The city of Weimar in Germany is marking the 200th birthday of Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, with a special exhibition.
Princess Sophie was the daughter of King William II of the Netherlands and of his wife, Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia. She married her first cousin, Charles Alexander, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, in 1842. She was briefly heiress presumptive to the Dutch throne between the death of her brother, King William III, and her own death seven years later.
The exhibition “Sophie. Power. Literature – A regent inherits Goethe” will be held at the Goethe and Schiller Archive until 15 December 2024. Weimar is also one of the stops on the so-called Orange Route, which runs past 23 German cities connected to the House of Orange-Nassau.
Princess Sophie took the initiative to collect the complete works of Goethe, the so-called Weimar edition, and spearheaded the founding of the first literary archive in Germany, which also does scientific research.
A catalogue called “Sophie. Power. Culture” will appear in October 2024. Plan your visit here.
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