Princess Marie of Hanover

For the queen consort of Hanover named Marie, see Marie of Saxe-Altenburg.

Princess Marie Ernestine Josephine Adolphine Henriette Therese Elisabeth Alexandrine of Hanover (2 December 1849 – 4 June 1904) was the younger daughter of King George V of Hanover and his wife, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg.

Princess Marie of Hanover
Princess Marie, 1870s
Born	(1849-12-02)2 December 1849 Hanover
Died	4 June 1904(1904-06-04) (aged 54) Gmunden, Austria
Burial	Gmunden, Austria-Hungary
Names Marie Ernestine Josephine Adolphine Henriette Therese Elisabeth Alexandrine
House	Hanover
Father	George V of Hanover
Mother	Marie of Saxe-Altenburg

Biography

Princess Marie and her mother, Queen Marie of Hanover, postcard by Carl Jagerspacher, Gmunden 1904, with the original signature of "Marie R. (Regina)"

Marie was born in the city of Hanover. She held the title of Princess with the style of Royal Highness in the Kingdom of Hanover. In the United Kingdom, she held the title of Princess with the style Her Highness as a male line great-granddaughter of King George III.^[1]

In 1866 Marie's father was deposed as king of Hanover. Marie and her mother remained in Hanover for over a year, residing at Schloss Marienburg, until they went into exile in Austria in July 1867.^[2] Eventually the family settled at Gmunden.

Marriage prospects

Marie visited England with her family in May 1876,^[3] and again, after her father's death, in June 1878.^[4] Her sister Frederica moved to England where she married, but Marie returned to Gmunden where she remained single and lived with her mother at Schloss Cumberland (named after her father's British ducal title). An American newspaper suggests that Marie twice turned down an offer of marriage from Queen Victoria's third son the Duke of Connaught.^[5]

Death

Marie died at Gmunden at the age of 54.^[6] Her funeral was the day after her death since two days later her niece Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland was scheduled to marry Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.^[7] Marie is buried in the family mausoleum at Schloss Cumberland next to her mother who outlived her by three years.^[8][9]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Marie of Hanover

8. George III of the United Kingdom 4. Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover 9. Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 2. George V of Hanover 10. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 5. Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 11. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt 1. Princess Marie of Hanover 12. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 6. Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 13. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 3. Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg 14. Duke Louis of Württemberg 7. Duchess Amelia of Württemberg 15. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

Notes

References

1. "Royal Styles and Titles of Great Britain: Documents". www.heraldica.org.
2. "Queen Marie of Hanover", The Times ( 24 July 1867): 11.
3. "Court Circular", The Times ( 22 May 1876): 11.
4. "Court Circular", The Times ( 24 June 1878): 9.
5. "Miss Mary Baring's Marriage", The New York Times ( 30 September 1887): 5.
6. Weir, Alison (2002). Britain's royal families: the complete genealogy. Internet Archive. London: Pimlico. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-7126-4286-6.
7. "Prinzessin Mary von Hannover". Wiener Abendpost. June 6, 1904. p. 3.
8. "Schloss Cumberland". www.gmundens-schaetze.at.
9. Schießer, Heinz. Die Welfen am Traunsee: 130 Jahre Schloss Cumberland in Oberösterreich. pp. 112–113.