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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Augustus_III,_Duke_of_Brunswick I think this is him. Seems there is a long line of Ernest Augusts. Including a grandson still around today. Ernest Augustus (Ernest Augustus Christian George; German: Ernst August Christian Georg; 17 November 1887 – 30 January 1953), reigning Duke of Brunswick (2 November 1913 – 8 November 1918), was a grandson of George V, whom the Prussians deposed in 1866. The last reigning monarch of the House of Hanover, Ernest Augustus was a direct descendant of Henry the Lion. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Viktoria_Luise_of_Prussia Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, Duchess of Brunswick (Victoria Louise Adelaide Matilda Charlotte; German: Viktoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte; 13 September 1892 – 11 December 1980) was the only daughter and the seventh child of William II, German Emperor and Empress Augusta Victoria – at the time of her death, 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.

Ernst August and Victoria Louise were married. Prince Oskar is her brother.

Caption on photo reads: "Prince Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick, and his bride Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, and Prince Oskar" Princess Victoria Louise and Prince Ernst August were married in Berlin in May 1913; King George V and Tsar Nicholas both attended the wedding, one of the last big "family" affairs of European royalty before WWI.

this picture, or one very similar, has appeared on Flickr-LoC before, here is the link:' www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3379421524/

Forget the historical relevance -- look at her fabulous outfit! And is that a purse she's carrying?

Princess Victoria Louise was the only daughter of German Emperor, William II, here is her bio en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Viktoria_Luise_of_Prussia she married Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, here is his bio: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Augustus,_Duke_of_Brunswick Duke of Cumberland, in previous photo, is father of the groom.

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That's in Karlsruhe, capital of the grand duchy of Baden, in the German Empire. It was the day of the engagement of Princess Viktoria Luise with Princ Ernst August, February 11th 1913; the third person on the photo is Prince Oskar of Prussia (1888–1958), one of Viktoria Luise's six brothers. In the background the grand duke's palace.

with more of the text on the left side: flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3408795857:

LGR109: thanks for identifying the location of the photograph and the building. We will add this information to the description of the image.

They sure look happy, don't they? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Augustus,_Duke_of_Brunswick en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Viktoria_Luise_of_Prussia

Victoria Louise is the daughter of the German Emperor, Wilhelm II

That's in Karlsruhe, capital of the grand duchy of Baden, in the German Empire, at the day of their engagement, February 11th 1913

LFR109: thanks for the location of this image. We will add it to the description.

Can't get enough of the lovely Princess Victoria Louise! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Victoria_Louise_of_Prussia I believe Prince Ernst is the son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination sparked World War I. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Ernst_von_Hohenberg

BERLIN, Tuesday, Feb. 11. -- In an extra edition of the official Reichs-Anzeiger, issued this morning, the engagement of Princess Victoria Luise, the Kaiser's only daughter, to Prince Ernst August, son and heir of the Duke of Cumberland, is announced. This announcement means the termination of the long-standing feud between the houses of Hohenzollern and Cumberland NYT Article

No Captainslack, Ernst August II is the son of Princess Thyra of Denmark And Ernst august of Hannover, duchess and duke of cumberland.

Prince Ernst ist Prince Ernst August from Hanover de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_August_(Braunschweig-L%c3%bcn... he was the youngest son of the last crown price of the kingdom of Hanover Ernst August, duke of Cumberland and princess Thyra of denmark, daugghter of king Christians IX.of Dänemark. He was born in 1887.

Ernst Augusts' father had rights to the throne of the Dukedom of Braunschweig. When he and Viktoria Luise married, his father gave up those rights in favor of his son. And so, in 1913, Ernst August and Viktoria became the reigning Duke and Duchess of Braunschweig and Lüneburg. (That used to be part of the kingdom of Hannover, which at that time was a prussian province. That stayed that way, only Braunschweig and Lüneburg became its own little Duchy.) Ernst August and Viktoria Luise only reigned until 1918. Did you know that through his mother Ernst August was closely related to the english and russian thrones? His mothers' sister Alexandra was Queen of England and his other aunt Dagmar was Empress of Russia. She took the name Maria Fjodorowna and was the mother of the last tsar Nicolaus II.