Survived to be 80 and died in 1980
Her daughter went on to marry into the Greek royal family and become queen one generation before the Greek monarchy was dissolved by referendum.
Unfortunately her husband gave money to the nazis and her eldest son served in the Nazi Amy. She herself was probably a Nazi sympathizer at best but I’m not a historian. Royalty being problematic is disappointing but not shocking.
Great photo and interesting historical figure!
Can we talk about that hat??? I mean where the Prussians pirates? E. I feel like I’ve seen this thing before in historical photos.
Not pirates, just cavalry. The skull was meant to mean: no quarter is given or expected, fight till total victory or defeat according to german Wikipedia.
The Nazis directly styled their skull after in reference to the Prussian skull on the military uniform.
It’s the Totenkopf, you may remember it from such groups as the Husaren-Regiment Nr. 5 in the Seven Years’ War, the Stormtroopers in WW1, or the Nazi SS in WW2.
If you see it used in a contemporary setting (i.e. not historical), chances are high it’s from a neonazi.
Well Hel-loooooooo, mein, uh… schoheint?
Good lord! O_O
…why does she wear the eye of sauron?
Looks like she pirated it
Was she a military officer? Was it common for female royals to hold military office, or is that just Prussia being Prussia?
Honorary colonel, it seems. Playing dress up with their favorite national regiments was a common hobby of European royalty, and I know there are at least a few other European countries with female royals who did the same or similar.
