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Ernesto Augusto di Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (30 ottobre 1660 – 12 marzo 1731) era il terzo figlio maschio del duca Ernest Günther e di sua moglie, la duchessa Augusta di Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Si convertì al cattolicesimo e diventò canonico a Strasburgo, ma in seguitò tornò al luteranesimo.
Il 5 settembre 1951, Ernesto Augusto sposò la Principessa Ortrud di Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1925–1980). Alle nozze parteciparono molte personalità regali di spicco, tra cui sua sorella, la regina Federica e suo marito re Paolo I di Grecia ed i capi delle Case Reali di Sassonia, Assia, Meclemburgo, Oldenburgo e Baden. [2]
Ernest Gunther fece costruire un castello negli anni dopo il 1651, che prese il nome di Augustenborg in onore della sua moglie Augusta, lei stessa appartenente ad un ramo dei duchi dello Schleswig-Holstein, poiché figlia di Filippo (1584-1663), duca di Glucksburg.
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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, LondonManfredi Gravina. Ottavo figlio di re Giorgio III d'Inghilterra e di Sofia di Mecklenburg-Strelitz, nato a Londra il 5 giugno 1771, morto a Hannover il 18 novembre 1851. Inviato con due fratelli a studiare a Gottinga (1786), mentre si trovava ancora all'università, la naturale inclinazione lo portò alla vita militare, e nella guerra contro la ...
History. Duke Ernst Günther I, first Duke of Augustenburg (1609-1689). Auguste, the first Duchess of Augustenburg (1633-1701). The branch originated from Ernest Günther, a member of the ducal house of Schleswig-Holstein (its branch of Sønderborg) and a cadet of the royal house of Denmark.
Ernesto Augusto di Hannover (in tedesco: Ernst August Christian Georg; Penzing, 17 novembre 1887 – Pattensen, 30 gennaio 1953) era un nipote di re Giorgio V di Hannover, che i prussiani deposero nel 1866.
