Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia

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Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia (1910)

German Royalty House of Hohenzollern William I (1861-1888) Children    Frederick III    Princess Louise Frederick III (1888) Children    William II    Princess Charlotte    Prince Heinrich    Prince Sigismund    Princess Viktoria    Prince Waldemar    Princess Sophie    Princess Margaret Grandchildren    Prince Waldemar    Prince Sigismund    Prince Heinrich William II (1888-1918) Children    Crown Prince Wilhelm    Prince Eitel Friedrich    Prince Adalbert    Prince August Wilhelm    Prince Oskar    Prince Joachim    Princess Viktoria Luise

Princess Viktoria Luise (Viktoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte) (13 September 1892 at Marble Palace near Potsdam – 11 December 1980 at Hanover), Duchess of Brunswick, was the only daughter and the seventh child of German Emperor William II and Empress Augusta Viktoria. At the time of her death, she was their last surviving child. She was 141st in line to the succession of the British Royal throne.

On May 24, 1913 in Berlin, Viktoria married Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick, which was one of the last great social events of European royalty before World War I. They had five children:

• Prince Ernst August IV of Hanover (18 March 1914-9 December 1987); married (1) 1951, Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (19 December 1925-6 February 1980), and had issue; and (2), 1980 Monika, Countess of Solms-Laubach (8 August 1929)-).
• Prince George William of Hanover (25 March 1915-8 January 2006); married 1946, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (26 June 1914-24 November 2001), and had issue.
• Princess Frederika of Hanover (18 April 1917-6 February 1981); married 1938 King Paul I of the Hellenes (14 December 1901-6 March 1964), and had issue.
• Prince Christian of Hanover (1 September 1919-10 December 1981); married 1963 (divorced 1976) Mireille Dutry (10 January 1946-), and had issue.
• Prince Welf-Heinrich of Hanover (11 March 1923-12 July 1997); married 1960 Princess Alexandra of Ysenburg and Büdingen (23 October 1937-), and has issue.

[edit] Publications

• Ein Leben als Tochter des Kaisers (Life as a daughter of the Emperor)
• Im Strom der Zeit (In the stream of time)
• Bilder der Kaiserzeit (Pictures from the reign of the Emperor)
• Vor 100 Jahren (100 years ago)
• Die Kronprinzessin (The crown princess - Cecilie, Duchess of Mecklenburg Schwerin)
• Deutschlands letzte Kaiserin (The last empress of Germany - her mother, Augusta Viktoria)

[edit] Pop Culture

“Die Prinzessin von Preussen” (The Princess of Prussia, Viktoria Luise) by artist Shaun von Knasick of the band Star Chamber released on Toten Troll Records, London, England, 2003.