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Gertrude Falkenstein, poi contessa di Schaumburg, principessa di Hanau e Horowitz (Bonn, 18 maggio 1803 – Praga, 9 luglio 1882), è stata la moglie morganatica di Federico Guglielmo d'Assia, l'ultimo elettore d'Assia-Kassel.
Princess Gertrude of Hanau and Hořowitz (née Falkenstein; 18 May 1803 – 9 July 1882), was a German aristocrat. She was the morganatic spouse of Frederick William, Elector of Hesse.
Gertrude Falkenstein, später Gräfin von Schaumburg, Fürstin von Hanau und zu Hořowitz (* 18. Mai 1803 in Bonn; [1] † 9. Juli 1882 in Prag) war die morganatische Ehefrau von Friedrich Wilhelm I. von Hessen, dem letzten Kurfürsten von Hessen-Kassel .
Gertrude Falkenstein was the daughter of an apothecary from Bonn. Her father died early and her mother married again. On 29 May 1822 she married Karl Michael Lehmann (1787-1882), a lieutenant in the Prussian army. They had two children. Friedrich Wilhelm I of Hessen met her in Bonn.
9 mar 2010 · Gertrud Falkenstein, morganatic wife of Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm of Hessen, and her children were created Fürstin and Prinzen/Prinzessinen v. Hanau on 2-6-1853. The eldest ancestor of the ruling family of Hessen is Giselbert, Count in the Maasgau, who married before March 846 a daughter of Emperor Lothar I.
Princess Maria was the youngest daughter of Frederick William, Elector of Hesse (1802–1875), and his morganatic wife, Gertrude Falkenstein (1803–1882), whom he later elevated to Princess of Hanau and Hořowitz (German: Fürstin von Hanau und zu Hořowitz).
The last elector, Frederick William gave the title "Princess of Hanau" to his wife Gertrude Falkenstein, a commoner and divorcée he could marry only morganatically. The descendants of this marriage bear this princely title as family name Prinz(essin) von Hanau and still pass down this courtesy title , Prince and Princess of Hanau ...
