Karoline Mathilde von Schleswig Holstein

Female25 January 1860–20 February 1932

Brief Life History of Karoline Mathilde

When Karoline Mathilde von Schleswig Holstein was born on 25 January 1860, in Augustenburg, Sønderborg, Denmark, her father, Herzog Friedrich VIII von Schleswig Holstein, was 30 and her mother, Prinzessin Adelheid zu Hohenlohe Langenburg, was 24. She married Duke Friedrich Ferdinand Georg Christian Karl Wilhelm von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg on 19 March 1885, in Primkenau, Lauterbach, Sprottau, Liegnitz, Silesia, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She died on 20 February 1932, in Thumby, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, Germany, at the age of 72, and was buried in Louisenlund, Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Family Time Line

Duke Friedrich Ferdinand Georg Christian Karl Wilhelm von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
1855–1934
Karoline Mathilde von Schleswig Holstein
1860–1932
Marriage: 19 March 1885
Prinzessin Viktoria Adelheid von Schleswig Holstein
1885–1970
Prinzessin Alexandra Viktoria von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
1887–1957
Princess Helene Adelheid Viktoria Marie von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
1888–1962
Adelheid Luise zu Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg
1889–1964
Duke Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Gunther Albert Adolf Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
1891–1965
Prinzessin Viktoria Irene Adelheid Auguste Alberta Feodora Caroline Mathilde zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
1894–1972

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  • Caroline Mathilde von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (7)

1864

Age 4

War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.

1868 · Magasin Du Nord

Age 8

Magasin is a Danish chain of department stores that was founded in 1868 in Copenhagen and still exists today. They can be found in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and the UK.

1890

Age 30

Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.

Name Meaning

Altered form of Welsh Vaughan .

Chinese: variant of Wong .

Cambodian: written វ៉ុន, unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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