Princess Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Princess Katharina Wilhelmine Maria Josepha of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (19 January 1817 – 15 February 1893) was a member of the House of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst by birth and a member of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen by marriage.
| Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst | |||||
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| Countess Erwin von Ingelheim Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | |||||
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| Born | 19 January 1817 Stuttgart | ||||
| Died | 15 February 1893 (aged 76) Freiburg im Breisgau | ||||
| Spouse | Count Erwin von Ingelheim (m. 1838; died 1845) Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (m. 1848; died 1853) | ||||
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| House | House of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | ||||
| Father | Charles Albert III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst | ||||
| Mother | Princess Leopoldine of Fürstenberg | ||||
Early life
Princess Katharina was the only daughter of Charles Albert III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1776–1843) by his second marriage with Princess Leopoldine zu Fürstenberg (1791–1844).
Later life
After the separation of her parents she lived with her mother in Donaueschingen.
Personal life
In 1838 she married Franz Erwin, Count von Ingelheim genannt Echter von und zu Mespelbrunn (1812-1845); the marriage was childless. After the death of her first husband, she married in 1848 Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as his second wife. Charles was a widower of Princess Marie Antoinette Murat, niece of Joachim Murat, King of the Two Sicilies, by whom he already had four children. For Katharina, this second marriage was also childless.
Widowhood
After Charles' death Katharina entered the convent of Sant'Ambrogio della Massima as a novice. However, she made a formal denunciation of the convent to the Catholic authorities, fleeing the convent in fear for her life after the nuns attempted to poison her.[1]
References
- Miller, Laura (15 January 2015). "Nuns gone bad". Salon.
Bibliography
- Hubert Wolf: Die Nonnen von Sant’ Ambrogio. Eine wahre Geschichte. München, 2013