Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein

Not to be confused with Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern.

Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein (Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodora Jenny; 22 October 1858 – 11 April 1921) was the last German Empress and Queen of Prussia from 1888 to 1918 as the wife of Emperor Wilhelm II. Following her husband's abdication, his reign ended the German Empire and the Hohenzollern dynasty's 300-year rule of Prussia.

Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
Augusta Victoria in 1888
German Empress consort Queen consort of Prussia
Tenure	15 June 1888 – 9 November 1918
Predecessor	Victoria, Princess Royal
Successor	Monarchy abolished Louise Ebert (as First Lady)
Born	(1858-10-22)22 October 1858 Dolzig Palace, Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia (now Dłużek, Poland)
Died	11 April 1921(1921-04-11) (aged 62) Huis Doorn, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Burial	19 April 1921 Antique Temple, Potsdam, Germany
Spouse	Wilhelm II, German Emperor ​ ​ (m. 1881)​
Issue	Wilhelm, German Crown Prince Prince Eitel Friedrich Prince Adalbert Prince August Wilhelm Prince Oskar Prince Joachim Viktoria Luise, Duchess of Brunswick
Full name German: Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodora Jenny
House	Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Father	Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Mother	Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Biography

Early life

Augusta Victoria was born at Dolzig Castle, the eldest daughter of Frederick VIII and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, a niece of Queen Victoria, through Victoria's half-sister Feodora. She was known within her family as Dona.

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.

Empress

Augusta became the German empress and Queen of Prussia in 1888 after her father-in-law Frederick III died. She served as the empress and Queen until her husband's forced abdication in 1918, following the German Revolution.

Later life

In 1920, the shock of exile and abdication, combined with the breakdown of Joachim's marriage and his subsequent suicide, proved too much for Augusta's health. She died in 1921, in Huis Doorn at Doorn in the Netherlands. She was buried in Antique Temple, Sanssouci Park, Potsdam, Germany.