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unusual facts about Wilhelmine



Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg

Wilhelmine was the daughter of the former Prussian vice president and director of the chamber to the royal Ansbach domain, Baron Heinrich Ernst Konrad Friedrich of Dörnberg and his wife Baroness Sophie Wilhelmine of Glauburg.

Countess Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen

Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen (13 December 1664 in Arolsen – 1 February 1699 in Hildburghausen) was a daughter of Count Josias II of Waldeck-Wildungen and his wife, Wilhelmine Christine, a daughter William of Nassau-Hilchenbach.

Duke of Urach

Wilhelm was the son of Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg (1761-1830) and his morganatic wife, Baroness (Freiin) Wilhelmine von Tunderfeldt-Rhodis (1777-1822), whom he married at Coswig on 23 August 1800.

Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg

On 23 August 1800, in Coswig, Frederick married one of his mother's ladies in waiting, Wilhelmine Freiin von Tunderfeld-Rhodis (* 1777; † 1822), daughter of Baron Karl August Wilhelm von Tunderfeld-Rhodis.

Eduard David

Eduard David was born on 11 June 1863 in Ediger/Mosel as the son of Johann Heinrich David, a Prussian civil servant, and his wife Wilhelmine Elisabeth (née Werner).

Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen

On 24 January 1716 in Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Eleonore Wilhelmine married for the second time, to Duke Ernest Augustus I of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach (1688-1748).

Ferdinand Julian Egeberg

Egeberg was born in Moss as the son of merchant Peder Cappelen Egeberg and Hanna Wilhelmine Scheel.

Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau

Friedrich August, born in Usingen, was a younger son of Prince Charles of Nassau-Usingen and Princess Christiane Wilhelmine of Saxe-Eisenach (daughter of John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach).

Friedrich August von Klinkowström

Klinkowström was born in Ludwigsburg in Swedish Pomerania to Friedrich Ernst Sebastian von Klinkowström (1735–1821) and Anna Louise Wilhelmine von Rosenberg (1751–1823).

Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen

He was born in Ranheim, Strinden as a son of estate owner and politician Lauritz Jenssen (1837–1899) and Jørgine Wilhelmine Darre (1842–1910).

Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz

Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (16 February 1747 – 29 January 1817), married in 1786 to Princess Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg, had issue.

Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz

Heinrich XIII married on 9 January 1786 in Kirchheimbolanden to Princess Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg (1765–1837), fourth child and second daughter of Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, and his wife, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau.

Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz

Heinrich XIX was born at Offenbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse, elder surviving son of Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1747–1817), (son of Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz and Countess Conradine Reuss of Köstritz) and his wife, Princess Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg (1765–1837), (daughter of Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau).

Heinrich XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz

Heinrich XIX was born at Offenbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse, younger surviving son of Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1747–1817), (son of Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz and Countess Conradine Reuss of Köstritz) and his wife, Princess Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg (1765–1837), (daughter of Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau).

Hellmut Ludwig Späth

Hellmut Ludwig Späth (1885-1945), the son of Franz and Wilhelmine Späth, became the sixth and last manager of the Späth nursery on the death of his father in 1913.

John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Their daughter Wilhelmine Charlotte Caroline, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (Caroline of Ansbach) married George II of Great Britain before he became king.

Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt

In 1789 Maximilian's regiment rose in revolt and he and Augusta Wilhelmine fled to her parents' home in Darmstadt.

Puhtu

In 1813 Carl Thure von Helwig's widow Wilhelmine von Helwig ordered a memorial stone to a family friend, world famous German poet Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805).

Tauentzienstraße

The broad street was laid out during the 19th century Wilhelmine era in the manner of a Parisian boulevard, then part of a larger road link from Charlottenburg through Schöneberg to the Berlin district of Kreuzberg named after victorious Prussian generals (therefore colloquially called Generalszug in German).

Victoria Niarchos

She is a daughter of Patrick Benjamin Guinness (1931-1965) (himself half-brother of the Aga Khan IV) and his wife (and stepsister), the former Dolores Guinness, Dolores Maria Agatha Wilhelmine Luise, Freiin von Fürstenberg-Hedringen (1936-2012), herself the daughter of the socialite Gloria Guinness (1912-1980) and Count Franz-Egon von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (1896-1975).

Waldemar F. A. Wendt

Born in Millstadt, Illinois to Reverend Paul Wendt and Wilhelmine Thowe, he was appointed in 1929 from the state of Wisconsin to the United States Naval Academy, where he rowed on the Navy crew team and was captain of varsity oarsmen in his final year.

Wilhelmine Kähler

Wilhelmine Kähler (née Moss) (3 April 1864, Kellinghusen, Duchy of Holstein  – 22 February 1941, Bonn) was a German politician, representative of the Social Democratic Party, and labor activist.

William, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Maria Anna Wilhelmine (1655–1701), married Ferdinand August, Prince of Lobkowicz, whose granddaughter was Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis, whose great-great-great-granddaughter in turn was Queen Mary of Great Britain.


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