Hilda of Luxembourg (1897-1979)

The princess became the third daughter in the family of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, William IV and his wife, Portuguese infante Maria Anna . Her mother is the daughter of the ousted king of Portugal Miguel I and Adelaide of Leuvenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg . Born February 15, 1897 in the family castle of the Nassau Berge dynasty.

The princess's father died in 1912. Hilda's older sister, Maria Adelaide, became the Grand Duchess. In 1919, she abdicated, and their sister Charlotte became the next duchess. Hilda became the first in the line of succession to the throne of Luxembourg, until in 1921 Charlotte gave birth to her first child, Prince Jean .

In 1920, Hilda met Philip Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg. The engagement was announced, but soon it was canceled due to the claims of the German royal house on the property rights of the Dukes of Luxembourg. Subsequently, Philip Albrecht was married twice: the first marriage to Helen Maria Cristina, Archduke of Austria, the second to Margarita Sophia, the younger sister of his first wife.

On October 29, 1929, Princess Hilda married Prince Adolf Schwarzenberg (1890-1950). Adolf was a representative of the princely Schwarzenberg family - one of the richest and oldest Czech families. The couple shared a passion for agriculture, wildlife and botany and spent most of this time in Stara Obor (a hunting house near Gluboka). In 1933, the couple acquired a farm in Kenya. Adolf later published a report for the Carnegie Endowment (Peace in Nature and Experience in Kenya). The farm was sold after his death and today is an important research center. For his workers, the prince built a hydroelectric power station, which improved working conditions. He also inherited the estates of the family after the death of his father in 1938. There were no children in the family. Adolf died in 1950. Hilda died in 1979 at the 83rd year of her life.

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