Hon. Anne Theresa Bickerton Lyons, Baroness von Würtzburg (21 November 1815 – 11 June 1894) was a
British noblewoman, member of an extended
Lyons family
The Lyons family (originally styled de Lyons, or de Leonne, Lyonne, and also spelled Lyon) is an eminent Anglo-Norman family descended from Ingelram de Lyons, Lord of Lyons, who arrived in England with the Norman Conquest, and from his relation, ...
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Early life
Anna Theresa born in 1815 to
Edmund Lyons,
1st Baron Lyons, of Christchurch, Hampshire and his wife, Augusta Louisa Rogers (1791-1852), daughter of
Captain Josiah Rogers, RN.
Biography
In
Athens
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Greece
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on 24 December 1839, she married a
Bavarian nobleman, Philipp Hartmann Veit
Baron
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von Würtzburg (1811-1897), son of Joseph Franz Lothar Konstantin
Baron
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von Würtzburg (1784-1865) and his wife, Baroness Caroline Thekla Maria Sophie Charlotte von Mauchenheim gen. Bechtolsheim (1787-1856). Anne died on 11 June 1894 in
Bamberg
Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...
, Bavaria, where she was buried in the village graveyard in
Mitwitz
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Coburg () is ...
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Issue
See also
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Lyons family
The Lyons family (originally styled de Lyons, or de Leonne, Lyonne, and also spelled Lyon) is an eminent Anglo-Norman family descended from Ingelram de Lyons, Lord of Lyons, who arrived in England with the Norman Conquest, and from his relation, ...
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1815 births
1894 deaths
Daughters of barons
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