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House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg; Parent house: House of Oldenburg: Country: Denmark: Founded: 1647: Founder: Ernest Günther: Titles: Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg; Duke of Schleswig-Holstein; Crown Prince of Sweden; Dissolution: 27 April 1931
Danneskiold-Samsøe (illegitimate branch) The House of Oldenburg is an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg.
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Early life and family
Augusta Victoria was born at Dolzig Castle, the eldest daughter of Frederick VIII, future Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, a niece of Queen Victoria, through Victoria's half-sister Feodora. She grew up at Dolzig until the death of her grandfather, Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, in 1869. The family then moved to Castle Primkenau and the estate her father had inherited. She was known with...
Crown Princess
On 27 February 1881, Augusta married her half-second cousin Prince Wilhelm of Prussia. Augusta's maternal grandmother Princess Feodora of Leiningen was the half-sister of Queen Victoria, who was Wilhelm's maternal grandmother. Wilhelm had earlier proposed to his first cousin, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine(known in the family as "Ella"), a daughter of his mother's own sister, but she declined. He did not react well, and was adamant that he would soon marry another princess. Wilhelm'...
Empress
Augusta was known as "Dona" within the family. She had a somewhat lukewarm relationship with her mother-in-law, Victoria, who had hoped that Dona would help to heal the rift between herself and Wilhelm; this was not to be the case. The empress was also annoyed that the title of head of the Red Cross went to Dona, who had no nursing or charity experience or inclination (though in her memoirs, Princess Viktoria Luise paints a different picture, stating that her mother loved charity work). Augus...
The funeral of Augusta Victoria is reflected upon in the novel by Katherine Anne Porter, Ship of Fools. In it, a German passenger silently reminisces on the funeral and its cinematic showing to a small colony of Germans living abroad in Mexico and describes the outpouring of public grief that was seen within that community. Augusta Victoria's passi...
German State Prussia, Wedding Medal 1881 Prince Wilhelm and Auguste Victoria, obverse.The reverse shows the couple in Medieval costumes in front of 3 squires carrying the shields of Prussia, Germany, and Schleswig-Holstein.Portrait of the Queen of Prussia, by Philip de László, 1908.With daughter Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, Berlin (1911)Imperial Monogram of Empress Augusta VictoriaVariation of Empress Augusta Victoria's MonogramMonogram of the Königin Augusta Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr.4Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville Islandis named after the Empress.The Empress of Germany's bird of paradise, Paradisaea raggiana augustavictoriae, was named in her honour.The Augusta Victoria Hospitalin Jerusalem was built by Wilhelm II and named after his wife.There is a white rose cultivar named after her, the Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria (Peter Lambert, 1891).Radziwill, Catherine (1915). The Royal Marriage Market of Europe. New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company. ISBN 1-4589-9988-2.Van der Kiste, John: The last German Empress: A life of Empress Augusta Victoria, Consort of Emperor William II. CreateSpace, 2015Thomas Weiberg: … wie immer Deine Dona. Verlobung und Hochzeit des letzten deutschen Kaiserpaares. Isensee-Verlag, Oldenburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89995-406-7."Auguste, Victoria" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.Newspaper clippings about Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBWPortraits of Augusta Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia at the National Portrait Gallery, LondonThe House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, better known as the House of Glücksburg, is a collateral branch of the German [1] House of Oldenburg. Its members have reigned at various times in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Greece, and several northern German states.
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg was the name of a branch line of the House of Oldenburg as well as the name of their land. It existed from 1564 until 1668 and was a titular duchy under the King of Denmark , rather than a true territorial dukedom in its own right.
The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg was a branch of the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg of the House of Oldenburg. The line descended from Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.
Augustenborg gave its name to the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, the last member of which was Duke Christian August II (1798–1869). The original half-timbered manor house was built in 1660-1664 by Ernest Günther, the first Duke of Augustenborg, after he bought the village of Stavensbøl and demolished it for the land.
