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Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, Crown Princess of Bavaria, 1910
Princess Antonia, born Antionette Roberte Sophie Wilhelmine in 1899, was a member of the Luxembourgish House of Nassau-Weilburg and the last Crown Princess of Bavaria as the wife of Crown Prince Rupprecht.
She was born in Bavaria and was the fourth daughter of Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Marie Anne, a princess of the Portuguese House of Braganza.
Antonia became the second wife of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria in 1918, and they had six children.
As opponents of the Nazi regime, Antonia and Rupprecht were forced into exile in Italy in 1939. From here, they moved to Hungary. When Germany occupied Hungary in October 1944, Antonia and her children were captured, while Rupprecht, still in Italy, evaded arrest. They were imprisoned at Sachsenhausen concentration camp. In early April 1945, they were moved to the Dachau concentration camp. Although liberated that same month, the imprisonment greatly impaired Antonia's health, and she died nine years later in 1954, at Lenzerheide, Switzerland.
Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, Crown Princess of Bavaria, 1910
Princess Antonia, born Antionette Roberte Sophie Wilhelmine in 1899, was a member of the Luxembourgish House of Nassau-Weilburg and the last Crown Princess of Bavaria as the wife of Crown Prince Rupprecht.
She was born in Bavaria and was the fourth daughter of Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Marie Anne, a princess of the Portuguese House of Braganza.
Antonia became the second wife of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria in 1918, and they had six children.
As opponents of the Nazi regime, Antonia and Rupprecht were forced into exile in Italy in 1939. From here, they moved to Hungary. When Germany occupied Hungary in October 1944, Antonia and her children were captured, while Rupprecht, still in Italy, evaded arrest. They were imprisoned at Sachsenhausen concentration camp. In early April 1945, they were moved to the Dachau concentration camp. Although liberated that same month, the imprisonment greatly impaired Antonia's health, and she died nine years later in 1954, at Lenzerheide, Switzerland.