426:. Since the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, whom she had previously served as lady-in-waiting, welcomed her back with open arms, her position in Weimar society was secured. In the autumn of 1815, she met the widowed diplomat and later Minister of State Ernst Christian August von Gersdorff (1781–1852), who had been a part of the Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach delegation to the Congress of Vienna and had just returned to Weimar. The two married on 20 January 1816; the marriage lasted 28 years and seems to have been happy. Ernst took Diana's daughter Jenny as well as her two sons Gottfried and Alfred Rabe von Pappenheim as comrades of his own son Karl from his first marriage to Amalie von Damnitz. In 1821, their daughter Cécile was born. Diana devoted herself entirely to their large family.
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361:, Wilhelm as chamberlain to Jérôme. Their marriage became strained, not only due to their significant difference in age, but also because William suffered from a nervous disorder stemming from his years in the Hessian military. While her husband spent his time at various health spas, and her two sons Gottfried and Alfred stayed with a retired priest in the Harz mountains, Diana enjoyed life at the court of "King Funny". She apparently had an especially close relationship with one of Jérôme's favourites,
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