Countess Marie Breuner-Enckevoirt
Marie, Duchess of Ratibor, Princess of Corvey, Princess of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst was an Austrian aristocrat and consort of Victor II, the last reigning Duke of Ratibor and Prince of Corvey.
Early life and family
Countess Marie Breuner-Enckevoirt was born at Grafenegg Castle on 23 August 1856 to Count August Johann Breuner-Enckevoirt and Countess AgotaSzéchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidék. Her father was a member of the Austrian nobility. Her mother was from a Hungarian noble family. She was baptized as Maria Agathe Augusta Gobertina Hubertina in a Catholic ceremony the day after her birth. Her sister, Eleonore, was the wife of Karl Maria Alexander, 9th Prince of Auersperg. She was the aunt of Agathe Whitehead, the first wife of Georg von Trapp.
Marriage and issue
On 19 June 1877, she married Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Duke of Ratibor and Prince of Corvey, in Vienna.They had four children:
- Victor III, Duke of Ratibor ; married in 1910 to Princess Elisabeth of Oettingen-Spielberg, had issue.
- Prince Hans of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst ; married in 1918 to Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz, no issue.
- Princess Agathe of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst ; married in 1910 to Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, had issue.
- Princess Margarete of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst ; never married.
Later life and death
In 1893 her husband succeeded his father, Victor I, as the Duke of Ratibor and Prince of Corvey. Her husband died on 9 August 1923.She died on 25 June 1929 at Rauden Castle in Rudy, Upper Silesia.