#Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg and Büdingen

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Royal Wedding at Meerholz Castle, group photo, 1906.

The bridegroom was Prince Albert Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863-1948) who was a nephew of King Christian IX of Denmark and therefore first cousin to Alexandra, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom.

The bride was Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg and Büdingen (1879-1918).

Kaiser Wilhelm II as a special royal guest at the wedding of his wife's relative. Augusta Victoria's brother-in-law Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein was the eldest brother of Albert Christian.

The bride and bridegroom leaving the church.

The couple had four children. Sadly Ortrud died in 1918. After Ortrud's death, he married Princess Hertha of Ysenburg and Büdingen on September 19, 1920 in Büdingen . Their only daughter was Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein (1925–1980) who married Kaiser Wilhelm's grandson Hereditary Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover. Their son Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover is married to Princess Caroline of Monaco.

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