adelheid marie anhalt dessau
Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau

Adelheid Marie of Anhalt-Dessau – The first Grand Duchess of an independent Luxembourg

Princess Adelheid Marie of Anhalt-Dessau was born on 25 December 1833 as the daughter of Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau and Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel. Adelheid was the eldest of three daughters. Her parents were dismissed by Queen Victoria as “very foolish and frivolous people”, but they also happened to be well-connected. Adelheid’s [read more]