Maria Beccadelli di Bologna, Marchesa di Altavilla, Principessa di Camporeale (born February 6, 1848 i Naples

Naples

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, died January 20, 1929 in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

), married Princess Maria von Bülow, was the wife of Prince Bernhard von Bülow

Bernhard von Bülow

Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin von Bülow , named in 1905 Prince von Bülow, was a German statesman who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for three years and then as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909.Bülow was described as possessing every quality except greatness...

, the Chancellor of Germany.

She was the daughter of Domenico Beccadelli di Bologna (1826–1863), Principe di Camporeale and Laura, née Acton. Her mother was married in second marriage to the Italian prime minister Marco Minghetti

Marco Minghetti

Marco Minghetti was an Italian economist and statesman.-Biography:Minghetti was born at Bologna, then part of the Papal States....

 and played a central role in Italian and German aristocracy.

Maria also called herself Marie after her marriage to the Prussian diplomat Karl August, Count of Dönhoff. They married on May 15, 1867 in Lugano

Lugano

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, but were divorced in 1882 and the marriage annulled by the Pope in 1884. On January 9, 1886, she married Bernhard, Prince of Bülow in Vienna. Maria became a confidant of the Prussian Crown Princess Victoria

Victoria, Princess Royal

The Princess Victoria, Princess Royal was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert. She was created Princess Royal of the United Kingdom in 1841. She became German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to German Emperor Frederick III...

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