Vintage Postcard Sons of Prince Frederick Charles & Princess Margaret of Hesse
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See My other itemsPrincess Margaret of Prussia (Margarete Beatrice Feodora; 22 April 1872 - 22 January 1954) was a daughter of Frederick III, German Emperor and Victoria, Princess Royal and the younger sister of Kaiser Wilhelm II and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria . She married Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse , the elected King of Finland , making her the would-be Queen of Finland had he not decided to reject the throne. In 1926 they became Landgrave and Landgravine of Hesse. She lost three sons in both World Wars I and II .Contents 1 Early life 2 Marriage 3 Children 4 Family tragedies 5 Last years 6 Titles, styles, honours and arms 6.1 Titles and styles 6.2 Honours 7 Ancestry 8 Gallery 9 Notes 10 Bibliography Early lifePrincess Margaret of Prussia was the youngest of eight children born to Frederick III, German Emperor , then heir of the German Empire and his wife, Victoria, Princess Royal , Queen Victoria 's eldest daughter. Born on 22 April 1872 in the Hohenzollerns ' New Palace in Potsdam , by the time the infant was christened, her head was covered with short hair like moss, from which she acquired her nickname "Mossy". [ 1 ] Her godparent was Emperor Pedro II of Brazil . [ 2 ] She was named Margarethe Beatrice Feodora, and Margaret , the Crown Princess of Italy, was her godmother. [ 1 ]Princess Margaret grew up amid great
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