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Marie of Württemberg – Prince Albert’s stepmother (Part two)

July 14, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. In the early years of the marriage, Marie suffered at least two miscarriages that reportedly almost cost her her life, after which she travelled to the waters at Travemünde. She wrote to her husband, “The two miscarriages so quickly following each other have deeply affected my health and body and requires [read more]

Marie of Württemberg – Prince Albert’s stepmother (Part one)

July 13, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Marie of Württemberg was born on 17 September 1799 in Coburg as the daughter of Duke Alexander of Württemberg and Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was the eldest of five children, though two of her brothers would die in infancy. Two brothers named Alexander and Ernest would live to adulthood. Her mother was the sister of [read more]