Antonia Baronin Pilars de Pilar, née Antonia Gabriele Marie Josefa Huberta Elisabeth Maximiliane Freiin von Oer-Egelborg (*10 April 1872 in Birstein

Birstein

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; † 7 February 1946 in Störmede

Geseke

Geseke is a town in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:It is situated approx. 12 km south-east of Lippstadt and 20 km south-west of Paderborn.- Neighbouring municipalities:* Büren* Erwitte* Lippstadt...

) was from 1894 to 1898 court lady of the duchess Mary of Mecklenburg-Schwerin née Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz

Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz

Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz .Marie married in Schwerin on 5 May 1881 her cousin, the German born Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg,the second son of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg. The couple had five children who were all raised Roman Catholic, the religion of Princess...

 and from 1911 to 1944 courtlady of Marie's daughter, the Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg

Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg

Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, also Manette was the second daughter of Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg and the Austrian born Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz.-Life:...

-Schwerin. Antonia married the 9. of Mai 1898 Ladislaus Baron Pilars de Pilar. They had 3 Children: Eduard (1899–1971), Antoinette (1901–1989) and Gabriel (1904–1978). Antonia was the daughter of Friedrich Freiherr von Oer-Egelborg

Friedrich von Oer

Friedrich Edmund Anton Freiherr von Oer-Egelborg was chamberlain of Charles II. prince of Isenburg.-Life:...

 (1842–1896), chamberlain

Chamberlain (office)

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 of Charles II. prince of Isenburg

Isenburg

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 and Gabriele née Khuen von Belasi

Khuen von Belasi

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 (1841–1923). Her son Gabriel married 1935 Anna Herrin und Gräfin von Stubenberg

Stubenberg

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.

Life

Antonia grew up in Birstein at the court of the prince of Isenburg where her father was chamberlain. 1894 she became until her marriage in 1898 court lady to Marie duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, née princess of Windisch-Graetz and wife of the Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg. At 9. of May 1898 she married in Birstein Ladislaus Baron Pilars de Pilar, a Polish

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/German

Germany

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 poet

Poet

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 from Opatowek

Opatówek

Opatówek is a village of 3,800 inhabitants situated 10 km southeast from Kalisz, county of Kalisz County in the province of Wielkopolska, Poland. The commune of Opatówek, including the village of Opatówek and 26 other villages, has about 10,000 inhabitants and is an agricultural and industrial...

. They moved to Struga

Struga

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, at that time a small suburb of Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

. Ladislaus was running there a factory for safes and armour plates. In 1906 some polish insurgent

Insurgent

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s burned down his house and his fabric. So Antonia flew with a nanny and her three children hidden in a hay waggon to her relatives close to Münster

Münster

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. Her cousin, Paula Freifrau von Ketteler

Ketteler

Ketteler and also Kettler is the name of a German noble family of Westphalia. Goswin Ketteler zu Assen divided around 1440 the property with his younger brother Röttger. He built on his part of the ground a new house and called himself since then Kettler Neu Assen. He changenged the background of...

 née Oer was looking for a playfellow for her only child Wilderich. So Paula offered the family a house in Störmede

Geseke

Geseke is a town in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:It is situated approx. 12 km south-east of Lippstadt and 20 km south-west of Paderborn.- Neighbouring municipalities:* Büren* Erwitte* Lippstadt...

 close the Ketteler's castle Schwarzenraben.

In 1911 she restarted her career as a courtlady of the duchess Marie's daughter, duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. During World War I

World War I

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 Antonia and Antoinette were both serving at the Red Cross where she was given the Red Cross Medal of Prussia and several other medals of the house of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After the war Antonia joined Antoinette travelling through Europe. As Antoinette died in 1944 in Bled

Bled

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 in former Yougoslavia Antonia returned to Störmede.