Princess Sophie of Luxembourg
Born	(1902-02-14)14 February 1902 Berg Castle, Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg
Died	24 May 1941(1941-05-24) (aged 39) Munich, Bavaria, Nazi Germany
Burial	Katholische Hofkirche, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Spouse	Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony
Issue	Prince Dedo Prince Timo Prince Gero
Names French: Sophie Caroline Marie Wilhelmine
House	House of Nassau-Weilburg House of Wettin
Father	William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Mother	Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal

Princess Sophie Caroline Marie Wilhelmine of Luxembourg^{[ citation needed]} (14 February 1902 – 24 May 1941) was the sixth and youngest daughter^{[ citation needed]} of Grand Duke William IV and his wife, Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal.^{[ citation needed]}

Life

Sophie was born in Berg Castle, Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg.^{[ citation needed]} Two of Sophie's elder sisters reigned as grand duchesses of Luxembourg: Marie-Adélaïde and Charlotte.

Sophie married Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony,^{[ citation needed]} youngest son^{[ citation needed]} of the last Saxon monarch Frederick Augustus III and his wife Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany,^{[ citation needed]} on 12 April 1921 at Schloss Hohenburg.^{[ citation needed]} Sophie and Ernst Heinrich had three sons:^{[ citation needed]}

• Prince Albrecht Friedrich August Johannes Gregor Dedo of Saxony (9 May 1922 in Munich;^{[ citation needed]}-6 December 2009 in Radebeul, Germany). ^[1]
• Prince Georg Timo Michael Nikolaus Maria of Saxony (22 December 1923 in Munich-22 April 1982 in Emden)^{[ citation needed]} married Margrit Lucas on 7 August 1952 at Mülheim. They have two children. He remarried Charlotte Schwindack on 3 February 1966, from whom he was divorced on 6 February 1973. He remarried Erina Eilts on 26 March 1974. He has an illegitimate son.
• Prince Rupprecht Hubertus Gero Maria of Saxony (12 September 1925 in Munich-10 April 2003 in Picton, Ontario, Canada)^{[ citation needed]}

Sophie died on 24 May 1941 at age 39 in Munich of pneumonia.^{[ citation needed]} Following her death, Ernst Heinrich married secondly and morganatically to Virginia Dulon on 28 June 1947 in Paris.^{[ citation needed]}

Ancestry

References

• Généalogie des rois et des princes de Jean-Charles Volkmann Edit. Jean-Paul Giserot (1998)