Jensen, Katharina, Baronin von Saalfeld |
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BORN 25 Jan 1874, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein - DIED 19 Apr 1945, Neu-Egling, Bayern GRAVE LOCATION Meiningen, Thüringen: Parkfriedhof, Am Steinernen Berg |
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Katharina Jensen was the daughter of the author and poet Wilhelm Jensen (1837-1911) and the painter Marie Jensen-Brühl (1845-1921). On 20 September 1892 she married Ernst, Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen in München. It was a morganatic marriage and shortly before they married she was created Baroness of Saalfeld. With Ernst she had six children. In 1912 the sculptor Bernard Bleeker created a portrait bust of her. After her death in 1945 in Bavaria she was buried in the grave of her husband in Meiningen. Family • Husband: Ernst, Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen (1892-, München) |
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 The grave of Ernst, Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen and Katharina Jensen, Baronin von Saalfeld at the Parkfriedhof, Meiningen. Picture by Androom (30 Aug 2013) |
Sources • Theroff, Paul, The Descendants of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Internet, 1996 • Ernst - Wikipedia |
