Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
| Princess Karoline Mathilde | |||||
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| Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||
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| Tenure | 27 April 1931 – 20 February 1932 | ||||
| Predecessor | Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe | ||||
| Successor | Herself as Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein | ||||
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25 January 1860 Augustenborg, Jutland, Denmark |
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| Died | 20 February 1932 (aged 72) Grünholz, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
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| Spouse | Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein | ||||
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Victoria Adelaide, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alexandra Victoria, Princess August Wilhelm of Prussia Helena Adelaide, Princess Harald of Denmark Adelaide, Princess of Solms-Baruth Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Karoline Mathilde, Countess Hans of Solms-Baruth |
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| House | Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg | ||||
| Father | Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein | ||||
| Mother | Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | ||||
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| German: Viktoria Friederike Auguste Marie Karoline Mathilde |
Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (25 January 1860, in Augustenborg, Jutland, Denmark – 20 February 1932, in Grünholz, Schleswig Holstein, Germany) was the second-eldest daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
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 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.
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