Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Berlin
About Princess Charlotte of Prussia
- Princess Charlotte of Prussia (Viktoria Elisabeth Auguste Charlotte; 24 July 1860 – 1 October 1919) was Duchess Consort of Saxe-Meiningen as the wife of Bernhard III, the duchy's last ruler.
- Born at the Neues Palais in Potsdam, she was the second child and eldest daughter of Prince Frederick of Prussia, a member of the House of Hohenzollern who became Crown Prince of Prussia in 1861 and German Emperor in 1888.
- Through her mother Victoria, Princess Royal, Charlotte was the eldest granddaughter of the British monarch Queen Victoria and her consort Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Princess Charlotte was a difficult child and indifferent student, with a nervous disposition.
- Her relationship with her demanding mother was strained.
- As she grew older, Charlotte developed a penchant for spreading gossip and causing trouble.
- Eager to escape from parental control, at age seventeen, she married Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen in 1878.
- Her husband's weak-willed personality had little effect on her.
- Known for spreading gossip and her eccentric personality, Princess Charlotte enjoyed Berlin society while frequently leaving her only child, Princess Feodora, in the care of family members.
- Charlotte and Feodora, in turn, also had a difficult relationship. Charlotte's brother succeeded their father as Emperor Wilhelm II in 1888, increasing her social influence.
- Throughout her brother's reign, she was known for her mischief-making, and spent her life in between bouts of illness, in frivolous and extravagant pursuits.
- She became Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen in 1914, only for her husband to lose his title with the end of World War I in 1918.
- Charlotte died the following year of a heart attack in Baden-Baden.
- She had suffered from a lifetime of ill-health.
- Most historians now believe she had porphyria, a genetic disease that afflicted other members of the British Royal Family.
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