Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1911–1988), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Princess consort of Schwarzburg
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Place of Birth: Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
About Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1911–1988)
- Princess Sophie Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (20 March 1911 – 21 November 1988) was a princess of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
- She was born in Weimar, the eldest child and only daughter of William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach by his second wife Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen.As a relative of Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Sophie was invited to the 1937 wedding of her daughter Crown Princess Juliana as a bridesmaid.
- She became entangled in a diplomatic scandal however after the passports of Sophie and two other German princesses were withheld by the Nazi government.
- Though they were later released, Sophie opted out of attending at the last moment.
- In 1938 Sophie married Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg, but the couple were divorced by the end of the year.
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