Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein

From redevance
HIM Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany
Titles Empress of Germany

Queen of Prussia
Princess of Schleswig-Holstein

Reign 15 June 1888 - 9 November 1918
Coronation 12 December 1888
Predecessor Victoria, Princess Royal
Successor Princess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Biographical Information
Born 22 October 1858

Brandenburg, Prussia

Died 11 April 1921 (aged 62)

Doorn, the Netherlands

Spouse Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany

(m. 1881; d. 1921)

Issue Wilhelm III

Prince Eitel Friedrich

Prince Adalbert

Prince August Wilhelm

Prince Oskar

Prince Joachim

Princess Victoria Louise

Name Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodora Jenny
House Schleswig-Holstein (by birth)

Hohenzollern (by marriage)

Father Duke Frederick VIII of Schleswig-Holstein
Mother Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Religion Lutheran

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Wilhelm III 6 May 1882 20 July 1951 (aged 69) Princess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (m. 1905); had issue
Prince Eitel Friedrich 7 July 1883 8 December 1942 (aged 59) Princess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg (m. 1906); no issue
Prince Adalbert 14 July 1884 22 September 1948 (aged 64) Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (m. 1914); had issue
Prince August Wilhelm 29 January 1887 25 March 1949 (aged 61) Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (m. 1908); had issue
Prince Oskar 27 July 1888 27 January 1958 (aged 69) Countess Ina Marie of Bassewitz (m. 1914); had issue
Prince Joachim 17 December 1890 18 July 1920 (aged 29) Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt (m. 1916; div. 1919); had issue
Princess Victoria Louise 13 September 1892 11 December 1980 (aged 88) King Ernest Augustus III of Hanover (m. 1913); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1858-1881 Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
  • 1881-1888 Princess Augusta Victoria of Prussia
  • 1888-1888 Augusta Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia
  • 1888-1921 Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Duke Frederick VIII of Schleswig-Holstein Duke Christian August II of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Countess Louise Sophie of Danneskiold-Samsoe

Duke Frederick Christian II of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Princess Louise Augusta of Denmark
Christian Conrad, Count of Danneskiold-Samsoe
Johanne Henriette Valentine Kaas

Duke Frederick Christian I of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Holstein-Plon
King Christian VII of Denmark
Princess Caroline Mathilda of Great Britain
Frederik Christian, Count of Danneskiold-Samsoe
Frederik Christian Kaas
Edele Sophie Sparre

Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Feodora of Leiningen

Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth
Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Christian Albrecht, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Caroline of Stolberg-Gedern
Johann Christian II, Count of Solms-Baruth
Countess Friederike of Kostritz
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Leiningen
Countess Christiane Wilhelmine of Solms-Rodelheim-Assenheim
Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Countess Augusta of Ebersdorf