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Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Duchess Karoline Mathilde, mids 1900s.

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Duchess Adelheid of Schleswig-Holstein, née Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, with her children: Augusta Victoria (future German Empress), Ernst Gunther, Karoline Mathilde and Luise Sophie.

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Master Post of German & Austrian Nobles and Royals

Royal and Noble Houses

House of Coburg (Cadet branch of the House of Wettin)

Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland, The Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Charlotte of Belgium, The Empress of Mexico

Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, (1st marriage)

Princess Mary of Teck, The Queen of the United Kingdom & British Dominions, The Empress of India

Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, The Crown Princess of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia

Princess Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess Royal

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (wife of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, The Princess of Leiningen, The Duchess of Kent

House of Habsburg

Anna Plochl, Countess of Meran

Princess Charlotte of Belgium, The Empress of Mexico, Archduchess of Austria

Infanta Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress, The Archduchess of Austria

Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empress

Elisabeth in Bavaria, The Empress of Austria

Princess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress

Queen Joanna of Castile, León and Aragon (Consort of Philip the Handsome, Archduke of Austria and The Duke of Burgundy)

Archduchess Johanna of Austria, The Grand Duchess of Tuscany

Kunigunde of Austria, The Duchess of Bavaria-Munich

Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Electress of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empress

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Princess of Lorraine and Bar

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Archduchess of Inner Austria-Styria

Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, The Electress of Bavaria

Archduchess Maria Antonia “Marie Antoinette” of Austria, The Queen of France

Archduchess Maria Leopoldina, The Empress of Brazil, The Queen of Portugal and the Algarves

The Archduchess Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia) of Austria, Holy Roman Empress

Mary, The Duchess of Burgundy

Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria

Countess Sophie Chotek of Chotkowa and Wognin, The Duchess of Hohenberg

Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, The Crown Princess of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia

House of Hanover (cadet branch of the House of Welf)

Princess Adelaide (Adelheid) of Saxe-Meiningen, The Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover

Princess Caroline of Ansbach, The Queen of Great Britain

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, The Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover

Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover

Frederica (Friederike) of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Hanover, The Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale (3rd marriage)

Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, The Queen in Prussia

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, The Duchess of Kent (2nd marriage)

House of Hesse

Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland, The Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine aka Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia

House of Hohenzollern

Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, The German Empress

Princess Augusta Victoria (Auguste Viktoria) of Schleswig-Holstein, The German Empress 

Princess Caroline of Ansbach, The Queen of Great Britain

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, The Queen of Prussia

Princess Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, The Queen of Prussia

Frederica (Friederike) of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Princess Louis Charles of Prussia (1st marriage)

Princess Hermine Reuß, “German Empress”

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Prussia

Princess Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, The Queen of Sweden

Princess Marie of Prussia, The Queen of Bavaria

Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, The Queen in Prussia

Princess Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess Royal, The German Empress

Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia, The Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

House of Liechtenstein

Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein, Countess Esterházy

House of Mecklenburg

Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover

Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg aka Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia

Frederica (Friederike) of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Hanover

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Prussia

Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Princess of Thurn and Taxis

House of Oldenburg

Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, The Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Augusta Victoria (Auguste Viktoria) of Schleswig-Holstein, The German Empress

Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, The Empress of Russia aka Catherine the Great

House of Romanov (incl. Romanov-Holstein-Gottrop)

Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine aka Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia

Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, The Empress Regnant of Russia aka Catherine the Great

House of Thurn and Taxis

Helene in Bavaria, The Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis

Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, The Duchess of Württemberg

Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Princess of Thurn and Taxis

House of Welf (without the British Hanover branch)

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Princess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern

Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg aka Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia

House of Wettin (without the Coburg branch)

Princess Adelaide (Adelheid) of Saxe-Meiningen, The Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover

Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, The Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Sibylle of Cleves, The Electress of Saxony

House of Wittelsbach

Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empress

Elisabeth in Bavaria, The Empress of Austria

Elisabeth of Bavaria, The Queen of France

Princess Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, The Queen of Prussia

Helene in Bavaria, The Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis

Kunigunde of Austria, The Duchess of Bavaria-Munich

Princess Louise d’Orléans, Princess of Bavaria

Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, The Duchess in Bavaria

Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Electress of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empress

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Archduchess of Inner Austria-Styria

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Marie in Bavaria, The Queen of Two Sicilies

Princess Marie of Prussia, The Queen of Bavaria

Baroness Marie Louise of Wallersee, The Countess Larisch

Mathilde in Bavaria, The Countess of Trani

Sophie in Bavaria, The Duchess of Alençon

Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria

House of Württemberg

Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, The Duchess of Württemberg

Princess Mary of Teck, The Queen of the United Kingdom & British Dominions, The Empress of India

Princess Sophie of Württemberg, The Queen of the Netherlands

The Ottonians

Adelaide of Burgundy, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Italy

Theophanu, Holy Roman Empress

Other (Minor) Nobles and Royals

Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, Imperial Countess of Cosel

Anne of Cleves, The Queen of England

Dunkelgräfin [Dark Countess] aka Sophia Botta

Princess Feodora of Leininigen, The Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Helene Baltazzi, The Baroness of Vetsera

Katharina von Bora, Mrs Luther

Baroness Louise Lehzen

Maria Anna Mozart, Imperial Baroness (of) Berchthold

Baroness Marie “Mary” of Vetsera

Marie Karoline of Mollard, Imperial Countess of Fuchs to Bimbach

Baroness Ottilie of Faber aka Countess Ottilie of Faber-Castell

Ottilie Richter, Baroness of Faber

Richenza of Northeim

Tropes

German Empresses

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Augusta Victoria (Auguste Viktoria) of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Hermine Reuß [Claimed titled without right]

Princess Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess Royal 

Holy Roman Empresses

Adelaide of Burgundy, Queen of Italy

Infanta Eleanor of Portugal, The Archduchess of Austria

Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg

Princess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Elizabeth of Pomerania

The Archduchess Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia) of Austria

Richenza of Northeim

Theophanu

Ladies-in-waiting

Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein, Countess Esterházy

Mistresses

Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, Imperial Countess of Cosel

Fatima Kariman aka Maria Aurora (von) Spiegel

Maria “Mizzi” Kaspar

Baroness Marie “Mary” of Vetsera

Period Drama Fashion

see Master Post: Period Drama Fashion

Queen (Consorts) of England/The United Kingdom/Great Britain

Princess Adelaide (Adelheid) of Saxe-Meiningen

Anne of Cleves

Princess Caroline of Ansbach

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Princess Mary of Teck

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queens of the Iberian Peninsula

Queen Joanna of Castile, León and Aragon

Archduchess Maria Leopoldina, The Empress of Brazil, The Queen of Portugal and the Algarves

Siblings

The Children of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 

The Daughters of Caroline of Baden, The Queen of Bavaria 

The Daughters of Princess Ludovika of Bavaria

Significant Non-Nobles

Louise Ebert (née Rump)

Margot Sauerbruch (née Großmann)

Sophie Scholl

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Queen Victoria's great-nieces, 1888.

Princesses Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein, German Empress Augusta Victoria and Duchess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein,

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Karoline Mathilde, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg in 1911.

She was the younger sister of German Empress Augusta Victoria also Queen Victoria's great-niece. Her husband was a nephew of King Christian IX of Denmark.

One of her granddaughters was Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (mother of Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf).

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Family of Queen Victoria's niece, Duchess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein née Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835-1900) in 1888.

Back row: Duke Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein.

Middle row: Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein, Duke Ernst Günther of Schleswig-Holstein, German Empress Augusta Victoria, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Duchess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess Feodora of Schleswig-Holstein and Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein.

Front row: Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, Crown Prince Wihelm of Prussia and Duchess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein.

I only mentioned those Royals that i could recognize.

Duchess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein née Hohenlohe-Langenburg was the second born daughter of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by his wife Princess Feodora of Leiningen who was the older, maternal half-sister of the British Queen Victoria.

Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein was a younger brother of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein who was the husband of Duchess Adelaide and father of German Empress Augusta Victoria. Christian was married to Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Helena.

Source: Villa Feodora

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Karoline Mathilde, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, mids 1890s.

She was German Empress Augusta Victoria's sister and the maternal grandmother of Princess Sibylla of Sweden.

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Group photo of the royal guests at the wedding of Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 2 August 1898 in Coburg.

The Edinburgh sisters and the dress they wore at this wedding.

Close-up photo:

The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha with her three elder daughters.

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Empress Augusta Victoria's nieces, 1915.

From left to right: Victoria Adelaide, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess August Wilhelm of Prussia and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

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Duchess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein and her three eldest children in 1865.

From left to right: Princess Augusta Victoria (future German Empress), Duke Ernst Gunther and Princess Karoline Mathilde.

Source: vk

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Royal Wedding on 5 February 1916 at Coburg.

Prince Wilhelm Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (25) and Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (17).

The bridegroom was the only son of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. His oldes sister was married to Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha who was a first cousin of his mother-in-law, the Princess Consort of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

The bride was the second child and eldest born daughter of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

The bridegroom's mother and the bride's father were first cousins. Their mutual grandmother was Queen Victoria's half-sister.

The bride and her siblings, Prince Gottfried, Princess Alexandra and Princess Irma.

Marie Melita was the first granddaughter of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna to marry, also young like her mother and maternal aunts.

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Coburg-Schleswig-Holstein family gathering in 1930.

Back row: Friedrich (3rd Prince of Solms-Baruth), Prince Harald of Denmark, Count Hans of Solms-Baruth, Hereditary Prince Johann Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Hereditary Prince Hans Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein and Prince Wilhelm Friedrich (Duke of Schleswig-Holstein).

Front row: Princess Karoline Mathilde (Countess Hans of Solms-Baruth), Princess Marie Melita (Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein), Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Princess Victoria Adelaide (Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Prince Charles Edward ( Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Princess Helena Adelaide (Princess Harald of Denmark), Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Adelaide Louise (Princess of Solms-Baruth).