Luise ''Pauline'' Maria Biron, Princess of Courland, Duchess of Sagan (19 February 1782 – 8 January 1845) was the Duchess Regnant of Sagan between 1838 and 1845.
[Rudolf Žáček: Dějiny Slezska v datech. Praha 2004, ISBN 80-7277-172-8] She was Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Hechingen by marriage to
Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
''Friedrich'' Hermann Otto of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (born 22 July 1776 in Namur; died 13 September 1838 at Schloss Lindich in Hechingen) was the penultimate Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Friedrich was the only child of Hermann, Prince of Ho ...
.
Life
Pauline was the second-eldest child and daughter of
Peter von Biron
Peter von Biron (15 February 1724 – 13 January 1800) was the last Duke of Courland and Semigallia, from 1769 to 1795.
Life and reign
Peter was born in Jelgava (german: Mitau) as the oldest son of Ernst Johann von Biron, future Duke of Cou ...
, the last
Duke of Courland and Semigallia
The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ( la, Ducatus Curlandiæ et Semigalliæ; german: Herzogtum Kurland und Semgallen; lv, Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogiste; lt, Kuršo ir Žiemgalos kunigaikštystė; pl, Księstwo Kurlandii i Semigalii) was ...
, and his third wife
Dorothea von Medem.
Pauline married
Friedrich Hermann Otto, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, on 26 February 1800 in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...
. She separated from her spouse in 1805, after an affair with her brother-in-law Prince
Louis de Rohan-Guémenée (1768–1836).
During the
Vienna Congress of 1815, she had an affair with General
Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn which attracted attention.
In 1838, she inherited the Duchy of Sagan after the death of her sister. She appointed her son as her heir. She herself preferred to live in Vienna. After her death, she was succeeded as Duchess by her sister.
Issue
Pauline and Friedrich had one son:
*
Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (16 February 1801 – 3 September 1869)
References
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1782 births
1845 deaths
Princesses of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
House of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
House of Biron
People from Jelgava
Dukes of Żagań
People from the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
19th-century women rulers