Prinzessin Charlotte Hohenzollern von Preußen

Brief Life History of Charlotte

When Prinzessin Charlotte Hohenzollern von Preußen was born on 24 July 1860, in Neues Palais, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Prussia, her father, Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl von Hohenzollern Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia, was 28 and her mother, Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha of the United Kingdom, Royal of Great Britain and Ireland, was 19. She married Herzog Bernhard III von Sachsen Meiningen on 18 February 1878, in Berlin, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 1 October 1919, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at the age of 59, and was buried in Bad Liebenstein, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia, Germany.

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Family Time Line

Herzog Bernhard III von Sachsen Meiningen
1851–1928
Prinzessin Charlotte Hohenzollern von Preußen
1860–1919
Marriage: 18 February 1878
Princess Feodora, of Saxe-Meiningen Feodora Viktoria Auguste Marie Marianne Saxe-Meiningen
1879–1945

Sources (5)

  • Victoria Elisabeth Prinz Von Preussen, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
  • Victoria Elisabeth Auguste Charlotte, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
  • Viktoria Elisabeth Auguste Charlotte Hohenzollern Duchess of Saxe-Meinengen, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (4)

1864

War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.

1890

Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.

1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina provoking World War I.

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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