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Oct 20, 2017 · Genealogy for Countess Sophie von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (von Weimar-Orlamünde) (c.1215 - 1268) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- Orlamünde, Thuringia
- Thuringia
When Graf Herman von Orlamunde II was born about 1184, in Saxe-Altenburg, his father, Siegfried von Weimar Orlamünde III, was 30 and his mother, Sophie Valdemarsdatter, was 26. He married Beatrix von Andechs-Meranien about 1231, in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter.
- Male
- Beatrix Von Andechs-Meranien
- Princess
- Hereditary Grand Duchess
- Grand Duchess
- Grandmother
- Goethe
- The Last Years
Princess Sophie of the Netherlands was born on 8 April 1824 as the daughter of the future King William II of the Netherlands and of his wife Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia at Kneuterdijk in The Hague. A few days after her baptism, she was awarded the Order of Saint Catherine by her grandmother, Maria Feodorovna. She wrote to her daughter Ann...
In 1840, Sophie’s father finally became King of the Netherlands after the abdication of her grandfather, who went on to contract a morganatic marriage. Sophie was present during her father’s inauguration. She was now 16 years old, and marriage was on the cards. On 25 January 1842, the engagement was officially approved, and they married on 8 Octobe...
Life changed when Sophie’s father-in-law died in 1853, and her husband succeeded as Grand Duke. They moved into the Grand Ducal residence, while her mother-in-law moved into her widow’s seat. She did everything she could to support her husband in the early years of his reign. The death of the 8-year-old Anna Sophie hit both of them hard. The younge...
By then, Princess Pauline was pregnant with her first child. Sophie was going to become a grandmother. On 10 June 1876, a son named William Ernest was born. In the Netherlands, Queen Sophie was nearing death. She died on 3 June 1877 and Sophie, and Charles Alexander travelled to the Netherlands to pay their respects. Queen Sophie was at last releas...
Sophie was left the literary legacy of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe by his grandson and also the papers of Friedrich von Schiller. She accepted the inheritance with the words, “I have inherited, Germany and the world will inherit with me.”7She founded the Goethe-Schiller-Archiv and dedicated the rest of her life to Goethe’s legacy. She often worked i...
On 23 November 1890, King William III of the Netherlands died and was succeeded by his 10-year-old daughter Wilhelmina. This made Sophie the heiress presumptive. Sophie was close to her little niece, and Wilhelmina trusted her aunt. “My aunt was the last that remained of my father, which gave us a special bond,” Wilhelmina would later write in her ...
Apr 27, 2022 · Birth of Heinrich IV, Graf von Beichlingen-Wiehe. 1354. 1354. Age 61. Death of Sophie von Weimar-Orlamünde. Genealogy for Sophie von Weimar-Orlamünde (Weimar-Orlamünde) (c.1293 - 1354) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- Friedrich X, Graf Von Beichlingen
- 1354 (56-66)
- circa 1293
- April 27, 2022
Brief Life History of Hedwig. When Hedwig von Thüringen was born in 1184, in Saxe-Altenburg, her father, Hermann I. von Thüringen, was 29 and her mother, Sophie von Sommerschenburg, was 33. She married Albrecht II. von Weimar-Orlamünde II, född von Orlamünde, Graf before 10 May 1211.
Nov 24, 2023 · Birth of Heinrich X "der Jüngere" Reuß zu ... Genealogy for Sophie von Weida (von Weimar-Orlamünde), Gräfin, Vögtin zu Weida (c.1230 - 1258) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
She married Siegfried von Weimar Orlamünde III in 1181, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark in 1159. She died on 12 February 1208, at the age of 49, and was buried in Orlamünde, Saxe-Altenburg, Germany. More.
