Frederick August, Prince of Hohenlohe Oehringen Born: 1784 Married: Louise of Wurttemberg (1789-1857) Children: Frederick, Frederike, William, Felix Died: 1853 Frederick William IV, King of Prussia Born: 15 October 1795, Berlin Son of: Frederick William III and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Married: Elizabeth of Bavaria (1801-1878) 1858: A stroke left him unable to rule so his brother, Wilhelm, became regent. Died: 1 January 1861, Potsdam “I never saw so lamentable an object…he was lying in his bath chair his left hand and arm which he has quite lost the use of as well as both his legs tied up in cloths…he can neither speak nor look at anyone as he has lost the power of directing his eyes…you never saw anything so sad.” (Crown Princess Victoria, 1860) Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony Born: 18 May 1797, Dresden Son of: Maximilian (1759-1838) & Carolina of Bourbon-Parma (1770-1894) Married: 1) Caroline of Austria (1801-1832) 2) Marie Amelie of Bavaria (1805-1877) Died when he fell in front of a horse which stood on his head: 9 August 1854 “The family is...extremely united and accustomed to a very simply family life, so was the good late King Frederick Augustus.” (Queen Victoria 1858) Frederick, Prince of the Netherlands Born: 28 February 1797, Berlin Son of: William I & Wilhelmina of Prussia Married: Louise of Prussia (1808-1878) Children: Louise Died: 8 September 1881, Wassennaar Frederick, Prince of Anhalt Born: 1799, Dessau Son of: Frederick (1769-1814) & Amelie of Hesse-Homburg (1774-1846) Married: Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1814-1895) Children: Adelaide, Bathildis, Hilda Died 1864, Dessau Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen Born: 1801 Son of: Hermann, and Countess Louise de Merode Married: Eugenie of Leuchtenburg Died: 1869 Frederick, Prince of Saxe-Altenburg Born: 1801 Son of: Frederick of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1763-1834) & Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1769-1818) Died: 1870 Frederick William, Elector of Hesse-Kassel Born: 1802 Married: Gertrude Falkenstein, Countess von Hanau (1803-1882) Morganatic marriage Children: Alexandra, William Lost his throne in 1866 Died: 1875 Frederick VII, King of Denmark Born: 6 October, 1808 Son of: Christian VIII & Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Married: 1) Wilhelmine of Denmark. Divorced 1837 2) Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Divorced 1846 3) Louise Rasmussen (1814-1874) Died: 1863 (His last wife was probably having an affair with a man who was also Frederick’s lover. He allegedly married Louise in order to maintain the happy menage a trois with her and his male lover??) Frederick, Prince of Wurttemberg Born: 21 February 1808 Son of: Paul (1785-1852) & Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1787-1847) Married: Catherine of Wurttemberg (1821-1898) Children: William Died: 9 May 1870, Stuttgart Frederick, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen Born: 1812 Son of: Frederick August (1784-1853) & Louise of Wurttemberg (1789-1851) Married: Mathilde von Breuning (1821-1896) Renounced his rights: 1842 Died: 1891 Frederick, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg Born: 23 October 1814, Schleswig Son of: William? & Louise Daneskyold of Hesse-Kassel Married: Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (1821-1899) Children: Augusta, Frederick Ferdinand, Louise, Marie, Albrecht Died: 27 November 1885 Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Born: 1819 Son of: George (1779-1860) & Wilhelmina of Hesse Married: Augusta of Cambridge Children: Adolphus Died: 25 May 1904 “He is not an easy patient to manage…he has such odd fancies, he makes poor me answerable for impossible things and if ever I give in for a day, to rest, he is angry and will not understand, that his his health makes me anxious or depresses me; poor man, he never understood me…” (His wife, Grand Duchess Augusta) “It is unluckily his way not to make any show of affection but his icy abord & reserve are more than trying & must exasperate you..” (Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge) Frederick William, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel Born: 1820 Son of: William (1787-1867) & Charlotte of Denmark (1769-1864) Married: 1) Alexandra of Russia (1825-1844 - died in childbirth – the baby died, too). Children: William (the baby who died) 2) Anna of Prussia (1836-1918) Children: Frederick William, Elizabeth, Alexander Frederick, Frederick Karl Died: 1884 “I am not at all surprised at your finding Prince F. of Hesse very disagreeable; we saw him several times in England, and always thought him so; even the Duchess of Cambridge (whose nephew he is) and certainly Cousin Mary disliked him. And yet some years ago the Duchess told me she thought he would be a good husband for you!!” (Queen Victoria, to her daughter, Vicky 1858) Frederick Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Born: 28 February 1823, Ludwigslust Son of: Paul (1800-1842) & Alexandra of Prussia (1803-1892) Married: 1) Augusta Reuss of Kostritz (1822-1862) Children: Frederick Franz, Paul Frederick, Marie, Nicholas, Johann, Alexander 2) Anna of Hesse (1843-1865) Children: Anna 3) Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1850-1922) Children: Elizabeth, Frederick William, Adolf, Heinrich Died: 15 April 1883, Schwerin He did a lot to improve schools, churches etc. Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden Born: 9 September 1824, Karlsruhe Son of: Karl Leopold (1790-1832) & Sophie of Sweden (1801-1865) Married: Louise of Prussia (1838-1923) Children: Frederick, Victoria, Ludwig, Wilhelm Died: 23 September 1907, Hanau “He is quite charming. Il a un charme indicible, and Louise is fortunate indeed.” (Queen Victoria) Frederick Karl, Prince of Prussia Born: 1828 Son ofK Karl of Prussia and Marie of Saxe-Weimar Married: Marianne of Anhalt Children: Louise, Frederick Leopold, Elizabeth Died: 1885 “He despises women, and will not lose that feeling until he finds one that is his match and tells him the truth.” (Crown Princess Victoria) “The ménage of Fritz Karl is much talked about…neither he not Marianne do anything to prove that they are false remarks.” (Crown Princess Victoria) Frederick, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (‘Fritz Holstein’) Born: 1829 Son of: Christian (1798-1869) & Louise of Danneskyold-Samsoe (1796-1867) Married: Adelaide of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835-1900) Children: Frederick, Augusta, Caroline, Mathilde, Gerhard, Ernst Gunther, Louise Sophie, Feodora Died: 1880 “He is so sensible and clever and you can talk to him about anything.” (Queen Victoria) “I had a feeling of admiration and veneration for his virtues, his noble and excellent character, the patience and dignity with which he bore his misfortunes…a man so honest, so conscientious and so patriotic.” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia 1880) Frederick III, German Emperor Born: 18 October 1831, Potsdam Son of: William of Prussia and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar Married: Victoria of Great Britain (1840-1901) Children: William, Charlotte, Henry, Victoria Moretta, Sigismund, Waldemar, Sophie, Margaret Died of throat cancer: 15 June 1888, Potsdam “He is really so excellent, it is a pleasure to look t his dear good face; and he is worked so hard - no health can stand it in the long run.” (Princess Alice, his sister-in-law) “Darling beloved Fritz, I loved him so dearly. He was so kind to me always…I seem him always before me with those beautiful loving blue eyes.” (Queen Victoria)
TM King Gustaf Adolf VI and Queen Louise of Sweden at Sofiero Castle.
Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden with his wife Margaret, sons Gustav Adolf, Sigvard and Bertil, and daughter Ingrid. He ruled the country from 1950 until his death, as King Gustav VI Adolf.
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