Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein

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Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein
German Empress, Queen of Prussia

Titles	HI&RM The German Empress (1888-1918) HI&RH The German Crown Princess (1888-1888) HRH Princess William of Prussia (1881-1888) HSH Princess Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858-1881)
Born	October 22, 1858
Died	April 11, 1921
Consort	June 15, 1888 - November 9, 1918
Consort to	William II
Issue	Wilhelm, Eitel Friedrich, Adalbert, August Wilhelm, Oskar, Joachim, Viktoria Luise
Father	Frederick VIII of Schleswig-Holstein
Mother	Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Augusta Viktoria (October 22 1858 - April 11 1921), was a German Empress and Queen of Prussia.

She was the eldest daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Her maternal grandparents were Ernst Christian Carl IV, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Feodora of Leiningen.

On February 27, 1881, Augusta married the then Prince William of Prussia. She 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: