Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – The first German Empress (Part two)
Read part one here. On 2 August 1861, William’s brother passed away, and he became King of Prussia with Augusta as his Queen. Her increasing […]
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Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – The first German Empress (Part one)
Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was born on 30 September 1811 as the daughter of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of […]
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover – The Olympia of the Hohenzollerns (Part two)
Read part one here. The accession of her father as King of Great Britain in 1714 led to her entertaining the thought of a marriage […]
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover – The Olympia of the Hohenzollerns (Part one)
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover was born on 26 March 1687 at the Leineschloss in Hanover as the daughter of the then Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg, […]
Marie-Auguste of Anhalt – The Princess who adopted adults
Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt was born on 10 June 1898 as the daughter of the future Eduard, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Louise Charlotte of […]
Margaret of Prussia – The Emperor’s Sister (Part two)
Read part one here. Margaret’s husband and her elder sons took up arms in the name of the Fatherland. Her husband was appointed to command […]