Margarete of Prussia

Margarete Beatrice Feodora, Princess of Prussia. Called “Mossy” by her family.

Daughter of Friedrich III. German Emperor (1831-1888) and his wife Victoria, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (1840-1901)

Born: Neues Palais, Potsdam 22. Apr 1872

Godmother : Queen Margherita of Italy

Married : Friedenskirche, Potsdam 25. Jan 1893 Friedrich Karl, Landgrave of Hesse (1868-1940)

Issue:

• Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hesse (1893-k.a. 1916)
• Maximilian, Prince of Hesse (1894-k.a. 1914)
• Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (1896-1980) m. 1925 Mafalda, Princess of Savoy (1902-1944 in Buchenwald concentration camp)
• Wolfgang, Prince of Hesse (1896-1989) m. 1924 Marie Alexandra, Princess of Baden (1902-1944 in air raid); m. 1948 Ottilie Moeller (1903-1991)
• Richard, Prince of Hesse (1901-1969)
• Christoph, Prince of Hesse (1901-k.a.1943) m.1930 Sofia, Princess of Greece and Denmark (1914-2001)

Died: Schönberg near Kronberg, Taunus 22. Jan 1954

Buried: Kronberg Castle, Taunus

  

  

Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997;  GHdA, Fürsten I, Vol IV 1956; Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/2, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann