Frederica Charlotte of Prussia was born on 7 May 1767 as the only child of the future King Frederick William II of Prussia and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Her parents’ marriage was particularly unhappy, and both of them had sought love outside of the marriage. But while Frederick William’s exploits were ignored, Elisabeth Christine’s caused [read more]
The grave of the King of Prussia’s bigamous wife has most likely been rediscovered in Berlin. Julia von Voss was bigamously married to King Frederick William II of Prussia in 1787 while he was still married to Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt. She had been a lady-in-waiting to Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, the wife of Frederick [read more]
Read part one here. Irene fell pregnant quickly and gave birth to her first son, Prince Waldemar, on 20 March 1889. He was born in Kiel, where Irene and Henry were at the time, with her mother-in-law, who was now known as the Empress Frederick. After the birth, Queen Victoria wrote, “Thank God that all [read more]
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine was born on 11 July 1866 as the daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and the future Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse. She was their third daughter, following Victoria and Elisabeth. Brothers Ernest Louis and Friedrich would follow, as would two more sisters: Alix and [read more]
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 ill-health prevented her from enjoying the role. She underwent several unspecified operations which failed to improve the situation. Victoria would later write of her ever-complaining mother-in-law, “She stands so alone [read more]
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 Russia. The disappointment in her gender was great as she was not the hoped-for heir. Her younger brother, the future Grand Duke, would not arrive until seven years later. Augusta [read more]
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