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Tenure 27 April 1931 – 20 February 1932 Born 25 January 1860Augustenborg, Jutland, Denmark ( 1860-01-25 ) Issue Victoria Adelaide, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and GothaAlexandra Victoria, Princess August Wilhelm of PrussiaHelena Adelaide, Princess Harald of DenmarkAdelaide, Princess of Solms-BaruthWilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-HolsteinKaroline Mathilde, Countess Hans of Solms-Baruth Died February 20, 1932, Province of Schleswig-Holstein Children Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein Parents Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Similar People Charles Edward - Duke of S, Princess Feodora of Leiningen, Princess Caroline‑Mathilde of Denmark, Prince Harald of Denmark, Princess Sibylla of Saxe‑Co | ||
Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (25 January 1860, in Augustenborg, Jutland, Denmark – 20 February 1932, in Grünholz, Schleswig Holstein, Germany) was the second-eldest daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
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Family
Karoline Mathilde's elder sister, Augusta Viktoria was German Empress and Queen of Prussia as the wife of Wilhelm II, German Emperor. Karoline Mathilde was Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and later Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein as the wife of Friedrich Ferdinand. Karoline's maternal grandmother Princess Feodora of Leiningen was the half-sister of Queen Victoria.
Marriage and issue
Karoline Mathilde married Friedrich Ferdinand, the eldest son of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe and a nephew of Christian IX of Denmark, on 19 March 1885 at Primkenau. Friedrich Ferdinand and Karoline Mathilde had six children:
After the overthrow of the Hohenzollern dynasty at the end of World War I, Karoline and her family lived quietly, seldom seen outside Grünholz Castle.
Karoline died on 20 February 1932, aged 72, at their castle. A few years previously, she had suffered an attack of heart disease and never completely recovered. Her husband was the only family member present on her deathbed.