Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Walberg, Marie (1781/2–1859), Baroness de Späth, lady-in-waiting to Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Baroness de Spaeth
- Baroness de Speth
- Baroness de Spath
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1781/2–1859
History
The Baroness de Speth was born in Germany in 1781 or 1782 (census, 1851). She is listed in the census of 1851 among those in residence at Frogmore House, Windsor, and is described there as an unmarried woman. She died at her residence in Ebury Street on 19 July 1859 (Evening Mail, 22 July 1859, p. 8). ‘The Baroness has been for 52 years the affectionate and devoted friend and servant of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (Evening Mail, 27 July 1859, p. 1).
The website of the Royal Collections Trust gives the Baroness's name as Marie Walburg, Baroness de Speth, but no other source for the additional names has been found.