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Princess Hermine
Archduchess Joseph of Austria
Born	(1797-12-02)2 December 1797 Hoym
Died	14 September 1817(1817-09-14) (aged 19) Budapest
Spouse	Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
Issue	Archduchess Hermine Amalie Marie Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary
Names German: Hermine Amalie Marie
House	Ascania
Father	Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Mother	Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg

Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym ( German: Prinzessin Hermine Amalie Marie von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; 2 December 1797 – 14 September 1817) was by birth a princess of the House of Ascania and by marriage an Archduchess of Austria.

Family

She was the eldest daughter of Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Princess Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg. Hermine had three younger sisters: Adelheid, Emma, and Ida.

Marriage

She was married 30 August 1815 at Schaumburg Castle. The princess was just 17 years old when she married the 39-year-old archduke. Archduke Joseph had no male heirs, since his first wife, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, died giving birth to a stillborn daughter.

Princess Hermine also died in childbirth at the age of 19, after giving birth to fraternal twins. Both of her children died unmarried and without issue. On 24 August 1819, her husband married for a third time to her first cousin, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg.

Issue

• Archduchess Hermine Amalie Marie of Austria (14 September 1817 in Budapest- 13 February 1842 in Vienna)
• Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary (14 September 1817 in Budapest - 19 February 1867 in Menton)

Ancestry

References

• C. Arnold McNaughton: The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 388. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.
• Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd: Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1: Europe & Latin America (London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1977), page 22. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1.