Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Family

Karoline Mathilde's elder sister, Augusta Viktoria was German Empress and Queen of Prussia as the wife of Wilhelm II, German Emperor. Karoline Mathilde was Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and later Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein as the wife of Friedrich Ferdinand. Karoline's maternal grandmother Princess Feodora of Leiningen was the half-sister of Queen Victoria.

Marriage and issue

Karoline Mathilde married Friedrich Ferdinand, the eldest son of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe and a nephew of Christian IX of Denmark, on 19 March 1885 at Primkenau. Friedrich Ferdinand and Karoline Mathilde had six children:

After the overthrow of the Hohenzollern dynasty at the end of World War I, Karoline and her family lived quietly, seldom seen outside Grünholz Castle.[1]

Karoline died on 20 February 1932, aged 72, at their castle. A few years previously, she had suffered an attack of heart disease and never completely recovered. Her husband was the only family member present on her deathbed.[1]

Titles and styles
  • 25 January 1860 – 19 March 1885: Her Serene Highness Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
  • 19 March 1885 – 27 November 1885: Her Highness The Hereditary Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
  • 27 November 1885 – 27 April 1931: Her Highness The Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
  • 27 April 1931 – 20 February 1932: Her Highness The Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein

Ancestry
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References
  1. "Princess Karoline Dies at 72 in Germany", The New York Times, 21 February 1932
Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg
Born: 25 January 1860 Died: 20 February 1932
German nobility
Preceded by
Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe		 Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
27 November 1885–27 April 1931		 Succeeded by
Herself as Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein
Titles in pretence
Vacant
Title last held by
Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha		 — TITULAR —
Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein
27 April 1931–20 February 1932
Reason for succession failure:
Duchy annexed by Prussia in 1866		 Succeeded by
Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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