Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (Christen

Christen

-People:* Adolf Christen , court actor, theater director and theater manager* Brian Christen , Canadian cricketer* Fritz Christen , German Waffen-SS soldier of WWII era* Georges Christen , Luxembourgian strongman...

ed as Princess Viktoria Adelheid Helene Luise Marie Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; 31 December 1885 – 3 October 1970) was the consort of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the fourth and last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, two duchies in Germany , and the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 until his death in 1954...

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Early life

Princess Victoria was born in Holstein

Holstein

Holstein is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is part of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany....

, Germany

Germany

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. Her parents were Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg was the fourth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-Family and succession:...

 and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg was the second-eldest daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.-Family:Karoline Mathilde's elder sister, Augusta Viktoria was German...

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Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

On 11 October 1905, at Glücksburg Castle, Holstein, she married Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the fourth and last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, two duchies in Germany , and the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 until his death in 1954...

, the only son of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

The Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany was the eighth child and fourth son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Leopold was later created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow...

 and Princess Helena of Waldeck

Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany

Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont was the daughter of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Princess Helena of Nassau , who became a member of the British Royal Family by marriage.-Family:She was born in Arolsen, capital of Waldeck...

. Carl Eduard was born HRH Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany

Duke of Albany

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, a grandson of Queen Victoria

Victoria of the United Kingdom

Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....

. Victoria then assumed the title of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

Later life

In 1918, the Duke was forced to abdicate his ducal throne, following the end of World War I

World War I

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, forcing the family to become private citizens. After World War II

World War II

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, the couple fled to Austria

Austria

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 (where Schloss Greinburg an der Donau had been a Saxe-Coburg property since 1822, and remains such) following the seizure of their properties in East Germany by the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

. However, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography article on Prince Charles Edward states that he died in Coburg in 1954; no mention is made there of his wife.

Titles

• 31 December 1885 – 11 October 1905: Her Highness Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
• 11 October 1905 – 28 March 1919: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• 28 March 1919 – 3 October 1970: Her Highness The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the eldest son of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg...	2 August 1906	4 May 1972	married (1; unequally, renouncing his rights to the headship of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), 9 March 1932, Feodora, Baroness von der Horst; divorced 1962; had issue (2), 5 May 1963, Maria Theresia Reindl; no issue
Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Sibylla of Sweden, Duchess of Västerbotten , was the wife of Prince Gustav Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and is the mother of the current King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf.-Early life:She was the daughter of Charles Edward,...	18 January 1908	28 November 1972	married, 20 October 1932, Prince Gustav Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten; had issue, inc. Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf is the reigning King of Sweden since 15 September 1973, succeeding his grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf because his father had predeceased him...
Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1909–1943) Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the second eldest son of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein....	24 August 1909	26 November 1943	childless, died in the Second World War
Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Caroline Matilda of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha -Early life:...	22 June 1912	5 September 1983	married (1), 14 December 1931, Friedrich Wolfgang Otto, Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen; divorced 2 May 1938; had issue (2), 22 June 1938, Captain Max Schnirring; he died 1944; had issue (3), 23 December 1946, Karl Andree; divorced 27 December 1947; no issue
Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	29 November 1918	23 January 1998	married (1), 25 January 1942, Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth -Early life:... ; divorced 19 September 1947; had issue (2), 14 February 1948, Denyse Henrietta de Muralt; divorced 17 September 1964; had issue (3), 30 October 1964, Katrin Bremme; no issue

Ancestry

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