Regimentschefin (Regimental Chief) and Oberst, This page was last edited on 28 February 2021, at 13:04. Instead, she moved back to Brunswick, occupying a house which had been offered to her by a wealthy industrialist and a circle of fans called "Braunschweiger Freundeskreis" (circle of Brunswick friends). She was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria through her father. 1915), Princess Frederica (b. Her 1913 wedding to Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover was the largest gathering of reigning monarchs in Germany since German unification in 1871, and one of the last great social events of European royalty before the First World War began fourteen months later. She was the eldest daughter of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia and his wife Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg . Princess Viktoria of Prussia (Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria) (12 April 1866 – 13 November 1929) was the second daughter of Frederick III, German Emperor and his wife Victoria, Princess Royal, a daughter of Queen Victoria.To the public she was always Princess Viktoria, and in the family she was called Moretta or Young Vicky. [1] Scopri le migliori foto stock e immagini editoriali di attualità di Princess Victoria Louise Of Prussia su Getty Images. Princess Kira of Prussia (Kira Auguste Viktoria Friederike; 27 June 1943 – 10 January 2004) was the fourth child and second daughter of Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia and Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia.. Princess Kira was born in Cadienen, Et Prussia (today Kadyny, Poland).. She married, on 10 September 1973 in a civil ceremony, Thomas Frank Liepsner. Select from premium Viktoria Princess Of Prussia of the highest quality. The next year, he was deprived of his British peerages under the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 as a result of his service in the German army during the war.[26]. While in Berlin, Ernest Augustus met Victoria Louise, and the two became smitten with each other. Princess Viktoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte of Prussia was the last Duchess of Brunswick through her marriage to Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick.She was born on September 13, 1892, at the Marble Palace in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia, now in the German state of Brandenburg, the youngest child … Thus, when his father died in 1923, Ernest Augustus did not succeed to his father's British title of Duke of Cumberland. Born on April 12, 1866, in Potsdam Palace. married 1963, Mireille Dutry (b. On 17 May 1913, she married Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz, son of Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz and Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach. Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (German: Viktoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte; 13 September 1892 – 11 December 1980) was the only daughter and the last child of German Emperor Wilhelm II and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. [24] Empress Augusta Victoria took the separation from her only daughter badly and wept.[24]. Princess Viktoria of Prussia (Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria) (12 April 1866 – 13 November 1929) was the second daughter of Frederick III, German Emperor and his wife Victoria, Princess Royal, a daughter of Queen Victoria. Huge collection, amazing choice, 100+ million high quality, affordable RF and RM images. Heinrich XXXIII RjL und seine Braut.jpg 1,280 × 787; 460 KB. The wedding feast included 1,200 guests. Princess Victoria of Prussia (1840 - 1901), the future Empress of Germany, with her daughter Princess Viktoria of Prussia (1866 - 1929), later Princess Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, circa 1870. [31] By the time of the war's ending in Europe in April 1945, Victoria Louise was living with her husband at Blankenburg Castle. [23] Attendees included Wilhelm's cousins King George V and Tsar Nicholas II. For the next thirty years, Ernest Augustus remained the head of the House of Hanover, living in retirement on his various estates with his family, mainly Blankenburg Castle in Germany and Cumberland Castle in Gmunden, Austria. Princess Viktoria of Prussia was the second daughter of Frederick III German Emperor and his wife Victoria Princess Royal a daughter of Queen Victoria. Augusta Viktoria - German Empress, Queen of Prussia*22.10.1858-+the Empress and her daughter Princess Viktoria Luise leaving a hotel in Gmunden -... Auguste Viktoria - German Empress, Queen of Prussia *22.10.1858-+ burial in Potsdam, crowd in front of the Neuen Palais - 1921 - … Princess Victoria Margaret Elizabeth Marie Ulrike of Prussia (17 April 1890 – 9 September 1923) was a member of the House of Hohenzollern. She also spent time helping with philanthropic causes, for instance supporting a holiday estate for low-income children. Princess Barbara of Prussia (German: Prinzessin Barbara Irene Adelheid Viktoria Elisabeth Bathildis von Preußen; 2 August 1920 – 31 May 1994) was the only daughter and elder child of Prince Sigismund of Prussia and Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg. She was the second daughter of German Emperor, Friedrich III and Princess Royal Victoria; she was the younger sister of Wilhelm II. Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia. To the public she was always Princess Viktoria and in the family she was called Moretta or Young Vicky. Princess Viktoria of Prussia (Frederica Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria) (April 12, 1866 – November 13, 1929) was the second daughter of Frederick III of Germany (1831-1888) and his wife, the former Princess Victoria, Princess Royal, later Empress Victoria of … [3] Princess Victoria Margaret died the following year of complications of influenza. She remarried Dr. Alexander Bodey on 27 March 1954 and they were divorced on 13 January 1956. Princess Kira was born in Cadienen, East Prussia (today Kadyny, Poland ). [19] Despite press fixation on the union as a love match, it remains unclear if the match was one of love or politics;[19] historian Eva Giloi believes that the marriage was more likely the result of Prussia's desire to end the rift,[20] though in one of Victoria Louise's letters she described it as a "love match". married first 1951, Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; had issue. [12] In 1905, the princess studied music with concert pianist Sandra Drouker. The family had been barred from the succession to Brunswick due to their claims towards the Hanoverian kingdom. David Jones records in his prose-poem In Parenthesis a fragment of song from the Western Front – "I want Big Willie's luv-ly daughter" – implying (as Jones notes) "that the object of the British Expedition into France was to enjoy the charms of the Emperor's daughter".[37]. On 8 November 1918, her husband was forced to abdicate his throne along with the other German kings, grand dukes, dukes, and princes, and the duchy of Brunswick was subsequently abolished. [6][7] According to her eldest brother Crown Prince Wilhelm, Victoria Louise was "the only one of us who succeeded in her childhood in gaining a snug place" in their father's heart. Shortly after the wedding, she became the Duchess of Brunswick by marriage. Prince Heinrich XXXIII married again to the widowed American Wilhelm recovered enough for them to depart, but soon relapsed. They have three children: Prince Heinrich II Reuss of Köstritz (24 November 1916 - 24 December 1993), This page was last edited on 18 January 2021, at 08:50. Princess Kira of Prussia (Kira Auguste Viktoria Friederike; 27 June 1943 – 10 January 2004) was the fourth child and second daughter of Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia and Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia . Princess Victoria Margaret was led down the aisle on the arm of her uncle Emperor Wilhelm. [16], Ernest and Victoria were engaged in Karlsruhe on 11 February 1913. [34] Her husband died at Marienburg on 30 January 1953. For a period of one week in May 1911, Victoria Louise traveled to England aboard the Hohenzollern with her parents, where they visited their cousin King George V for the unveiling of a statue of Queen Victoria in front of Buckingham Palace. Viktoria Sibylle Theisen (31 December 1942) she married Wolfgang Schafer on 22 September 1969. Viktoria Luise (born 13 September 1892) is the current Duchess of Braunschweig and Princess of Prussia. [1] She married Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz and had two children. [18] The Times described the union as akin to Romeo and Juliet, albeit with a happier ending. Media in category "Princess Viktoria Margarete of Prussia" The following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total. The Duke and Duchess of Brunswick refused, believing that the age difference was too great. Princess Victoria Margaret Elizabeth Marie Ulrike of Prussia (17 April 1890 – 9 September 1923) was a member of the House of Hohenzollern. [21] Also two imprisoned British spies Captain Stewart and Captain Trench, were pardoned and released by the Kaiser as a present to the United Kingdom. Viktoria, Princess of Prussia, 1866-1929 Title ; Close. Victoria's paternal grandparents were Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau. Ostensibly desiring to pursue an alliance with the UK, in the mid-1930s, Adolf Hitler took advantage of their sentiment by asking the couple to arrange a match between their daughter Princess Frederica and the Prince of Wales. Discover the family tree of Princess Viktoria Of Prussia for free, and learn about their family history and their ancestry. [25] They had four further children: Prince George William (b. [9] Anne later noted that the "warlike" emperor "unbends to a considerable extent when in the bosom of his family," and is the "dominating force of his daughter's life. In 1965 she published her autobiography Life as Daughter of the Emperor, and thereafter several other books, including biographies of her mother and of her sister-in-law Cecilie, the last crown princess of Germany. Huge collection, amazing choice, 100+ million high quality, affordable RF and RM images. 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