Prussian and British royal heritage
Charlotte was the eldest daughter of Prince Frederick of Prussia and Victoria, Princess Royal. Through her mother, she was the eldest granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Politics
Princess Charlotte of Prussia
The eldest granddaughter of Queen Victoria and sister of Wilhelm II, she was Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen from 1914 to 1918.
Princess Charlotte of Prussia was the eldest daughter of the future German emperor Frederick and Victoria, Princess Royal. She married Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen in 1878 and became duchess when he succeeded as the duchy’s last ruler in 1914. She was active in Berlin society and experienced strained family relationships and poor health throughout her life.
Worth knowing
Marriage at seventeen
Charlotte had a strained relationship with her mother and was eager to leave parental control. In 1878, at the age of seventeen, she married Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen.
Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
Charlotte became Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen in 1914 when her husband succeeded as Bernhard III. He was the duchy’s last ruler and lost his title in November 1918.
Inconsistent Villa Carlotta record
The supplied place record says Charlotte received Villa Carlotta as a wedding gift in 1850. Princess Charlotte was born in 1860 and married in 1878, so the record cannot refer to her as stated.
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Lived here
Villa Carlotta
She received the villa as a wedding gift in 1850, and the property was subsequently named for her.
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