Duchess Olga of Württemberg (; 1 March 1876 – 21 October 1932) was a daughter of Duke Eugen of Württemberg and

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. She married Prince Maximilian of Schaumburg-Lippe.

Early life and family

Princess Olga was born at

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on 1 March 1876. She was the younger twin daughter of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1846–1877), and

(1854–1912). Her father was chosen by

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(a distant relative) as a husband for her mother, who was Charles' and Queen Olga's niece and adopted daughter. Her elder brother, Duke Charles-Eugen of Württemberg, died young in 1875. Her older twin was Duchess Elsa of Württemberg (1876–1936), who married her husband's brother, Prince Albert of Schaumburg-Lippe. The twin sisters did not look alike and Olga, who was much taller than her sister, seemed to be the elder of the two. Her paternal grandparents were Duke Eugen of Württemberg, and Princess Mathilde of Schaumburg-Lippe. Her maternal grandparents were

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and

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Marriage and issue

There were plans to marry Duchess Olga to

Prince Maximilian of Baden Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (''Maximilian Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm''; 10 July 1867 – 6 November 1929),Almanach de Gotha. ''Haus Baden (Maison de Bade)''. Justus Perthes (publishing company), Justus Perthes, Gotha, 1944, p. 18, (French). al ...

, but he ultimately married

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. In March 1898 there were reports of her engagement to Prince Eugen of Sweden, the youngest son of King

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. The marriage never occurred; Prince Eugen, a notable artist, remained a bachelor. On 3 November 1898, Olga was married to Prince Maximilian of Schaumburg-Lippe (1871–1904) at Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. He was a son of Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Bathildis, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau. Their marriage lasted less than six years before her husband died young. Together, they had three children:C. Arnold McNaughton, ''The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes'' (

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: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 234. *

Prince Eugen of Schaumburg-Lippe Prince Eugen of Schaumburg-Lippe full German language, German name: ''Wilhelm Eugen Georg Friedrich August Albrecht zu Schaumburg-Lippe'' (8 August 1899, in Hannover, Germany – 7 November 1929, in Caterham, Surrey) was a son of Prince Maximil ...

(1899–1929), who died unmarried at age 30 at

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, in a plane crash. * Prince Albrecht of Schaumburg-Lippe (1900–1984), who married Baroness Walburga von Hirschberg (1906–1986) in 1930. They had no children, however, he had a daughter with Baroness Marie-Gabriele von Pfetten-Arnbach (1927–2015). * Prince Bernhard of Schaumburg-Lippe (1902–1903), who died in childhood. Prince Maximilian died on 1 April 1904. Olga died on 21 October 1932.

Descendants

Through her second son Albrecht, she was posthumously a grandmother of Andrea of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 1960), who married Count Franz von Degenfeld-Schonburg on 4 September 1993. They had three children.

Ancestry

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olga Of Wurttemberg 1876 births 1932 deaths Nobility from Stuttgart Duchesses of Württemberg House of Lippe Princesses of Schaumburg-Lippe German twins