Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

Princess Hermina
Archduchess of Austria
File:Hermina Anhalt Bernburg Schaumburg Hoym.jpg
Born	(1797-12-02)2 December 1797 Hoym
Died	Budapest
Spouse	Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
Issue	Archduchess Hermine Amalie Marie Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary
Full name German: Hermine Amalie Marie
House	House of Ascania (birth) House of Habsburg-Lorraine (marriage)
Father	Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Mother	Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg
Religion	Calvinism

Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (German: Prinzessin Hermine Amalie Marie von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; 2 December 1797 in Hoym, Germany – 14 September 1817 in Budapest, Hungary) was by birth a princess of the House of Ascania and by marriage an Archduchess of Austria.

Family

She was the eldest daughter of Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Princess Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg. Hermine had three younger sisters: Adelheid, Emma, and Ida.

Marriage

She was married 30 August 1815 at Schaumburg Castle. The princess was just 17 years old when she married the 39-year-old archduke. Archduke Joseph had no male heirs, since his first wife, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, died giving birth to a stillborn daughter.

Princess Hermine also died in childbirth at the age of 19, after giving birth to fraternal twins. Both of her children died unmarried and without issue. On 24 August 1819, her husband married for a third time to her first cousin, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg.

Issue

• Archduchess Hermine Amalie Marie of Austria (14 September 1817 in Budapest- 13 February 1842 in Vienna)
• Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary (14 September 1817 in Budapest - 19 February 1867 in Menton)

Ancestry

Family of Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

16. Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym               8. Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym                       17. Charlotte of Nassau-Dillenburg               4. Karl Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym                             18. William Maurice, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein               9. Charlotte Louise of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein                       19. Anna Amalia of Isenburg-Büdingen               2. Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym                                   20. William Maurice, Count of Solms-Braunfels               10. Frederick William I, Prince of Solm-Braunfels                       21. Magdalene Sophie of Hesse-Homburg               5. Amalie Eleonore of Solm-Braunfels                             22. Carl Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach               11. Sophie of Solm-Laubach                       23. Louise Albertine of Schönburg-Waldenburg               1. Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym                                         24. John Ernest, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg               12. Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg                       25. Maria Polyxena of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg               6. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg                             26. George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein               13. Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Idstein                       27. Henriette Dorothea of Oettingen-Oettingen               3. Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg                                   28. John William Friso, Prince of Orange               14. William IV, Prince of Orange                       29. Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel               7. Carolina of Orange-Nassau                             30. George II of Great Britain               15. Anne of Great Britain                       31. Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach

References

• C. Arnold McNaughton: The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 388. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.
• Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd: Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1: Europe & Latin America (London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1977), page 22. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1.