Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia

Names
	German: Viktoria Margarete Elisabeth Marie Ulrike

Victoria Margaret of Prussia
Victoria Margaret of Prussia
Princess Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz
Born	17 April 1890; Potsdam, Prussia, German Empire
Died	9 September 1923 (aged 33); Klein Glienicke, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic
Burial	Glienicke Palace
Spouse	Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz (m. 1913; div. 1922)
Issue	Princess Marie Luise Reuss zu Köstritz; Prince Heinrich II Reuss of Köstritz
Names
Names
	German: Viktoria Margarete Elisabeth Marie Ulrike
House	Hohenzollern
Father	Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia
Mother	Princess 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

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)
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

Ancestors of Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia

8. Prince Charles of Prussia

4. Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia

9. Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

2. Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia

10. Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt

5. Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau

11. Princess Frederica of Prussia

1. Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia

12. Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

6. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

13. Countess Louise Sophie Danneskiold-Samsøe

3. Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

14. Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

7. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

15. Princess Feodora of Leiningen

References

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

External links

[lundy-1] Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Viktoria Margarete Elisabeth Marie Ulrike Prinzessin von Preußen". Retrieved 15 January 2010.

[wp1-2] "Royal Weddings", The Washington Post, 10 May 1914

[wp2-3] "Princess of Reuss, American, Divorced", The Washington Post, Paris, 26 June 1935

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v t e Prussian princesses by birth
The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as King in Prussia in 1701.
1st generation	Luise Dorothea, Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Kassel
2nd generation	Wilhemine, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Friederike Luise, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach Philippine Charlotte, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Sophia Dorothea, Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt Louisa Ulrika, Queen of Sweden Princess Anna Amalia
3rd generation	Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange Louise, Princess Antoni Radziwiłł
4th generation	Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York and Albany Wilhelmine, Queen of the Netherlands Augusta, Electress of Hesse
5th generation	Charlotte, Empress of Russia Alexandrine, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Louise, Princess Frederick of the Netherlands Frederica, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau Elisabeth, Princess Charles of Hesse and by Rhine Marie, Queen of Bavaria
6th generation	Louise, Grand Duchess of Baden Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfel Anna, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel Charlotte, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Meiningen Alexandrine, Duchess William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
7th generation	Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen Viktoria, Princess Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe Sophia, Queen of the Hellenes Margaret, Landgravine of Hesse Marie, Princess Albert of Saxe-Altenburg Elisabeth, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn
8th generation	Viktoria Luise, Duchess of Brunswick and Princess of Hanover Victoria Margaret, Princess Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz
9th generation	Princess Alexandrine Princess Cecilie, Mrs. Clyde Harris
10th generation	Princess Kira Princess Antonia, Duchess of Wellington