El 14 de mayo de 1922, la Princesa de Festetics von Tolna murió en Budapest, a la edad de setenta y un años. La princesa era prima hermana de la reina Carola de Sajonia, de la reina Estefanía de Portugal, del rey Carol I de Rumanía y de la princesa María, condesa de Flandes. Su Alteza Serenísima era también prima tercera del emperador Napoleón III de Francia.
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| Guillermo, undécimo duque de Hamilton |
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| Princesa María Amelia de Baden |
La princesa húngara había comenzado su vida como Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton: nació en la casa familiar, el palacio de Hamilton, en Lanarkshire, Escocia, el 11 de diciembre de 1850 como hija de William Hamilton, 11.º duque de Hamilton (1811-1863), y la princesa Marie Amélie de Baden (1817-1888), que se habían casado en 1843. Mary Victoria sucedió a dos hermanos: William Douglas-Hamilton, a la postre 12.º duque de Hamilton (1845-1895), y Charles Douglas-Hamilton, 7.º conde de Selkirk (1847-1886). Los abuelos paternos de Mary fueron Alexander Hamilton, 10.º duque de Hamilton (1767-1852), y Susan Euphemia Beckford (1786-1859); Sus abuelos maternos fueron el Gran Duque Carlos de Baden (1786-1818) y Estefanía de Beauharnais (1789-1860), prima segunda de Eugenio de Beauharnais y Hortensia de Beauharnais, hijastros del emperador Napoleón I de Francia.
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| El informe del matrimonio del Príncipe Alberto de Mónaco y Lady Mary Douglas-Hamilton
Fotografía (c) The Standard |
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| El Príncipe y la Princesa Herederos de Mónaco poco después de su boda |
El 21 de septiembre de 1869, Lady Mary Douglas-Hamilton se casó con el príncipe heredero Alberto de Mónaco (1848-1922) en el castillo de Marchais, residencia de los Grimaldi en Francia. La pareja se había conocido por primera vez un mes antes, en agosto de 1869, cuando asistieron a un baile organizado por el emperador Napoleón III y la emperatriz Eugenia en París. En una unión estrictamente concertada, la pareja fue emparejada por la abuela del novio, Marie Caroline Gibert de Lametz (1793-1879), una ex actriz francesa y esposa del príncipe Florestan I de Mónaco (1785-1856), así como madre del príncipe Carlos III de Mónaco (1818-1889), padre del príncipe Alberto.
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| La princesa heredera María y su hijo, el príncipe Luis de Mónaco |
Albert and Mary of Monaco produced their only child, a son and heir, the year after their marriage. Prince Louis of Monaco was born on 12 July 1870 at Baden, in the grand duchy from which his maternal grandmother hailed. The marital bonds between Albert and Mary were tenuous, and did not last. The Scottish-born princess was not fond of the Mediterranean climate or the Monegasque court, and Albert had a tendency to be cold and distant: this resulted in Mary leaving Monte Carlo and the principality permanently not long after her son was born. The union of the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Monaco was annulled in 1880 following a long separation.
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| Prince Tasziló Festetics von Tolna |
After the annulment was granted, Mary swiftly remarried to Hungarian nobleman Count Tasziló Festetics von Tolna (1850-1933). Prince Louis of Monaco was raised in Baden by his maternal grandmother and did not see his father until he was eleven years-old. At that point in time, Louis returned to Monaco to be trained for his future royal duties. The future Louis II of Monaco was joined by four half-siblings: Mária Matild (1881-1953), György (1882-1941), Alexandra Olga (1884-1963), and Karola (1888-1951). Tasziló was created Prince Festetics von Tolna in 1911 by Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary.
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| Prince György Festetics von Tolna (1882-1941) |
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| Princess Alexandra “Alex” Festetics von Tolna (1884-1963) |
On 26 June 1922, Prince Albert I of Monaco, the ex-husband of the late Princess of Festetics von Tolna, died one month after his first wife. Albert was succeeded by the couple’s only child as Prince Louis II of Monaco. Louis II reigned until 1949, when he passed away at Monte Carlo at the age of seventy-eight on 9 May 1949. Prince Louis was succeeded by his only grandson, Prince Rainier III (1923-2005), who was the child of Louis’ legitimised daughter Princess Charlotte (1898-1977) and her former husband Count Pierre de Polignac (1895-1964).
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| Prince Albert I of Monaco in the 1910s |
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| Prince Louis II of Monaco |
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| Princess Charlotte of Monaco, Duchess of Valentinois |
Through her first marriage, Lady Mary Hamilton-Douglas is the great-great-grandmother of Prince Albert II of Monaco (b.1958). Through her second marriage, Mary is the great-grandmother of fashion designer Prince Egon of Fürstenberg, socialite and actress Princess Ira of Fürstenberg and the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Karel Schwarzenberg. Mary’s second marriage was a happy one and lasted over forty years. Mary is buried beside her second husband Tasziló at the mausoleum of Festetics Palace.
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| Festetics Palace |
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| Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton |
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