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Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia

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Victoria Margaret of Prussia
Princess Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz
Born(1890-04-17)17 April 1890
Potsdam, Prussia, German Empire
Died9 September 1923(1923-09-09) (aged 33)
Klein Glienicke, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1913; div. 1922)
IssuePrincess Marie Luise Reuss zu Köstritz
Prince Heinrich II Reuss of Köstritz
Names
German: Viktoria Margarete Elisabeth Marie Ulrike
HouseHohenzollern
FatherPrince Frederick Leopold of Prussia
MotherPrincess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

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.

Biography

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Family and lineage

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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

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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)
  • 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

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  1. ^ a b Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Viktoria Margarete Elisabeth Marie Ulrike Prinzessin von Preußen". Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Royal Weddings", The Washington Post, 10 May 1914
  3. ^ a b c d "Princess of Reuss, American, Divorced", The Washington Post, Paris, 26 June 1935
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