leiningen 359: 322: 1407:Princesses of Saxe-Meiningen 1021:Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh 242: 7: 1051:"Kaiser Made Royal Match", 1031:, 1977, pp. 248, 261, 263. 481: 247: 10: 1448: 1089:"The Kaiser On Marriage", 850: 734: 608: 502: 15: 1378: 1352: 1336: 1320: 1299: 1278: 1266: 1251: 1190: 1182: 1175: 1148: 1093:, Berlin, 30 January 1910 1055:, Berlin, 12 October 1909 917: 909: 881: 862: 858: 822: 800: 792: 764: 742: 738: 700: 678: 670: 642: 620: 616: 580: 558: 550: 522: 506: 398: 395: 392: 389: 307:, Feodora was married to 204: 194: 182: 173: 168: 164: 135: 107: 91: 72: 68: 60: 53: 44: 37: 33:Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen 32: 1344:Princess Marie Elisabeth 379: 331:Feodora's husband Ernst. 1155:House of Saxe-Meiningen 1259:Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 354: 341: 332: 303:On 14 January 1910 in 1432:Nobility from Hanover 405:Princess Sophie Luise 350: 337: 330: 930:15. 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Index

Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen

Grand Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Hanover
Freiburg im Breisgau
Wilhelm Ernst, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Issue
Sophie Louise, Princess of Schwarzburg
Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
House
Saxe-Meiningen
Prince Friedrich Johann of Saxe-Meiningen
Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Prince Friedrich Johann of Saxe-Meiningen
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Ernst, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Wilhelmshöhe
Emperor Wilhelm II
Wilhelm Ernst, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
morganatic
Ellen Franz
Prince Frederick William of Prussia
Princess Agatha of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
equal marriage
house laws
Saxe-Meiningen

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