Princess Sophie of the Netherlands,GDss of Saxe-Weimar

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Picture of the family of Sophie after she had died

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The two surviving daughers of princess Sophie:

Marie Anna Alexandrine Sophie Auguste Helene (Weimar 20 Jan 1849-Trebschen 6 May 1922); m.Weimar 6 Feb 1876 Heinrich VII Pr Reuss (Klipphausen 14 Jul 1825-Trebschen 2 May 1906)

Elisabeth Sibylle Maria Dorothea Anna Amalie Luise Weimar 28 Feb 1854-Wiligrad 10 Jul 1908; m.Weimar 6 Nov 1886 Johann Albrecht, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Schwerin 8 Dec 1857-Wiligrad 16 Feb 1920)
 

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Heinrich VII (Klipphausen 14 Jul 1825-Trebschen 2 May 1906); m.Weimar 6 Feb 1876 Marie Alexandrine Pss of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Weimar 20 Jan 1849-Trebschen 6 May 1922)

Children:
 
Heinrich XXXII (Constantinople 4 Mar 1878-Bad Tölz 6 May 1935); m.Drogelwitz 19 May 1920 (div 1921) Marie Adelheid Pss zur Lippe (Drogelwitz 30 Aug 1895-Tangstedt 25 Dec 1993)

Heinrich XXXIII (Mauer 26 Jul 1879-Stonsdorf 15 Nov 1942); m.1st Neues Palais, Potsdam 17 May 1913 (div 1922) Viktoria Margarete Pss of Prussia (Potsdam 17 Apr 1890-Klein-Glienicke 9 Sep 1923); m.2d Paris 10 Apr 1929 (div 1935) Allene Tew (Janesville, Wisconsin 7 Jul 1876-Paris 1 May 1955)

Johanna Sophie Karoline Viktoria Marie Elisabeth (Mauer 8 Jun 1882-Schloß Belvedere 15 Jun 1883)

Sophie Renate (Mauer 27 Jun 1884-Giessen 19 Jan 1968; m.Trebschen 12 Dec 1909 Heinrich XXXIV Pr Reuss (Stonsdorf 4 Jun 1887-Frankfurt 30 Apr 1956)

Heinrich XXXV (Mauer 1 Aug 1887-Dresden 17 Jan 1936); m.1st Altenburg 20 Apr 1911 (div 1921) Marie Pss of Saxe-Altenburg (Schloß Albrechtsberg 6 Jun 1888-Hamburg 12 Nov 1947); m.2d Bremen 12 Apr 1921 (div 1923) Marie Adelheid Pss zur Lippe (Drogelwitz 30 Aug 1895-Tangstedt 25 Dec 1993)

Princess Marie Alexandrine and princess Sophie Renate, daughter and granddaughter of princess Sophie. I think Marie Alexandrine looks a lot like her mother princess Sophie, the grandduchess. She was married to prince Reuss Vll (family nickname Septi) who was a lot older than she was. He was ambassador in Constantinople and afterwards in Vienna. For some reason though he had an disagreement with Wilhelm ll of Germany, I don`t exactly rememberwhat it was (I will look it up) and that is why he ended his career and lived from then on mainly on his estate "Trebschen".  The son of princess Marie Alexandrine Heinrich XXXIII (Mauer 26 Jul 1879-Stonsdorf 15 Nov 1942); m.1st Neues Palais, Potsdam 17 May 1913 (div 1922) Viktoria Margarete Pss of Prussia (Potsdam 17 Apr 1890-Klein-Glienicke 9 Sep 1923); m.2d Paris 10 Apr 1929 (div 1935) Allene Tew (Janesville, Wisconsin 7 Jul 1876-Paris 1 May 1955) was a candidate for the Ditch throne aslong as Wilhelmina had no heirs.

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Two of the children Reuss of  Marie Alexandrine, daughter of grandduchess Sophie:

Sophie Renate, Mauer 27 Jun 1884-Giessen 19 Jan 1968; m.Trebschen 12 Dec 1909 Heinrich XXXIV Pr Reuss (Stonsdorf 4 Jun 1887-Frankfurt 30 Apr 1956)

Heinrich XXXV (Mauer 1 Aug 1887-Dresden 17 Jan 1936); m.1st Altenburg 20 Apr 1911 (div 1921) Marie Pss of Saxe-Altenburg (Schloß Albrechtsberg 6 Jun 1888-Hamburg 12 Nov 1947); m.2d Bremen 12 Apr 1921 (div 1923) Marie Adelheid Pss zur Lippe (Drogelwitz 30 Aug 1895-Tangstedt 25 Dec 1993)

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WILHELM ERNST Carl Alexander Friedrich Heinrich Bernhard Albert Georg Hermann, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, lost his throne 9 Nov 1918 (Weimar 10 Jun 1876- Heinrichau 24 Apr 1923); m.1st Bückeburg 30 Apr 1903 Karoline Pss Reuss (Greiz 13 Jul 1884-Weimar 17 Jan 1905); m.2d Meiningen 21 Jan 1910 Feodore Pss of Saxe-Meiningen (Hannover 29 May 1890-Freiburg 12 Mar 1972)

The only son of grandduchess Sophie. He died on the estate Heinrichau, the estate his mother had inherited from her father King William ll of the Netherlands.

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Grandduchess Sophie and her two eldest children

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Reception at the grandducal court of Sachsen Weimar Eisenach. In the front the grandduke and his wife Maria Paulowna, aunt and mother in law of princess Sophe of the Netherlands.

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The grandducal couple of Sachsen Weimar Eisenach

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Dinner for the 50th anniversary of the marriage of princess Sophie and Carl August. Behind the table from left to right: archduke Rainer of Austria, grandduke Friedrich of Baden, Queen Emma of the Netherlands, Wilhelm ll of Germany, grandduchess Sophie, grandduke Carl Alexander, queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, king Albert of Saxony.

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Daughter of princess Sophie, princess Marie Alexandrine of Sachsen Weimar Eisenach and her husband prince Heinrich Vll Reuss (younger line), called Septi in the family.

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One of my favorite pictures of the grandduchess with her famous pearl jewelry.

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Grandduke Carl August and grandduchess Sophie of Sachsen Weimar Eisenach.

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Prince Henry of the Netherlands, favorite brother of princess Sophie.

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Schloss Ettersburg, one of the favorite residences in Sachsen Weimar, of the grandduchess Sophie.

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Palace Lange Voorhout (this palace was bought by King William ll as a wedding gift for his daughter princess Sophie. After queen Anna Paulowna died, Sophie inherited her mothers estate in The Hague called "Buitenrust". Sophie stayed there almost every sommer.