Marie Amalie Elisabeth Karoline von Baden (* 11 October 1817[1] in Karlsruhe; † 18 October 1888 in Baden-Baden), from 1843 Marchioness of Douglas, from 1852 Duchess of Hamilton, was a princess of Baden. Together with her husband William Archibald of Hamilton, she was granted honorary citizenship of the town of Baden-Baden on 29 August 1848.[2] The Palais Hamilton on Leopoldsplatz is named after her.
Life
Marie Amalie von Baden was born on 11 October 1817 as the daughter of Grand Duke Karl Ludwig Friedrich of Baden and Stéphanie de Beauharnais. On 23 February 1843 she married William Douglas-Hamilton. Three children were born of this marriage: William in 1845, Charles George in 1847 and Mary Victoria Hamilton in 1850. As early as 1848 she had been elected an honorary citizen of Baden-Baden. After the death of her father-in-law she became Duchess of Hamilton in 1852. In 1855 she converted to the Roman Catholic faith. Her mother died in 1860 and bequeathed her the villa on Leopoldsplatz, which was thereupon given the name Palais Hamilton. Her husband died on 15 July 1863. Marie of Hamilton then returned to her homeland and lived in Baden-Baden until her death. At the Palais Hamilton, Marie of Hamilton hosted numerous social events with many famous guests, including the imperial couple Wilhelm I. and Augusta. On 8 October 1888 the duchess suffered a stroke. A few days later, on 18 October, she died in Baden-Baden. A funeral procession accompanied her body along the Lichtentaler Allee to Kloster Lichtenthal (Lichtenthal Abbey), where she was buried.
Sources
- Duchess of Hamilton – obituary. In: Neue Freie Presse, 25 October 1888, p. 5
References:
- ↑ Weech, Friedrich von, Karl Ludwig Friedrich, in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (1882), p. online version
- ↑ List of Baden-Baden honorary citizens