Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium

Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium
Princess Joséphine Caroline of Hohenzollern
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Born	(1872-10-18)18 October 1872 Brussels, Belgium
Died	Namur, Belgium
Spouse	Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern
Issue	Princess Stephanie Princess Marie Antoinette Prince Albrecht Princess Henriette
Full name French: Joséphine Caroline Marie Albertine
House	House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Father	Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
Mother	Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (18 October 1872 – 6 January 1958). She was the daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

Biography

Joséphine Caroline married her maternal first cousin Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen on 28 May 1894 in Brussels. Their relationship is described as a happy one. They lived in the Burg Namedy. During the WWI, she made the residence to a military hospital for wounded soldiers. In 1936, Joséphine Caroline joined the Catholic Benedictine order and became a nun in Namur in Belgium.

Marriage and issue

On 28 May 1894 in Brussels, she married her maternal first cousin Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, later simply of Hohenzollern (Sigmaringen, 1 September 1868 - Namedy, 21 February 1919), third son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, later simply of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal. They had the following children;

• Princess Stephanie Josephine Karola Philippine Leopoldine Marie of Hohenzollern (8 April 1895 Potsdam, Germany – 7 August 1975 Dießen am Ammersee, Germany), married Joseph Ernst, Count Fugger von Glott (26 October 1895 – 13 May 1981 Miesbach, Germany), on 18 May 1920.
• Princess Marie Antoinette Wilhelmine Auguste Viktoria of Hohenzollern (23 October 1896 – 4 July 1965) married Baron Egon Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich (6 December 1892 Bolzano, Italy – 27 April 1981 Überlingen, Germany), on 27 November 1924)
• Prince Albrecht Ludwig Leopold Tassilo of Hohenzollern (28 September 1898 Potsdam – 30 July 1977), married Isle Margot Klara Willy von Friedeburg (28 June 1901 Potsdam – 2 July 1988) on 19 May 1921, in Potsdam, and had five children.
• Princess Henriette Leopoldine Wilhelmine of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (29 September 1907 – 3 October 1907).

Titles and styles

• 18 October 1872 – 28 May 1894: Her Royal Highness Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
• 28 May 1894 – 21 February 1919: Her Royal Highness Princess Joséphine Caroline of Hohenzollern, Princess of Belgium, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
• 21 February 1919 – 6 January 1958: Her Royal Highness Princess Joséphine Caroline, Dowager Princess of Hohenzollern, Princess of Belgium, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony

Honours

• Dame of the Order of Louise

Ancestry

Josephine's ancestors in three generations

Princess Josephine of Belgium	Father: Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders	Paternal Grandfather: Leopold I of Belgium	Paternal Great-grandfather: Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf
		Paternal Grandmother: Princess Marie d'Orléans	Paternal Great-grandfather: Louis-Philippe I, King of the French
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies
	Mother: Princess Marie of Hohenzollern	Maternal Grandfather: Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern	Maternal Great-grandfather: Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Marie Antoinette Murat
		Maternal Grandmother: Princess Josephine of Baden	Maternal Great-grandfather: Karl, Grand Duke of Baden
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Stéphanie de Beauharnais