Mary Esther Lee

Notater:

WALDERSEE, Mary, Countess, born in New York city, 3 October, 1837. She is the daughter of David Lee, a New York merchant, who left his widow and five children a large fortune. The second daughter, Blanche, married Augustus Charles Murray, a commander in the British navy, and the third, Josephine, married Baron August von Waechter, ambassador of the king of Wurtemberg to the French court.

The baroness sent for her youngest sister, Mary, to live with her in Paris, where she met and married Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg-Noer, who had been driven into exile by the Austro-Prussian army in 1864. Miss Lee, however, not wishing to be trammelled by the exacting etiquette that attaches to high rank, induced the prince to renounce his rights and titles as a member of the royal house of Danmark. He subsequently accepted from the emperor of Austria the title of Prince of Nör, the name of his principal estate. The prince died shortly after his marriage whileon a visit to the Holy Land, 2 July, 1865, and the princess then returned to Paris, where she resided with the Baroness Waechter until the beginning of the Franco-Prussian war, when she accompanied the latter to Wurtemberg. In 1871 she married Count von Waldersee, the successor of Field-Marshal von Moltke, and lived with him for some time at Hanover. There she soon became widely known through herinterest in local charities. Since she has resided in Berlin she has been equally zealous in good works. She was for years the friend of Emperor Frederick William, of Tyskland, and of the Empress Victoria.

Mary blev gift med Prins Frederik Emil August af Augustenborg den 3 nov. 1864 i Seine, Paris, Frankrig,. Frederik (søn af Friedrich Christian II af Augustenborg og Louise Augusta af Danmark) blev født den 23 aug. 1800 i København, Sokkelund Herred, Københavns Amt, Danmark; døde den 4 jul. 1865 i Beirut, Libanon; blev begravet i Krusendorf Kirch, Slesvig-Holsten, Tyskland. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]