Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia

Princess Victoria Louise Of Prussia

Victoria Louise of Prussia (German: Viktoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte von Preußen, Herzogin zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Prinzessin von Hannover, Prinzessin von Großbritannien und Irland; 13 September 1892 – 11 December 1980) was the only daughter and the last child of William II, German Emperor and Empress Augusta Victoria. She was their last surviving child. Princess Victoria Louise is the maternal grandmother of Queen Sophie of Spain and the former King Constantine II of the Hellenes. She was the Duchess of Brunswick by marriage.

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