Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1911–1988)
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Princess Sophie Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (20 March 1911 – 21 November 1988) was a princess of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. She was born in Weimar, the eldest child and only daughter of William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, by his second wife, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen.[1]
Princess Sophie | |||||
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Princess consort of Schwarzburg | |||||
Period | 7 April 1938 – 1 November 1938 | ||||
Predecessor | Alexandra of Anhalt | ||||
Successor | Gusella Marie Parsoll | ||||
Born | (1911-03-20)20 March 1911 Weimar, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | ||||
Died | 21 November 1988(1988-11-21) (aged 77) Hamburg, West Germany | ||||
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House | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | ||||
Father | William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | ||||
Mother | Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen |
As a relative of Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Sophie was invited to the 1937 wedding of her daughter, Princess Juliana, as a bridesmaid. She became entangled in a diplomatic scandal however after the passports of Sophie and two other German princesses were withheld by the Nazi government. Though they were later released, Sophie opted out of attending at the last moment. In 1938 Sophie married Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg, but the couple were divorced by the end of the year.