House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

He looks very handsome, and it is a pity he died young...

KARL ANTON Joachim Zephyrinus Friedrich Meinrad was born in Sigmaringen on 7 September 1811 and died on 2 June 1885 in Berlin. He was the first son of Karl Anton Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and his first wife Antoniette Princess Murat.
Karl Anton was married to Joséphine Princess of Baden (1813-1900).

Karl Anton had three sisters:
1) Karoline (1810-1885); married firstly in 1839  Friedrich Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1790-1847); married secondly in 1850 Johann Stäger von Waldburg (1822-1882)
2) Amalie (1815-1841); married in 1835 Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg (1804-1852)
3) Friederike (1820-1906); married in 1844 Gioacchino Napoleone Marchese Pepoli (1825-1881)

Any pictures or more info about them?

Friederike's German Wikipedia article says that it was a morganatic marriage. Lol, I didn't even know it was possible for a woman to contract a morganatic marriage! What's the point of that, unless she is a heiress in her own right!?
It also says that her husband was Italian ambassador in St. Petersburg in the 1860s, where they were central in the capital's society.

How interesting that Antoinette Murat's granddaughter (through Amalie), Therese of Saxe-Altenburg, married Bernadotte's grandson Prince August of Sweden, Duke of Dalarna!

old

Well, Mädi was 42 when she died in 1909 which isn't "old", but she looked prematurely old - maybe because of her severe illness.

Yes...I think "worn out" would have been a better term than "old". I wonder what her illness was?

Yes...I think "worn out" would have been a better term than "old". I wonder what her illness was?

I think she has looked sad and tired since her early adulthood.

I read that Maria Theresia was suffering from multiple sclerosis.

A dreadful illness ! No wonder I read somewhere that Missy once wrote of seeing her sister-in-law on a wheel chair...

A dreadful illness ! No wonder I read somewhere that Missy once wrote of seeing her sister-in-law on a wheel chair...

I think she was even too weak to sit in a wheelchair shortly before her death. There are a couple of pictures showing her in bed.

I didn´t know that Franz Joseph Hohenzollern, Mädis son, was in the SS. And Friedrich, head of the family, was close to the Nazis. That´s not cool.
Good, that so many royals were not close to the Nazis and many in opposition to them, like Lagi von Ballestrem, Clemens August Graf von Galen, Georg of Saxony, Maria Gräfin von Maltzan, Friedrich Carl von Oppenheim, Konrad Graf von Preysing etc.

There's a lot of information on who was/wasn't involved with the Nazis on the thread Royals and the Reich (based off the book). I think it's in the Hesse forum (since the book primarily focused on them) though it deals with all the royal families. It's a good place to look around if you'd like some more information on the subject.

Yes. I think Madi died after a long illness. I read the children was not with her at the end.

Madi`s kids

A lovely postcard. I wonder why their grandmother Mathilde Trani  declined to attend their weddings ?

Antonia

He looks very handsome, and it is a pity he died young...

What did he die of ?

He looks very handsome, and it is a pity he died young...

What did he die of ?

Killed in action in 1866. His family apparently didn't want him to join the Army but he did anyhow.

Did he have a daughter, Antoinette, or even a marriage? One site says yes but the Online Gotha and other genealogy sites say no.