Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia
Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia (Victoria Margaret Elizabeth Marie Ulrike; 17 April 1890 – 9 September 1923) was a member of the House of Hohenzollern. She was the eldest daughter of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia and his wife Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.[1] She married Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz and had two children.
| Victoria Margaret of Prussia | |||||
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| Princess Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz | |||||
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| Born | 17 April 1890 Potsdam, Prussia, German Empire | ||||
| Died | 9 September 1923 (aged 33) Klein Glienicke, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic | ||||
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| Issue | Princess Marie Luise Reuss zu Köstritz Prince Heinrich II Reuss of Köstritz | ||||
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| House | Hohenzollern | ||||
| Father | Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia | ||||
| Mother | Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg | ||||
| Prussian Royalty |
| House of Hohenzollern |
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| Descendants of Frederick William III |
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Biography
Family and lineage
Victoria's paternal grandparents were Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau. Her maternal grandparents were Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
Victoria had three siblings: Prince Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, and Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (1895-1959). Through her mother, Victoria was a niece of Empress Augusta Victoria, wife of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.
Marriage
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. By birth, he was member of the House of Reuss, one of the oldest reigning houses in Europe.[1][2][3] He was a grandson of Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Princess Sophie of the Netherlands. Princess Victoria Margaret was led down the aisle on the arm of her uncle Emperor Wilhelm.[2]
They had two children:
- Princess Marie Luise Reuss of Köstritz (9 January 1915 - 17 June 1985) she married Erich Theisen on 7 June 1941 and they were divorced in 1946. They have one daughter. She remarried Dr. Alexander Bodey on 27 March 1954 and they were divorced on 13 January 1956.
- Viktoria Sibylle Theisen (31 December 1942) she married Wolfgang Schafer on 22 September 1969. They have three children:
- Anna Katharina Schafer (5 February 1974)
- Moritz Fabian Schafer (29 December 1976)
- Marie Caroline Schafer (17 January 1979)
- Viktoria Sibylle Theisen (31 December 1942) she married Wolfgang Schafer on 22 September 1969. They have three children:
- Prince Heinrich II Reuss of Köstritz (24 November 1916 - 24 December 1993)
The marriage was dissolved by divorce in 1922.[3] Princess Victoria Margaret died the following year of complications of influenza.[3] She was buried at Glienicke Palace. Prince Heinrich XXXIII married again to the widowed American Allene Tew Burchard in 1929.[3]
Ancestry
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References
- Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Viktoria Margarete Elisabeth Marie Ulrike Prinzessin von Preußen". Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- "Royal Weddings", The Washington Post, 10 May 1914
- "Princess of Reuss, American, Divorced", The Washington Post, Paris, 26 June 1935