Marie, Princess of Hornes (30 November 1736), Baroness de Melsbroeck ''

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'', was the wife of Maximilian, Prince of Hornes.

Early life

She was born Lady Marie Thérèse Charlotte Bruce in

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in present-day

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, where her father,

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and 3rd Earl of Elgin, had lived in exile since fleeing England in 1697 to avoid being tried for

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. Her mother was Ailesbury's second wife,

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Marriage and issue

On 17 June 1722 Marie Thérèse married the Sovereign Prince of Hornes: Maximilian Emanuel (1695–1763), son of Philippe Emanuel, his predecessor, and Princess Marie Anne Antoinette de Ligne. They had two children,''Cokayne's Complete Peerage'' through whom she was the maternal grandmother of Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, the unhappy wife of

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("Bonnie Prince Charlie"), and Princess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg, among others.

References

1704 births 1736 deaths Nobility of the Austrian Netherlands Belgian people of English descent Daughters of British earls Daughters of Scottish earls Nobility from Brussels Women from the Austrian Netherlands {{UK-noble-stub