victorialouise

The title reads "In commemoration of the marriage celebration, May 24, 1913".

Branddobbe: Thank you for the translation! We can add this to the descriptive information when we update the record.

See royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2008/07/victoria-lou...

Her wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Victoria_Louise_of_Prussia

Obtained her Duchess of Brunswick title by marriage on November 1, 1913. "The Kaiser's mother, the Empress Frederick, was once Colonel of the Death's Head Hussars. Princess Victoria Louise, the Crown Prince's sister, became Colonel of the regiment at the age of seventeen, a few days after her confirmation, and on that occasion the Kaiser, with his usual conception of tactless humor, distinguished himself by remarking to her English governess that, as Colonel, the Princess would ride at the head of the regiment with the army that invaded England. " www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/totenkopf.htm This page has a number of pictures of her in her regimental uniform: www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4408800 She had sons born in 1914 and 1915, so the baby must be en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Augustus_IV,_Prince_of_Hanover or en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George_William_of_Hanover_(1915%E2%80%932006) Here is an uncropped version of this postcard. The caption on the site identifies the baby as Ernest Augustus. www.mediastorehouse.com/victoria_louise_and_son_ernest_au... Lots of photos of her here: forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php?topic=14060.0

In the Bain collection there are lots of photos of her, including one in Death's Head uniform. She is on the left.

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.