#Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa

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Some more dresses from 1849 -

Top:  1849-1850 Anna Pavlovna by Nicaise de Keyser (Hermitage). From their Web site 1343X1920 @72 542kj.

Second row left:  1849 Portrait de Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois, la duchesse de Parme et ses enfants by Prosper Raffy (Château de Chambord - Chambord, region Centre, France) magika42000 photostream on flickr Louise d'Artois 788X1024 @72 475kj.

Second row right:  1849 Natalia Pushkina by Ivan Makarov (Pushkin Apartment Museum - St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Federal City, Russia). From Wikimedia; removed spots and flaws and fixed edges with Photoshop and enlarged by half 900X1047 @96 322kj.

Third row:  1849 Princess Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse, Duchess of Cambridge by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (auctioned by Sotheby's). From mutualart.com/Artwork/PORTRAIT-OF-PRINCESS-AUGUSTA-WILHELMINA-/DF34223E0CB33911; doubled size 804X1020 @96 165kj. Her granddaughter Mary became Queen Consort of the United Kingdom when her husband ascended the throne as George V in 1910. The city of Long Beach, California has a huge monument to her moored at their port.

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"Smile, Liebchen, we made it to America!"

With fingers benumbed by the cold February air, Louisa (Wilhelmina Louisa Augusta Munzenmaier, if you really want to know) clutches the bundle of blankets and clothing Mutti has given her as they make their way off the Athena.

It was a cold crossing, sailing from Bremen in late January 1867, but Mutti, Louisa, Freidrich, and August have finally made it to New York to join Papa, and Louisa's older brothers, Carl and Wilhelm. Papa and the boys have been working in New York, earning money to buy a farm in Texas before bringing the rest of the family across the ocean. Soon they will all be together again!

To keep warm, Louisa is wearing two petticoats under her outer skirt, one cotton and one wool. Her white blouse only reaches the elbow, in keeping with traditional clothing, so she wears knitted forearm warmers to cut down on the chill. Her blue shawl and plaid kerchief are warm and cozy, as does her black woolen vest buried beneath the shawl.

I've been doing some genealogical research into one side of my family, and found a great-grandmother who came from Germany with her mother and little brothers when she was seven, joining her father and older brothers in the US, so I have roughly based Louisa's story on hers. I've changed some of the names, ages and dates of crossing, but all are taken from family records.

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Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Cambridge (25 July 1797 - 6 April 1889)

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Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa (1797–1889), Duchess of Cambridge unknown artist Collection of the Herbarium, Library, Art & Archives, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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William Frederick Charles, King of Wurtemburg, who died on June 25, was at the time of his death the oldest reigning sovereign in Europe. He was the elder son of Frederick I, King of Wurtemburg, by his first consort (while Prince Royal) Augusta Caroline Frederica Louisa, daughter of Charles William Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. King William's mother had been a favourite of Catherine II of Russia, who eventually banished her to Siberia, passing her off as dead; and, on her actual death, Frederick I, still Prince Royal, came to England and married Charlotte Augusta Matilda, Princess Royal of England, eldest daughter of George III, which Princess died his widow and Queen Dowager of Wurtemburg, on Oct. 6, 1828. King William was born at Lubin, in Silesia, on Sept. 27, 1781, and led a wandering life in his youth, owing partly to the political agitation of the period, and partly to the harsh and uncongenial temper of the King, then the Elector, his father. He passed much time in Silesia, in Russia, in Switzerland, and in the Rhenish provinces. On the invasion of Wurtemburg by French armies, in 1796 and 1799, he was an involuntary exile; and from 1803 to 1806 he remained away, in consequence of hi disapproval of his father's despotic conduct, and took up his residence in Paris, where he completed his education. When his father, at the will of Napoleon, became King of Wurtemburg, the Prince continued to live a very retired life, being strongly adverse to this pliancy to the Imperial ruler of France, who, nevertheless, influenced the Prince's first marriage, in 1808, with the Princess Augusta of Bavaria; but the union was dissolved by mutual consent in 1814. The Prince had entered the army early, and in 1812 he commanded the Wurtemburg contingent of la grande armée. Subsequently, he had the command of the sevneth corps, of the allied army, and distinguished himself at Rothière and Mountmirail. He, while King, was propriétaire of the 6th Regiment of Austrian Hussars, and chief of the 25th Regiment of Russian Infantry. The Prince succeeded his father, as King of Wurtemburg, Oct 30, 1816, and after the despotic regime of Frederick I, was cordially welcomed to the throne. Nor did he disappoint the hopes and expectations of his subjects. He proved himself a worthy and efficient monarch. Upon his accession he set himself vigorously to reduce the expenditure, especially curtailing the expenses of the army. In other matters he also made valuable reforms, and throughout his reign was ever ready to carry out such reasonable and necessary changes as were required of him, when the innovation was not forced on him by revolt, nor savoured of revolution. His Majesty, in the course of time, became one of the most venerated monarchs in Europe, being looked on as a liberal honest prince, who loyally kept his word to this subjects, and a kind , unassuming man, whose happiness was the well-being of his people. On one of the public buildings of Stutgard may be seen an inscription in his honour, “Happy the land where love is the subject, and love is the lord.” In this honourable and prosperous way, King William reigned over Wurtemburg for nearly fifty years. His Majesty, who was a Knight of the Garter, married, secondly, Jan. 24, 1816, Catherine Paulowna, daughter of Paul, Emperor of Russia, widow of Prince Peter of Holstein-Oldenburg and by her (who died Jan. 9, 1819), he had two daughters – Princess Maria Frederica Charlotte, married to Alfred, Count de Niepperg; and Sophia Frederica Matilda, consort of the present King of Holland. King William married thirdly, April 15, 1820, his cousin, Pauline Theresa Louisa, daughter of Louis Frederic Alexander, Duke of Wurtemburg, and by her has had a son, his successor, and two daughters – viz. Princess Catherine Frederica Charlotte, married to Frederic, Prince of Wurtemburg, her cousin; and Princess Augusta Wilhelmina Henrietta, married to Hermann Bernard George, Prince of Saxe-Weimar, Colonel Commandant of the 2nd Regiment of Wurtemburg Cavalry. The King of Wurtemburg is succeeded by his only son, Charles Frederic Alexander, now Charles I, King of Wurtemburg, who was born March 6, 1823.

The life of the late monarch  may be said to comprise the whole range of strictly modern history – of that history which the great French Revolution inaugurated. The deceased sovereign could remember Europe when it was still the Europe of the Middle Ages, when Germany was an Empire and Venice a Republic. At his birth the state over which he lived to reign was an inconsiderable Duchy, containing a population not much larger than that of Liverpool. He left it a Kingdom of nearly 2,000,000 inhabitants, and with territories doubled in extent and importance.

Chronicle, 1865

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Victorian names

A selection of names for boys and girls from the Victorian era.

Boys names:

Albert Alfred Algernon Ambrose Archibald Arthur Aubrey Augustine Augustus Basil Bernard Bertram Cecil Cedric Clarence Claude Clement Clifford Cornelius Cuthbert Cyril Donald Douglas Duncan Ebenezer Edgar Edwin Edmund Edward Enoch Ernest Eugene Eustace Evan Ewart Felix Fergus Francis Frank Franklin Frederick Geoffrey George Gerald Gilbert Harold Harvey Herbert Herman Horace Howard Hubert Hugh Hugo Humphrey Ivan Ivor Jasper Jonathan Julian Julius Kenneth Laurence Leonard Leopold Leslie Lionel Llewellyn Lloyd Louis Malcolm Maurice Maxwell Miles Montague Neville Nigel Oliver Oscar Owen Percival Percy Philip Ralph Randolph Raymond Reginald Reuben Roderick Roger Rupert Rufus Septimus Sidney Silas Simeon Stanley Theodore Timothy Valentine Vernon Victor Vincent Walter Wilfred

Girl's names:

Ada Adelaide Adeline Agatha Agnes Alice Amelia Amy Annie Augusta Beatrice Blanche Cecilia Cecily Clara Clarissa Clementina Constance Cora Cordelia Daisy Delia Dorcas Doris Dorothy  Edith Eliza Ellen Elsie Emmeline Ethel  Eugenie Eva  Eveline Fanny Flora Florence Frances Freda Georgina Gertrude Gladys Grace  Gwendoline Harriet  Helen Helena Henrietta Hetty Hilda Honor Ida Isabel Irene Iris Ivy Jemima Jenny Jessie Josephine  Julia Kate Kathleen  Lavinia Leah Lillian Lily Louisa Lucy Lydia Mabel Margaret Marguerite Marjorie  Martha Matilda Maude / Maud May Mercy Mildred Millicent Minnie Olive Patience Phoebe Phyllis Priscilla Prudence Rhoda Rosa Rose Rosetta Rosina Ruby Selina Susannah Sylvia Tabitha Theodora Theresa Ursula Victoria Violet Wilhelmina Winifred

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BASIC INFORMATION

FULL NAME - Dorothea Elisabet Katrin von Schleswig - Holstein

MEANING ;

Dorothea - gift of Goddess, from ancient Greek.

Elisabet - devoted to God, from Greek.

Katrin - virginal purity, German form of Swedish name Katherine.

Schleswig - Holstein - German duchies made into a patronymic/surname.

MONIKERS / NICKNAMES ;

Dot, Dottie, Thea - by her family and close friends.

TITLE - Princess of Germany

GENDER & PRONOUNS - cis female, she/her.

ETHNICITY - White Germanic

DATE OF BIRTH & AGE - April 14th, 1541. , 18 years old.

ZODIAC SIGN - Aries

ORIENTATION - heterosexual, heteroromantic

MARITAL STATUS - Unwed.

OCCUPATION - Princess of Germany

CURRENT LOCATION - Sasso Corbaro Castle, Switzerland.

BACKGROUND

PLACE OF BIRTH - Kieler Schloss, Kiel, Germany.

RESIDENCES - Kieler Schloss ( normally ), Sasso Corbaro castle ( currently )

RELIGIOUS VIEWS - Raised Lutheran. She believes in a God, but not in the antropomorphic way - she views Him not as a Maker of the world, but rather as a natural force present in physics; giving Him the name of science instead of superstition - but, just like any other devout, when she finds herself in troublesome times, she prays.

EDUCATION - Being a princess meant she was highly educated in history, languages, arts, music and literature, but she also showed a large inclination and aptitude for politics, diplomacy and physics, and she enjoys it more than practicing music and arts.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN - German ( native ), English, French, Latin and Italian ( fluent ) ; Russian - conversational.

ALLEGIANCES ;

House von Schleswig-Holstein

Germany.

Austria.

Ottoman Empire.

FAMILY ;

Maximilian II von Schlesswig-Holstein - father, king. Elisabeth Habsburg - mother, queen. Eleonora Maria von Schleswig-Holstein - half sister. Friederike Anna von Schleswig-Holstein - half sister. Leopold von Schleswig-Holstein - brother.

OTHER FAMILIAL RELATIONS ;

Matthias of Burgundy - bastard half brother Ferdinand of Lorraine - bastard half brother Johanna of Burgundy - sister in law. Sehzade Bayezide - to be brother in law. Emperor Konrad I & Empress Josephine - grandparents. Archduke Augustinus Habsburg - uncle. Archduchess Louisa - aunt in law. Grand duchess Augusta Habsburg - cousin Grand duke Lukas Habsburg - cousin. Archduchess Wilhelmina Habsburg - aunt. Archduke Philip of Spain - uncle in law. Tsaritza Yekaterina Rurik née von Schleswig-Holstein - aunt.

APPEARANCE

FACECLAIM - Ellie Bamber

HAIR COLOUR / STYLE - Copper blonde, depending on lighting can appear either orange/ginger or dark golden blond. She often wears it braided, specially when she ventures outside for a ride or a walk.

EYE COLOUR / SHAPE - Grey-blue, round and doe-like.

HEIGHT - 168cm

BUILD - Lean, athletic, although not muscular.

SPEECH STYLE - She usually speaks in a soft tone, alluring and quiet, promising of soft whispers and hidden secrets ( because she is That Committed to her reputation ). When agitated, her voice gradually reaches a crescendo that people are always surprised with.

RECOGNIZABLE MARKINGS - Full, slightly asymmetrical lips and wide, doe eyes. She has a small mole on the left side of her jaw.

BEAUTY HABITS - Daily/nightly baths, brushing her hair, Trademark perfume ( rose, patchouli and jasmine ) from the moment she opens her eyes.

PERSONALITY

TROPES - The Innocent, the Saint, the Scholar/Academic, the Damsel in Distress, the Golden Princess.

INSPIRATIONS ;

HISTORICAL - Elizabeth I., Katherine the Great, Maria Therese, Cleopatra

LITERATURE - Galadriel, Polly Plummer, Lucy Pevensie.

MYTHOLOGY - Vesna, Themis, Sofia, Athena, The Sphinx, Freya.

MBTI - ISFJ ; the Nurturer

ENNEAGRAM - type 6, the Loyalist

ALIGNMENT - Chaotic Good

TEMPERAMENT - Sanguine

HOGWARTS HOUSE - Slytherin

POSITIVE TRAITS - intelligent, ambitious, strategic, diplomatic, intuitive, determined

NEGATIVE TRAITS - cunning, cautious, idealistic, stubborn, manipulative, frightful

HABITS - Sighing, arching of eyebrow, softly smiling, tangling her fingers together, toying with her rings and/or her hair.

HOBBIES - riding, walking, painting, reading, ballet, playing harp, writing, embroidery, entering philosophical and political debates with the courtiers and councilmen whenever the opportunity arises ( also an addiction ), pressing and collecting flowers.

USUAL DEMEANOR - Friendly, collected, introverted but forced extroverted, chatty and warm personality.

HEALTH

PHYSICAL AILMENTS - She is allergic to spring, and quite literally since her allergies act up almost immediately.

NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION - Prone to fits of melancholy.

PHOBIAS ;

Claustrophobia - fear of confined spaces.

Arachnophobia - severe ; she cannot see a spider.

Nyktophobia - fear of dark, darkness.

Irrational fear of failure and rejection.

ALLERGIES - Pollen, olive and pine trees ( during spring ), various types of weed.

SLEEPING HABITS - She is a heavy sleeper and her family teases her that it takes a cannon to wake her up. Once she’s asleep, she’s asleep and virtually dead to her surroundings. But, despite that, she sleeps four to six hours.

SOCIABILITY - She forces herself to be a social butterfly, because she’s a princess coming from Germany, but she’s actually a lot more introverted and prone to isolating herself than one would imagine, given her chattiness and approachable character.

ADDICTIONS - Being right all the time, the smell of books and ink, entering endless philosophical debates.

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1810s dress (from top to bottom) -

1811 Contessa Anna Milanoaria Porro Lambertenghi Serbelloni by Andrea Appiani (Galleria d'Arte Moderna - Milano, Lombardia, Italy). From pinterest.com/paigeg102728/portraits/1810s/ 2000X2510 @144 4.2M.

1815 Family portrait by Orest Kiprensky (location ?)/ From tumblr.com/andrayblue 908X1138 @72 365kj.

1815-1820 Lady Emma Sophia Edgcumbe, Countess Brownlow (Blickling Hall - Blickling, Norfolk, UK). From nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/355520; navigational marks removed in upper and lower right and lower left corner 1986X2218 @144 4.8Mp.

1817 Katherine Hamilton, Lady Suttie of Balgone by Sir Henry Raeburn (auctioned by Sotheby's). From their Web site 2880X3722 @72 3.5M.

1817-1818 Carolina Ferdinanda von Osterreich by Johann Peter Krafft (auctioned by Dorotheum). From Wikimedia 3486X4511 @300 4.1Mj.

1818 Princess Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa, Duchess of Cambridge (1797-1889) Portrait from La Belle Assemblée, Jan-Dec. From ctgpublishing.com/princess-augusta-wilhelmina-louisa-duchess-of-cambridge-1797-1889-portrait 2454X3324 @300 3.1Mj.