Augusta Viktoria, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
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Auguste Viktoria, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (Victoria Augustus) (October 22, 1858-April 11, 1921), German Empress, daughter of Frederick, Duke of Augustenberg; married (1881) to Wilhelm II of Germany, and accompanied him to the Netherlands after World War I. She is reputed to have been a woman who loved the arts, she even composed music for her clarinet. She died without ever fulfilling her lifelong dream of visiting the Louvre in Paris.
Empress Augusta gave birth to seven children by Wilhelm II:
- Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (1882-1951).
- Prince Joachim
- Prince Eitel Friederich
- Prince Adalbert
- Prince Augustus Wilhelm
- Prince Oskar
- Princess Viktoria Luise
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Categories: European nobility stubs | 1858 births | 1921 deaths | House of Augustenburg | German nobility
