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Princess Feodora of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg with her nephew and nieces, 1905.

From left to right: Princess Helena Adelaide, Princess Adelaide, Princess Victoria Adelaide, Princess Alexandra Victoria, Princess Feodora, Princess Caroline Mathilde and Prince Wilhelm Friedrich.

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The prescriptive Empress of Germany, Princess Augusta Victoria Amelia Louisa Marie Constance, is the eldest of five children of the late Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. She was born in the little parish of Dantzig, near Frankfort on the Oder, on the 22nd October 1858. Her mother, daughter of Ernest, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, is sister of Count Gleichen, who married Queen Victoria's half-sister Feodora, niece of the Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. Related to the royal House of Denmark, the Princess counts other honourable, if humbler, connections, her aunt, the Princess Henriette, having married the celebrated Dr. Esmarck, professor of surgery at Kiel. The fallen fortunes of her father, the Grand Duke compelled him to live in strict retirement and to order his household with an austere simplicity. In the adversity that had befallen him, the ruined prince found a solace and an interest in devoting himself to the education of his children. The high mental training they received is principally due to the direction he gave to their studies. An accomplished English lady resided for years with the princesses, and helped in the task of their education. The Princess Augusta-Victoria passed a studious youth in the castle overlooking the quiet village. Doubtless the frugal surroundings of her childhood and girlhood, the sense of her illustrious birth and connections, helped form her character, and to give to it seriousness and dignity. When in later years, she left that retired home to appear before the German nation as the bride of the grandson of the Emperor, the reputation of her solid attainments and womanly accomplishments had preceded her, and the people proudly said of her that she was “a real German princess.” It must have appeared an instance of poetic justice to the Grand Duke when the Kaiser's brilliant and beloved grandson, whose hardy spirit and heroic carriage made him bear so strong a likeness to that sovereign who had despoiled him of his dominions, in pursuance of the ideal he had set to himself of reigning over a united Germany, came over and over again to the simple home at Dantzig. There was no mistaking the devotion of the gallant young prince to the fair and tall princess, the eldest of the family group there. At a hunting party given in the late autumn of 1879 at Castle Prinkinan, the seat of the Augustenberg family in Silesia, it is believed that the Grand Duke was left in no further doubt as to the likelihood of his his being ranked in the years to come as one of the ancestors of future German emperors. He did not live, however, to see the consummation of the union that would have gone far to copensate him for the shadows that had gathered about his lot. He died in January 1880. In the following June the Princess Augusta-Victoria was formally betrothed to Prince Wilhelm in the presence of the royal family of Prussia at the castle of Babelsburg, the Emperor's beautiful country seat set at the wooded heights dominating Potsdam. The greater part of the time between her betrothal and marriage the Princess spent in England at Cumberland Lodge. Many may remember the blonde-haired blue-eyed lady, of tall and elegant stature, whose natural stateliness of bearing was softened by a kind and courteous address. In person she appeared to be the type of what the folk of the Fatherland called her, “a real German princess.” On the 21st of February 1881, the marriage of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Princess Augusta-Victoria was celebrated in the chapel of the Imperial Palace at Berlin, in the presence of a notable gathering of potentates, princes, and of the wisest and bravest men in the empire. Among those present none, it was said, rejoiced more at the marriage than did the aged Emperor, or gave a heartier welcome to the dowerless bride of Prince Wilhelm. M. de Vassili gives, in the Revue Nouvelle, a portrait sketch of this prince, who seems to possess an irrestitable power of attraction over all who approach him. The description is sullied with some pages Mme. Adam would have done well not to publish, yet even the French count is forced to pay a reluctant homage to the brilliant wit, the high spirit, the genial sympathetic nature, the indomitable courage, enterprise, and ambition the young prince has given proof of. Idolised by his grandfather, for whom he nourishes a sort of hero-worship, Prince Wilhelm is adored by the army, and to the welfare of that army he is devoted.

On the 6th of May, 1882, the eldest son of Prince Wilhelm and Princess Augusta-Victoria, Prince Frederick William, was born at Potsdam.

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House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg & of Oldenburg: Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein

Adelheid was born as the fifth of six children and second of three daughters to Ernst, The Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and his wife Princess Feodora of Leiningen. Adelheid’s maternal grandmother was Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, better known as The Duchess of Kent and mother of Queen Victoria.

Her being a niece of the British queen made her an interesting marriage candidate for Napoleon III. after he was denied the hand of Princess Carola of Vasa-Holstein-Gottrop, the daughter of the former crown prince of Sweden at the time. Napoleon hoped to strengthen the bond between Britain and France in marrying Adelheid. The British court maintained a strict silence toward the Hohenlohes during the marriage negotiations, lest the Queen seem either eager for or repulsed by the prospect of Napoléon as a nephew-in-law. Adelheid’s parents interpreted this silence as disapproval from their British relatives and stopped the marriage negotiations to the dismay of 16-year-old Adelheid.

Four years later in 1856, Adelheid married Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and by that became a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, a branch of the House of Schleswig-Holstein which itself is a branch of the major House of Oldenburg. The House of Oldenburg ruled through its branches in most of Northern Europe. The current Queen of Denmark and The King of Norway belong to it, as well as Prince Philip and his descendants. Adelheid’s and Frederick’s marriage was, according to contemporaries, a happy one and resulted in 7 children. Among them was also the last German Empress Victoria Augusta.

In 1867, Otto von Bismarck annexed the dukedomes as the province Schleswig-Holstein for the Kingdom of Prussia. Adelheid and her family moved to Primkenau (today Przemków). Her husband died in 1880. She survived him by 20 years. The Adelheid Islands in the Russian archipel of Franz Josef Land are named after her.

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Princess Feodora of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg on her confirmation, c. 1890.

She was Queen Victoria's great-niece.

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Princess Feodora of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, mids 1890s.

Great-niece of Queen Victoria and youngest sister of German Empress Augusta Victoria.

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Duchess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein and her youngest daughter Princess Feodora who is wearing her confirmation dress, early 1890s.

Adelaide was Queen Victoria's niece and mother to German Empress Augusta Victoria.

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Her Highness Princess Feodora of Schleswig-Holstein (3 July 1874-21 June 1910), 1900s.

She was the youngest sister of German Empress Augusta Victoria.

I find some resemblance between Feodora and her cousin Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (Thora). (Their fathers were brothers).

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Princess Feodora of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1874-1910) in 1897.

She was the youngest sister of German Empress Augusta Victoria.

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Family of Queen Victoria's niece, Duchess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein née Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835-1900) in 1888.

Back row: Duke Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein.

Middle row: Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein, Duke Ernst Günther of Schleswig-Holstein, German Empress Augusta Victoria, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Duchess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess Feodora of Schleswig-Holstein and Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein.

Front row: Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, Crown Prince Wihelm of Prussia and Duchess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein.

I only mentioned those Royals that i could recognize.

Duchess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein née Hohenlohe-Langenburg was the second born daughter of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by his wife Princess Feodora of Leiningen who was the older, maternal half-sister of the British Queen Victoria.

Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein was a younger brother of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein who was the husband of Duchess Adelaide and father of German Empress Augusta Victoria. Christian was married to Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Helena.

Source: Villa Feodora

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Young Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein (1866- 1921) with her younger sister, Princess Feodora of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1874-1910). 1880s.

Source: German Archives

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Princess Feodora of Schleswig -Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1874-1910) was the youngest daughter of seven children of the (titular) Herzog Friedrich II of Schleswig -Holstein (-Sonderburg-Augustenburg) (1829-1880) and his wife Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe -Langenburg (1835-1900), second Daughter of Prince Ernst I of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Feodora of Leiningen. Through her mother she was the grandniece of British Queen Victoria and her eldest sister Auguste Victoria was, since 1881, married to the Crown Prince of Prussia and later Emperor Wilhelm II.

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Romanian, Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Leiningen and Kirillovich Family gathering, late 1920s.

Back row: Princess Irma of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Prince Hermann of Leiningen, Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Prince Karl of Leiningen, Countess Maximilian of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim (née Princess Viktoria of Leiningen) and Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe- Langenburg.

Middle row: Princess Marie Melita of Schleswig-Holstein, Queen Maria of Yugoslavia, Princess Consort Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna Princess of Leiningen, Princess Ileana of Romania and Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna.

Front row: Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich, Queen Marie of Romania, Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna, Princess Feodora of Leiningen and Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen.

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Empress Augusta Victoria visiting her maternal relatives in Langenburg. 1909. From left to right: Princess Feodora of Leiningen née Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Empress Augusta Victoria, Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Elise Reuss Younger Line née Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

Prince Hermann was Empress Augusta Victoria's uncle, he was the brother of her mother, Princess Adelheid, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein.

Queen Victoria was a maternal aunt of Hermann being a half-sister of his mother, Princess Feodora of Leiningen.

Source: Schloss Langenburg und Deutsches Automuseum.

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Duchess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (1835-1900) née Hohenlohe-Langenburg, with her only son Ernst Gunther (1863-1921), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (German branch) in 1864.

Adelaide was the daughter of Queen Victoria's beloved half-sister, Princess Feodora of Leiningen.

German Empress Augusta Victoria was Adelaide's first born daughter.

Photograph by Schmidt & Comp.

Source: Museen Nord- Schleswig-Holstein.

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Princess Karoline Mathilde (1860-1832) and future German Empress, then Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1858-1921). 1870s

They were great-nieces of Queen Victoria through their maternal grandmother who was Princess Feodora of Leiningen, Victoria's half-sister.

Source: vk

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