Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein - 1881

[CyrilVladisla]

On February 27, 1881 Prince Wilhelm of Prussia married Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. She was the daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
Wilhelm's grandfather Wilhelm I reigned as Emperor of Germany.
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[Durham]

This may have already been answered but can anyone recommend a biography of the kaiser. Something for the long winter evenings.?

Many thanks

 

[Gawin]

This may have already been answered but can anyone recommend a biography of the kaiser. Something for the long winter evenings.?

Many thanks

John C. G. Rohl (Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Sussex) has written an award-winning, very detailed 3-volume biography, as well as a one-volume "concise" biography.

Here is a link to his Amazon UK page:

https://tinyurl.com/y4487dmu

 

[Curryong]

Rohl is excellent. However if you fancy something a little less hefty 'Kaiser: War Lord of the Second Reich' by Alan Palmer is also well researched and on Amazon.

 

[duchessrachel]

John C. G. Rohl (Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Sussex) has written an award-winning, very detailed 3-volume biography, as well as a one-volume "concise" biography.

Here is a link to his Amazon UK page:

https://tinyurl.com/y4487dmu

I have read this 3 volume biography and highly recommend it.

 

[Durham]

Thank you Gawin, Curryong & duchessrachel.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Another picture of Prince Wilhelm and Princess Augusta Victoria before the Imperial Wedding
http://i.pinimg.com/originals/19/55/40/1955407f9e1059c6ecc53cbf57577f33.jpg

 

[Blog Real]

Picture:
https://www.alamy.com/wedding-of-pr...g-holstein-in-berlin-1881-image231885666.html

 

[SirGyamfi1]

Bismarck encouraged the match as a way of ending the Schleswig-Holstein issue

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Wilhelm's family objected at first at his choice of Augusta Victoria. They felt that Augusta's father was not a royal in his own right.