Countess Marie Breuner-Enckevoirt

{{short description|Austrian aristocrat}}

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Marie

| consort = yes

| title = Princess of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst

| image = Laszlo - Duchess Viktor of Ratibor.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Portrait of Duchess Marie by Philip de László, 1899

| succession = Duchess consort of Ratibor
Princess consort of Corvey

| reign = 30 January 1893 – {{nowrap|9 August 1923}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Victor II, Duke of Ratibor|19 June 1877|9 August 1923|end=d}}

| issue = {{Plainlist|

}}

| full name = Marie Agathe Augusta Gobertina Hubertina

| house = Breuner-Enckevoirt

| father = Count August Johann Breuner-Enckevoirt

| mother = Countess Agota Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidék

| birth_date = {{birth date|1856|8|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Grafenegg Castle, Krems-Land, Austrian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1929|6|25|1856|8|23|df=y}}

| death_place = Rudy Palace, Rudy, Second Polish Republic

}}

Marie, Duchess of Ratibor, Princess of Corvey, Princess of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (Marie Agathe Augusta Gobertina Hubertina; née Countess Marie (von) Breuner-Enckevoirt; 23 August 1856 – 25 June 1929) was an Austrian aristocrat and consort of Victor II, the last reigning Duke of Ratibor and Prince of Corvey.

Early life and family

Countess Marie Breuner-Enckevoirt was born at Grafenegg Castle on 23 August 1856 to Count August Johann Breuner-Enckevoirt and Countess Agota

Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidék. Her father was a member of the Austrian nobility.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PUm1lS2j-wQC&q=Maria+Breunner-Enkevoirth&pg=PA389|title=The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe|first=Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas|last=Heddle de La Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny Ruvigny and Raineval|date=8 June 2019|publisher=Harrison & Sons|via=Google Books}} Her mother was from a Hungarian noble family. She was baptized as Maria Agathe Augusta Gobertina Hubertina in a Catholic ceremony the day after her birth. Her sister, Eleonore, was the wife of Karl Maria Alexander, 9th Prince of Auersperg. She was the aunt of Agathe Whitehead, the first wife of Georg von Trapp.

Marriage and issue

On 19 June 1877, she married Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Duke of Ratibor and Prince of Corvey, in Vienna.{{cite web|url=https://royal-magazin.de/german/hohenlohe/ratibor-hohenlohe-duchess-marie-honeysuckle-tiara-diadem.htm|title=Duchess of Ratibor Corvey Honeysuckle Diamond Tiara- Marie Herzogin von Ratibor-Corvey Palmetten Diamant Diadem - Royal Jewel History|website=royal-magazin.de}}

They had four children:

Later life and death

In 1893 her husband succeeded his father, Victor I, as the Duke of Ratibor and Prince of Corvey. Her husband died on 9 August 1923.

She died on 25 June 1929 at Rauden Castle in Rudy, Upper Silesia.

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