Princess Marie Amelie of Baden

Princess Marie Amelie of Baden
Marie Amelie of Baden
Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon
Princess Marie ca. 1840
Spouse William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton
Issue
William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton
Charles Douglas-Hamilton, 7th Earl of Selkirk
Mary Victoria, Countess Tassilo Festetics von Tolna
Full name
Marie Amelie Elizabeth Caroline
House House of Zähringen
Clan Douglas
Father Karl, Grand Duke of Baden
Mother Stéphanie de Beauharnais
Born 11 October 1817(1817-10-11)
Karlsruhe, Baden
Died 17 October 1888(1888-10-17) (aged 71)
Baden-Baden, Baden

Marie Amelie of Baden (Marie Amelie Elisabeth Caroline; 11 October 1817 in Karlsruhe – 17 October 1888 in Baden-Baden), was the youngest daughter of Karl, Grand Duke of Baden and Stephanie de Beauharnais, the adopted daughter of Napoleon I of France.

On 23 February 1843 in Mannheim, she married a Scottish nobleman, William Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale (later Duke of Hamilton). They had two sons and one daughter.

After her wedding, she relocated to Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran and then later on Hamilton Palace in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Her husband succeeded as Duke of Hamilton upon the death of her father-in-law in 1852. She converted to Roman Catholicism in 1855.

She was styled Marie Amelie, Princess of Baden, Dowager Duchess of Hamilton after her husband's death in 1863.

Through her daughter, she is the great-great-grandmother of the current reigning prince of Monaco, Albert II.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 11 October 1817 - 23 February 1843 Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Marie of Baden
  • 23 February 1843 - 18 August 1852 Her Grand Ducal Highness The Marchioness of Douglas and Clydesdale
  • 18 August 1852 - 8 July 1863 Her Grand Ducal Highness The Duchess of Hamilton
  • 8 July 1863 - 17 October 1888 Her Grand Ducal Highness The Dowager Duchess of Hamilton


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