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Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton was born 11 December 1850 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom to William Douglas-Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton (1811-1863) and Marie von Baden (1817-1888) and died 14 May 1922 Budapest, Hungary of unspecified causes. She married Albert I of Monaco (1848-1922) 21 September 1869 in Château de Marchais, Monaco. She married Tasziló Festetics von Tolna (1850-1933) 2 June 1880 in Budapest, Hungary.

Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, also known as Mary Victoria Hamilton[1], was a Scottish noblewoman.

Ancestry

Biography

She was born as the youngest child and the only daughter of William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton and of his wife, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden.

1st Marriage: Prince of Monaco

Her first marriage, on 21 September 1869 at Château de Marchais, was to Prince Albert, only child and heir apparent of Charles III, Prince of Monaco. The marriage was arranged upon the wish of the Monegasque princely house, as it had long been an ambition of his mother and grandmother to marry him to a member of the British royal house.[2] While Queen Victoria refused a match between Albert and one of her closer family members, Lady Mary was suggested as a suitable replacement.[3]

They had a single son, Louis, who would take the throne of Monaco upon his father's death. Their marriage was annulled by the Church on 3 January 1880, although civilly it was dissolved only on 28 July 1880, by order of Prince Charles III.

2nd Marriage: Count de Tolna

Keszthely Festetics Schloss Gartenseite

Festetics Palace

Lady Mary Victoria’s second marriage, on 2 June 1880, was to Count Tassilo Festetics de Tolna. The couple had four children, Countess Mária Matild Georgina (1881–1953), who married Prince Karl Emil von Fürstenberg; Prince György (1882–1941); Countess Alexandra Olga Eugénia (1884–1963), who married Prince Karl von Windisch-Graetz; and Countess Karola Friderika Mária (1888—1951), who married Oskar Gautsch Freiherr von Frankenthurn.

During her 40-year marriage to Count, later Prince, Tassilo Festetics de Tolna, Lady Mary oversaw the enlargement and improvement of the main family seat, Festetics Palace, and its gardens, in Keszthely, western Hungary.

Portraits and Artwork

On numerous occasions, she and her husband entertained her brother the Duke of Hamilton and his great friend the Prince of Wales. There are still portraits hanging in the Palace of numerous members of her family, including one of her father in full Highland dress. Outside the palace, on either side of the main entrance, there are the armorial bearings of both Lady Mary and her husband.

The Helikon Library at the Palace contains many works that were brought to Keszthely by Lady Mary from her father’s and brother's collections at Hamilton Palace.

The Palace grounds, on the shores of Lake Balaton, contains a Festetics family Mausoleum which is the final resting place of Lady Mary and her husband.



Children


Offspring of Albert I of Monaco (1848-1922) and Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton
Name Birth Death Joined with
Louis II of Monaco (1870-1949) 12 July 1870 Baden-Baden, Germany 9 May 1949 Monaco Marie Juliette Louvet (1867-1930)
Ghislaine Dommanget (1900-1991)


Offspring of Tasziló Festetics von Tolna (1850-1933) and Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton
Name Birth Death Joined with
Mária Matild Georgina Festetics von Tolna (1881-1953) 24 May 1881 Baden-Baden, Germany 2 March 1953 Strobl, Austria Karl Emil von Fürstenberg (1867-1945)
György Festetics von Tolna (1882-1941)
Alexandra Olga Eugénia Festetics von Tolna (1884-1963)
Karola Friederika Mária Festetics von Tolna (1888-1951)



Siblings


Offspring of William Douglas-Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton (1811-1863) and Marie von Baden (1817-1888)
Name Birth Death Joined with
William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton (1845-1895) 12 March 1845 Connaught Place, Paddington, London, England, United Kingdom 16 May 1895 Algiers, Algeria Mary Louise Elizabeth Montagu (1854-1934)
Charles George Douglas-Hamilton, 7th Earl of Selkirk (1847-1886)
Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850-1922) 11 December 1850 Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom 14 May 1922 Budapest, Hungary Albert I of Monaco (1848-1922)
Tasziló Festetics von Tolna (1850-1933)


See Also

External Links

References

  1. ^ "Person Page 10128". Thepeerage.com. http://www.thepeerage.com/p10128.htm#i101275. Retrieved 27 February 2012. 
  2. ^ Anne Edwards, The Grimaldis of Monaco, 1992
  3. ^ Anne Edwards, The Grimaldis of Monaco, 1992


Footnotes (including sources)

‡ General
₪ Wedding
  • marriage annulled by the Church on 3 January 1880




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