Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia
Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia was a member of the House of Hohenzollern.
Early life
She was born the second child and only daughter of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia and his wife, Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. She married Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz and had two children.Biography
Family and lineage
Victoria's paternal grandparents were Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau. Her maternal grandparents were Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.Victoria had three siblings: Prince Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, and Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia. Through her mother, Victoria was a niece of Empress Augusta Victoria, wife of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.
Marriage
On 17 May 1913, she married Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz, son of Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz and Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach. By birth, he was member of the House of Reuss, one of the oldest reigning houses in Europe. He was a grandson of Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and his wife, Princess Sophie of the Netherlands. Princess Victoria Margaret was led down the aisle on the arm of her uncle Emperor Wilhelm.They had two children:
- Princess Marie Luise Reuss of Köstritz she married Erich Theisen on 7 June 1941 and they were divorced in 1946. They have one daughter. She remarried Dr. Alexander Bodey on 27 March 1954 and they were divorced on 13 January 1956.
- *Viktoria Sibylle Theisen she married Wolfgang Schafer on 22 September 1969. They have three children:
- **Anna Katharina Schafer
- **Moritz Fabian Schafer
- **Marie Caroline Schafer
- Prince Heinrich II Reuss of Köstritz
Death
Princess Victoria Margaret died the following year, on 9 September 1923 at Schloss Klein-Glienicke of complications of influenza. Her body was buried at Glienicke Palace.After her death, her former husband, Prince Heinrich XXXIII married again to the widowed American Allene Tew Burchard in 1929.