Princess Amelie of Fürstenberg


Marie Amélie, Duchess of Ratibor, Princess of Corvey, Princess of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, was the consort of Victor I, Duke of Ratibor.

Early life

Princess Amelie of Fürstenberg was born at her family's Princely Palace in Donaueschingen, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire, on 29 March 1822. She was the daughter of Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg and Princess Amalie of Baden. Among his siblings were Princess Marie Elisabeth, Charles Egon III, Prince of Fürstenberg, Prince Maximilian Egon I, Prince Emil Egon, and Princess Pauline Wilhelmine.
Her father was the only son of the Austrian General Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg and Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis. Her maternal grandparents were Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, and his second wife, Louise Caroline of Hochberg. As her grandparent's marriage was morganatic, her mother was born without princely status and excluded from the dynastic line of the House of Zähringen. She was accorded her mother's baronial status until 1796, when her mother was made Countess of Hochberg, at which time she assumed comital rank.

Personal life

On 19 April 1845 at Donaueschingen, Princess Amelie married Victor I, Duke of Ratibor, the eldest son of Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and Princess Constanze of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. They had ten children:
She died on 17 January 1899 at Rauden Palace.