22 de may. de 2023 · Sophie von Oranien-Nassau; Großherzogin von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach; Prinzessin der Niederlande; Geboren am 8. April 1824; Gestorben am 23. März 1897 72 Jahre alt
26 de may. de 2023 · Prince Ludwig and Sophie are married. There was a bit of drama earlier today at the Theatinerkirche in Munich where Princess Sophie-Alexandra suffered a "brief attack of weakness" after she said yes. According to the German newspaper Bild, "the bride fell backward, and the groom caught her. The groomsmen rushed over.
- Early Life
- Meeting with Wilhelm
- Married Life
- Augusta The Politician
- Life in Koblenz
- Return to Berlin
- German Empress
- Last Years
- Titles, Styles, Honours and Arms
Augusta was the second daughter of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Maria Pavlovna of Russia, a daughter of Paul I of Russia and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. While her father was an intellectually limited person, whose preferred reading up to the end of his life was fairy tales, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe spoke of August...
Augusta was only fifteen years old when, in 1826, she and her future husband met. Wilhelm thought of the young Augusta as having an "excellent personality," yet was less attractive than her older sister Marie (whom Wilhelm's younger brother, Karl, had already married). Above all, it was Wilhelm's father who pressed him to consider Augusta as a pote...
The first weeks of marriage were harmonious; Augusta was taken favorably in the Prussian King's court, however, Augusta soon started to be bored with its military sobriety, and most courtly duties (which may have counteracted this boredom) were reserved to her sister-in-law, Crown Princess Elisabeth. In a letter which Wilhelm wrote on 22 January 18...
Augusta was very interested in politics and like so many other liberally-minded people of the time, she was hopeful about the accession of Friedrich Wilhelm IV, her brother-in-law, who was regarded as a modern and open King. However, the King refused to grant a constitution to Prussia and led a far more conservative government, unlike his liberal i...
Augusta enjoyed life in Koblenz and it was here that she could finally live out Court life as she was accustomed to during her childhood in Weimar. Meanwhile, their son Friedrich studied nearby in Bonn and became the first Prussian Prince to receive an academic education. Koblenz was subsequently visited by many liberal-minded contemporaries, inclu...
In 1858, Wilhelm became Regent after his brother was no longer able to lead his government due to suffering several strokes. He and Augusta traveled to the Court at Berlin. Wilhelm soon dismissed the old ministry when he succeeded his childless brother as King in 1861 and appointed liberal ministers of his own, notably from his own Court at Koblenz...
The Austro-Prussian War soon ended in 1866 but four years later, the Franco-Prussian War started in 1870 and Augusta continued to hold Bismarck personally responsible. However, the aftermath of the war left Wilhelm as German Emperor and Augusta as German Empress. Augusta felt the Imperial Crown a personal defeat; she wanted the Prussian supremacy i...
Augusta had suffered from rheumatism for many years and in June 1881, she received heavy injuries from a fall which left her dependent on crutches and a wheelchair, but this did not hinder her from fulfilling her duties. She finally made amends with her husband on his ninetieth birthday in 1887, but he soon died a year later. Only ninety-nine days ...
30 September 1811 - 11 June 1829 Her Serene HighnessPrincess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach11 June 1829 - 2 January 1861 Her Royal HighnessPrincess William of Prussia2 January 1861 – 18 January 1871 Her MajestyThe Queen of Prussia18 January 1871 - 9 March 1888 Her Imperial and Royal MajestyThe German Empress, Queen of PrussiaHace 6 días · Maria Vladimirovna is a patrilineal descendant of Alexander II of Russia, who is also a male-line descendant of Elimar I, Count of Oldenburg.. When Vladimir Kirillovich died on 21 April 1992, his daughter Maria claimed to succeed him as head of the Russian Imperial Family on the grounds that she was the only child of the last male dynast of the Imperial house according to the Romanovs' Pauline ...
26 de may. de 2023 · Princess Caroline Matilda of Wales, Queen Consort of Denmark and Norway (1751 – 1775) married Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, had two children. In November 1742, the family of Frederick, Prince of Wales moved to Leicester House which stood on present-day Leicester Square in London. In 1751, Elizabeth Caroline was ten-years-old, her ...
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22 de may. de 2023 · Grand Duke William Ernest of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and his fiancée Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, 1903. #granddukewilliamernestofsaxeweimareisenach #granddukewilliamernest #princesscarolinereussofgreiz