In 1886, Albert Ballin joined HAPAG (Hamburg-Amerikanische-Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft) as manager of its passage department. The ensuing structural . In the 1890s the line added the larger Normannia and Frst Bismarck to the series. GGA Image ID # 1e28522ef0, First Class Dining Salon on the SS Meteor. Showing Editorial results for PRINZESSIN VICTORIA LUISE. She is credited with having been the first purpose-built cruise ship. Victoria Louise returned in time to be at her father's bedside, along with nephew Louis Ferdinand and stepmother Hermine, when he died on 4 June 1941 of a pulmonary embolism. GGA Image ID # 1e26ac871c, Two Children Sit by the Meridian Column at Hammerfest with the SS Blcher in the Background. Prinzessin Victoria Luise Subscribe to view. Her hull is full of water fore and aft, and she is impaled on the rocks amidships, with her bottom pushed up. 1915), Princess Frederica (b. Prinzessin Victoria Luise's status as the more elite of the world's only two cruise ships remained safe, until her career was cut tragically short in 1906. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. GGA Image ID # 16640bfca9, First Class Dining Salon on the SS Blcher. GGA Image ID # 1e2811c83d, Passengers Boarding the Tender Heading to the SS Meteor at the Village of Merok, Geiranger Fjord, Norway. 10 January 1946); divorced 1976; had issue. , 1900 ( Prinzessin Victoria Luise) , - (Polat, 2015). However, Ballin realized that using the Augusta Victoria has numerous limitations in providing a pleasurable experience to guests. Prinzessin Victoria Luiseleft on her maiden voyage on 5 January 1901 from Hamburg, stopping at Boulogne, Plymouth, and finally reaching New Yorkon 17 January. The new cruise ship launched June 29, 1900 as Prinzessin Victoria Luise, named for the Emperor's daughter, and set out on her maiden voyage from Hamburg on January 5th, 1901, for a transatlantic positioning voyage to New York, where her official maiden voyage would start on January 26th. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. [3] Within days, continued buffeting by waves and a storm pushed the ship broadside of the shore with a sharp list to port. Prinzessin Victoria Luise was a German passenger ship of the Hamburg-America Line (HAPAG) of some 4,409gross register tons(GRT). According to howstuffworks, the invention of the steam engine and the increase in the number of people moving to the United States from other countries both contributed to the boom of the passenger ship business in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The German cruiser Bremen and the French training ship Duguay-Trouin came to the aid of the stranded ship, with Bremen attempting to tow the steamer off the rocks. of 1 To enjoy our website, you'll need to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Augusta Victoria, the first to be placed in service, was originally to have been called Normannia but was renamed for the Empress after Wilhelm II became Emperor. In the year 1900, the American-Hamburg Company constructed the very first ship to be created with the express purpose of going on cruises. GGA Image ID # 1e2a8e827f, View of the SS Meteor While Anchored at Naes. GGA Image ID # 166671763c, The SS Blcher in the Advent Bay, Spitsbergen. GGA Image ID # 166476c09c, First Class Music Salon on the SS Blcher. Its size and incredible arrangements add materially to the pleasure of Around the World cruises and shorter cruises. Prinzessin Victoria Luise was a German passenger ship of the Hamburg-America Line (HAPAG) of some 4,409 gross register tons (GRT). Only users with topic management privileges can see it. GGA Image ID # 1665a62a3d, The SS Blcher in Raftsund, Lofoten, Digermulen, Norway. Alternate titles: Viktoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte, Duchess of Brunswick and Lneburg, princess of Prussia. In 1819, the first American ship to sail across the Atlantic Ocean with the assistance of a steam engine set sail. GGA Image ID # 16665be2c4, The SS Blcher in the Advent Bay, Spitsbergen. [19] The Times described the union as akin to Romeo and Juliet, albeit with a happier ending. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. Instead, she moved back to Brunswick, occupying a house which had been offered to her by a wealthy industrialist and a circle of fans called "Braunschweiger Freundeskreis" (circle of Brunswick friends). One of the contributing factors to the crash was the wrong chart used by the captain. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. Due to inclement weather, travelers largely stayed away from the North Atlantic route. Bottom Right Shows Four Autographs of the Original Passengers on this Voyage. Several of Victoria Louise's brothers were early members of the Nazi party, including former Crown Prince Wilhelm and Prince August Wilhelm. Prinzessin Victoria Luise The largest ship in the world is Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas. She was painted all white and had two masts (one fore and aft) and two tall, slim funnels amidships. GGA Image ID # 1e2a51a74a, A Cozy Corner of the Promenade Deck of the SS Meteor. Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. Prinzessin Victoria Luise was a German passenger ship of the Hamburg-America Line (HAPAG) of some 4,409gross register tons(GRT). VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter Street, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, Canada. He turned the family company into an independent shipping line. Under Ballin, HAPAG embarked on an ambitious expansion program, adding more and more routes, diversifying beyond the Atlantic, and building a series of ever larger, faster, and more luxurious ocean liners that delivered a serious threat to the United Kingdom's shipping giants. GGA Image ID # 1e26578b73, A Whaling Ship Appears Alongside the SS Auguste Victoria as Some Passengers Look On. It weighs 225,282 gross tons and is 1,187 feet long. Although the passengers were rescued without loss the following morning, Captain Brunswig retreated to his cabin and committed suicide with a gunshot to the head. In 1886, Albert Ballin joined HAPAG (Hamburg-Amerikanische-Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft) as manager of its passage department. GGA Image ID # 1664af8176, View of Harbor at Trondhjem with the SS Blcher of the Hamburg American Line Visible in the Background. HAPAG decided to build a purpose built ship based upon the design of the Kaiser s royal yacht Hohenzollern. There were complaints from passengers about the machinery. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 18. The wedding feast included 1,200 guests. Organise, control, distribute, and measure all of your digital content. [citation needed], In 1965 she published her autobiography Life as Daughter of the Emperor, and thereafter several other books, including biographies of her mother and of her sister-in-law Cecilie, the last crown princess of Germany. GGA Image ID # 16666e668a, The SS Blcher in the Advent Bay, Spitsbergen. However, the British Orient Line had offered cruises in the late 1880s. The creation of the cruise ship was a success, and Ballin was given full credit for the achievement. Albert Ballin commissioned Augusta Victoria and her sister ship Columbia in 1887, soon after joining the Hamburg America Line as head of passenger service. [29] As a former British prince, Ernest Augustus as well as Victoria Louise desired a rapprochement between the United Kingdom and Germany. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. The History of the Worlds First Cruise Ship Built Solely for Luxurious Travel: At the turn of the 20th century, a German Jewish shipping executive had an innovative idea for a new revenue stream: the cruise. Became total loss following seaquake. Pinterest. The Oceana also has a ship's orchestra, promenade dances, gymnasium, wireless, submarine safety signals, magnificent staterooms with brass beds, suits with private baths, and the finest promenade deck in the world. Victoria Louise of Prussia (German: Viktoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte; 13 September 1892 11 December 1980) was the only daughter and the last child of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. She would depart New York on 26 January to the West Indies for her first cruise. Hamburg-Amerika Linie cruise book, depicting visits to Norwegian ports and sights, such as Allesund, Bergen, Bellsund, Brontheim, Geirangerfiord, Gudvangen, Hammerfest, Stahlheim, and many stunning fiords and glaciers. The ship was launched on 29 June 1900 and christened Prinzessin Victoria Luise. She is credited with having been the first purpose-built cruise ship. Access the best of Getty Images with our simple subscription plan. Ballin was the son of Danish immigrants and took over his father's immigration business in 1974. Launched on 29 June 1900, she served with HAPAG until 16 December 1906 after being accidentally grounded off Jamaica. SS Oceana Side View. Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 9 January 1917 - german merchant raider SMS Seeadler (Ger: sea eagle), a three-master windjammer, captured and sunk Gladis Royle, 3,268 tons SMS Seeadler (Ger: sea eagle) was a three-master windjammer. Victoria Louise of Prussia ( German: Viktoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte; 13 September 1892 - 11 December 1980) was the only daughter and the last child of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. The Royal Wedding of Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling 2010 Eric Hamilton 1.3M views 8 years ago Daughter of The Last Emperor: Victoria Louise of Prussia Back To History 77K views 5 months. She was immediately successful, but she and her sister ship were an economic drain on the line because they required more coal than slower ships and could not carry much freight or many steerage passengers and were therefore only profitable in the summer season, and it was risky to operate them at all from Hamburg in very bad weather, when the Elbe was packed with ice. GGA Image ID # 1e254f647b, The SS Auguste Vicgtoria at Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway. She is buried next to her husband in front of the Royal Mausoleum in the Berggarten at Herrenhausen Gardens in Hanover, which is the burial chapel of Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, and his wife[37] and, since his reburial after World War II, also of George I of Great Britain. Note the Height of the Railing on the Upper Deck. LINER VICTORIA LUISE NOW A TOTAL WRECK; The Hull Full of Water and Engines and Plates Displaced. She was a magnificently appointed twin-screw cruising yacht, 450 feet in length. Pushing all this at a steady 15 knots (28km/h) were quadruple expansion steam engines. She was also the first luxury liner at Hamburg America, introducing the concept of the "floating hotel"; she had "a rococo stairhall, illuminated by a milky way of pear-shaped prisms and naked light bulbs clutched by gilded cherubs, a reception court choked by palm trees and a dark and gothic smoking room.". $7.00 + $1.65 shipping. En el accidente no habra victimas fatales ni heridos, todos los pasajeros evacuaran sin problemas. Unfortunately, however, the ship's career proved to be short-lived. "VICTORIA LUISE WRECK TALE. She is credited with having been the first purpose-built cruise ship. GGA Image ID # 1664fe81b5, The First Class Grill Room on the SS Blcher. Her second cruise, to the Mediterraneanand the Black Sea, commenced from New York on 9 March. The Item Sticking Out in the Water Is Not Identified. It was during this term that he realized his company's largest and flagship vessel, Augusta Victoria, lay largely unused during the winter season. "After six sons, God has given us our seventh child, a small but very strong little daughter," the empress wrote in her diary soon after the birth. He also owned Marienburg Castle near Hanover; however, the couple rarely lived there until 1945. It was discovered that Captain H. Brunswig had attempted to enter the harbor without assistance and had mistakenly identified the lighthouse at Plumb Point as the lighthouse at the port he was supposed to be at, the Port Royal Lighthouse. Furthermore, such a vessel could spend the entire year doing so. GGA Image ID # 1e24bab7ac, The SS Auguste Victoria at Geirangerfjord, Sunnmre, Mre og Romsdal, Norway. Am 24. . 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GGA Image ID # 1e27a04e17, The SS Meteor at the Sea Port of Aalesund, Mre Og Romsdal, Norway. Download Image of [Interior of S.S. Prinzessin Victoria Luise, a stateroom]. Paul earned a Masters of Archival Studies - a terminal degree from Clayton State University in Georgia, where he studied under renowned archivist Richard Pearce-Moses. After 13 years running the passenger division, in 1899, Albert Ballin's service was rewarded with a promotion to managing director (CEO) of all of HAPAG. For the princess, see, Last edited on 21 December 2021, at 03:22. https://www.nytimes.com/1906/12/29/archives/victoria-luise-wreck-tale-vessel-was-entering-kingston-harbor.html. GGA Image ID # 1669dcff46, Hamburg America Line & North German Lloyd. [1] Launched on 29 June 1900, she served with HAPAG until 16 December 1906 after being accidentally grounded off Jamaica. The ship typically leaves Hamburg to Cherbourg, Lisbon, Gibraltar, Nice, Genoa, Athens, Constantinople, Jaffa, Port Said, Ismailia, Bombay, Columbo, Calcutta, Singapore, Manilla, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Honolulu, Mile, and San Francisco. The world has developed an appetite for travel. 27, 2012 - Imperor Daughter Viktoria Luise is taken very ill. Viktoria Luise of Prussia, in full Viktoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte, duchess of Brunswick and Lneburg, princess of Prussia, (born September 13, 1892, Marmor Palace, Potsdam, near Berlin, Germanydied December 11, 1980, Hannover, West Germany (now in Germany)), the only daughter and last surviving child of Kaiser William II of Germany and a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England. $12.50 + $1.11 shipping. 1800s. GGA Image ID # 1e29643127, The SS Meteor in Naerofjord near Gudvangen, Sognefjord, Norway. Please download a browser that supports JavaScript, or enable it if it's disabled (i.e. 'Prinzessin Victoria Louise' _ 'Prinzessin Victoria Louise' is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with erect stems, toothed, finely-divided, grey-green leaves and, from late spring to midsummer, cup-shaped, salmon-pink flowers with ruffled petals and purple-black centres. A steward, who is waiting on the players, slides across the deck on his hands and knees, much to the amusement of the passengers. Prinzessin Victoria Luise was a German passenger ship of the Hamburg-America Line of some 4,409 gross register tons (GRT). On the Left Is Arne Mjelva - A Carriage Proprietor with a Parking Lot Full of the Traditional Two-Wheel Buggies Called Stolkjaerre. The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. GGA Image ID # 1e239fde73. GGA Image ID # 166922bf78, The SS Prinzessin Victoria Luise at Odda Fjord. In February of 1901, it was described as the world's very first cruise ship that had been purpose-built specifically for tourism. [1] Launched on 29 June 1900, she served with HAPAG until 16 December 1906 after being accidentally grounded off Jamaica. A few months after Ballin became managing director, he commissioned in 1900 Blohm & Voss to construct such a ship, to be named after Kaiser Wilhelm II's daughter. [12] In 1905, the princess studied music with concert pianist Sandra Droucker. She is credited with having been the first purposebuilt cruise ship. [26] They had four further children: Prince George William (b. Millions of high-quality images, video, and music options await you. Prinzessin Victoria Luise was a German passenger ship of the Hamburg-America Line (HAPAG) of some 4,409 gross register tons (GRT). Regimentschefin (Regimental Chief) and Oberst, This page was last edited on 18 January 2023, at 03:23. The wedding, attended by most of the crowned heads of Europe, took place shortly before the outbreak of World War I. Viktoria Luise wrote three volumes of autobiography; a one-volume English version, The Kaisers Daughter, translated and edited by Robert Vacha, was published in 1977. It was during this term that he realized his company's largest and flagship vessel, Augusta Victoria, lay largely unused during the winter season. Salvage operations commenced immediately after the grounding. SS Prinzessin Victoria Luise (1901-1906) - The World's First Cruise Ship. GGA Image ID # 1e2a994779. 1907. The voyage was a success, and similar ones were planned. The North Companys St Sunniva of 1887 is generally recognised as the first purpose built cruise ship: -. THE S.S. PRINZESSIN VICTORIA LUISE FIRST CRUISE SHIP ARRIVED. From 1901-1904, Prinzessin Victoria Luise ranked as the only cruise ship in the world, and quickly became a favorite of Gilded Age millionaires from Europe and North America as one of the most exclusive and expensive vacation options available a typical cruise in that era was priced at 895,000 Reichsmarks, equivalent to about two years' salary for the average working class person. During the testing of the improvised ship, the idea of going to warmer climates such as the Caribbean in the winter was first experienced. GGA Image ID # 16677d43f9, SS Prinzessin Victoria Luise Inner Promenade Space. Yet, she would be diverted from cruising on six occasions to make complete transatlantic crossings. She had a trim hull 52.2 feet (15.9m) wide by 407.5 feet (124.2m) long. In May 1941, her father fell ill from an intestinal blockage, and Victoria Louise traveled to Doorn to visit him, as did several of her brothers. [1] The young princess was christened on 22 October,[2] and was named after her paternal great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, and her paternal great great grandmother, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Geburtstag IKH Herzogin Viktoria Luise von Braunschweig, Prinzessin von Preuen Die einzige Tochter Kaiser Wilhelms II. View Incredible Large Format Photographs of the Hamburg American Line SS Meteor (1904), including Interior and Exterior views and scenes from piers of western Norway from the 1908 Book Northland Fahrten - Hamburg-Amerika Linie. Title Page, Hamburg-Amerika Linie Nordland-Fahrten (North Country Voyages), 1908. Off-season pleasure cruises were therefore instituted in 1891, and Augusta Victoria's cruise in the Mediterranean and the Near East from 22 January to 22 March 1891, with 241 passengers including the Ballins themselves, is often stated to have been the first ever cruise. She is credited with having been the first purpose-built cruise ship. This is due to a recent volcanic eruption that occurred off the coast of Jamaica, which altered the contour of the seabed in that area. She contained 120 cabins, all first class. On board, she also did not look like other commercial vessels of the time. [2] In an attempt to dislodge the ship, the engines were put full astern to no avail. [1]. The ship was launched on 29 June 1900 and christened Prinzessin Victoria Luise. On the night of 16 December, the ship had tried to enter the harbor of Kingston, but later her commander Captain Brunswig decided to anchor at Port Royal when he mistook the lighthouse at Plumb Point for that at the westernmost point of Port Royal. In 1897, the ship underwent a comprehensive rebuilding at Harland & Wolff in Belfast. 93 (of 94) ll., 26 of which written on. They offered few amenities aboard. Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, Duchess of Brunswick Lueneburg, at herdesk in her house in Brunswick, Germany around 1976. In 1913 Princess Viktoria was married to Ernest Augustus, duke of Brunswick and Lneburg, great-grandson of the duke of Cumberland, son of George III of England. By marriage: Frstin zu Leinigen 1803, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn 1818. 1918 also saw the abdication of Viktoria Luise's father, who lived the rest of his life in exile at Huis Doorn in Doorn, Netherlands. GGA Image ID # 16694f05a0, The SS Prinzessin Victoria Luise is Anchored at Ns (Nes), Romsdal, Norway. Prinzessin Victoria Luise was a German passenger ship of the HamburgAmerica Line of some 4,409gross register tons(GRT). -- The Hamburg-American Line tourist steamer Prinzessin Victoria Luise, which went ashore off that place during the night of Dec. 16, is a total wreck. GGA Image ID # 1668867c87, SS Prinzessin Victoria Luise First Class Smoking Room. [2] In an attempt to dislodge the ship, the engines were put full astern to no avail. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission, which supports our community. 2023 iTech Post All rights reserved. GGA Image ID # 1e2a316bd8, Exterior View of the SS Meteor on the High Seas. Interiors were generally in a baroque revival style, popular on German ocean liners of the time, with lots of heavily carved paneling, gold leaf, and ornate plaster. Did You Know That the First US Television Sitcom Aired in 1947 - What is It? Her second cruise, to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, commenced from New York on 9 March. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent on 11 July 1818 at Kew Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England Links: Furthermore, such a vessel could spend the entire year doing so. She would depart New York on 26 January to the West Indies for her first cruise. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Due to inclement weather, travelers largely stayed away from the North Atlantic route. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. The Prinzessin Victoria Luise was constructed to be used exclusively for cruises. The Meridian Column Is Shown Above at Hammerfest, Norway. Launched on 29 June 1900, she served with HAPAG until 16 December 1906 after being accidentally grounded off Jamaica. She was one of the last fighting. [31] In 1938 Princess Frederica married the future King Paul of Greece. [2][3] Nmeckou spolenost Hamburg-Amerikanische-Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft byla provozovna od roku 1901 do svho ztroskotn v roce 1906. His ideas, his opinions on men and things are persistently quoted by her. In unserem Vergleich haben wir die unterschiedlichsten Criminal damge am Markt unter die Lupe genommen und die bedeutsamsten Eigenschaften, die Preisgestaltung und die Bewertungen der Kunden abgeglichen. Despite their increasing success, these early cruises, called "excursions", were difficult to plan with existing ships. GGA Image ID # 16683b75a7, SS Prinzessin Victoria Luise First Class Conversation Salon Showing Light Shaft. Sie suchen nach einem Criminal damge, das Ihren Ansprchen gerecht wird? This became apparent during long stretches at sea. Planted in small groups, the bold blossoms will give a color punch to your borders and draw attention from late spring to early summer! (45-60 cm), the flowers are generally 6-8 in. [3] Within days, continued buffeting by waves and a storm pushed the ship broadside of the shore with a sharp list to port. The SS Blcher at Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway. The Prinzessin Victoria Luise was a German cruise ship belonging to the shipping company Hamburg America Line . View of the SS Meteor Looking Towards the Shoreline at Aalesund. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. [4], Historian Justin C. Vovk writes that Victoria Louise was intelligent like her paternal grandmother Empress Frederick, stately and dignified like her mother, but imperious and willful like her father. Other cruises would take the ship to the Baltic. This extended cruise would include well-planned excursions ashore to ports-of-call along the route and Ballin would be a passenger himself. It features electric fans in every room or steam heated when necessary. The next year, he was deprived of his British peerages under the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 as a result of his service in the German army during the war.[27]. Salvage operations commenced immediately after the grounding. A few months after Ballin became managing director, he commissioned in 1900 Blohm & Voss to construct such a ship, to be named after Kaiser Wilhelm II's daughter. [33] A few days before Blankenburg was handed over to the Red Army by British and U.S. forces in late 1945, to become part of East Germany, the family was able to move to Marienburg Castle, at the time located in the British Occupation Zone, with all their furniture, transported by British Army trucks, on the order of George VI. [1]. Remarried (?) Dec. 16, stranded on Plum Point, Jamaica. For a period of one week in May 1911, Victoria Louise traveled to England aboard the royal yacht Hohenzollern with her parents, where they visited their cousin George V, for the unveiling of a statue of Queen Victoria in front of Buckingham Palace. The business models of shipping firms have shifted to place more emphasis on tourism than the transfer of passengers. GGA Image ID # 1e25760125, Several People are Watching the SS Auguste Victoria in the Molde Fjord, Mre og Romsdal, Norway. Traveling by sea was nothing new, but it wasn't exactly speedy. Pushing all this at a steady 15 knots (28km/h) were quadruple expansion steam engines. Furthermore, their construction as multi-class vessels also proved a hindrance as such vessels provided restricted access to deck space. Vermhlung der Prinzessin Viktoria Luise mit Herzog Ernst August von Cumberland, Druck: Ksbohrer, Mnchen, Gre 5x6 cm. Berggarten Mausoleum, Hanover, West Germany, The generations are numbered from the ascension of, Generations are numbered by husband's descent from the first, Victoria Louise Adelaide Matilda Charlotte, Ernest Augustus, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, Verkehrsluftschiff der Deutschen Luftschifffahrts Aktiengesellschaft, Princess Alexandra of Ysenburg and Bdingen, Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Countess Louise Sophie af Danneskiold-Samse, Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, "At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of March, 1919", "Herzogin Viktoria Luise - Munzinger Biographie", "Real orden de Damas Nobles de la Reina Maria Luisa", "The House of Hanover, Queen Victoria and the Gelph dynasty", "Hanoverian Exile and Prussian Governance: King George V of Hanover and His Successor in Austria, 18661913", Historical footage of the marriage of Victoria Louise in May 1913, Luise Dorothea, Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Kassel, Wilhemine, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Friederike Luise, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Philippine Charlotte, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbttel, Sophia Dorothea, Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Princess Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York and Albany, Alexandrine, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Louise, Princess Frederick of the Netherlands, Elisabeth, Princess Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfel, Charlotte, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Meiningen, Alexandrine, Duchess William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Viktoria, Princess Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, Elisabeth, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg, Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn, Viktoria Luise, Duchess of Brunswick and Princess of Hanover, Victoria Margaret, Princess Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Kstritz, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, Duchess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbttel, Countess Isabelle of Thurn and Valsassina-Como-Vercelli, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Princess_Victoria_Louise_of_Prussia&oldid=1134322892, Burials at Berggarten Mausoleum, Herrenhausen (Hanover), Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing explicitly cited English-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2021, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. married first 1951, Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glcksburg; had issue. 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