Duchess Agnes of Württemberg


Duchess Agnes of Württemberg was a German aristocrat and writer under the pseudonym of Angela Hohenstein.

Life and family

Duchess Agnes was born at Carlsruhe, Kingdom of Prussia was the youngest child of Duke Eugen of Württemberg, by his second marriage to Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg,. Agnes had three half-siblings by her father's previous marriage with Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
Agnes founded numerous foundations and institutions that bore her name, such as the Agnes School, a school for female servants in Gera.

Marriage and issue

Agnes married on 6 February 1858 at Karlsruhe to Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line, son of Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line and Princess Adelheid of Reuss-Ebersdorf.
They had two children: