viktorialuise

they were married in 1913 in Berlin, the story was extensively covered by the NYT, perhaps this was related as the driver doesn't look to be wearing an American coat but rather something court related. royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2008/07/victoria-lou...

They were married May 24, 1913.

Victoria Louise of Prussia (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. 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. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Victoria_Louise_of_Prussia Ernest Augustus III (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 of Hanover, 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/Ernest_Augustus,_Duke_of_Brunswick

Ernie looked better in a pickelhaube. .

Information about the S.S. Deutschland that was renamed the Viktoria Luise from 1910-1921.

the web being what it is, there is some slightly contradictory information floating around. Wikipedia seems to imply that as soon as she was converted to a cruise ship, she was painted all white (as seen here on a company postcard, oceanlinerpostcards.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html .) however, clearly the name came before the paint job. Since the postcard seems to be from 1911, and the ship was renamed and re-purposed in 1910, this is probably her initial voyage into New York under her new name, because of her dressed out flags. her initial claim to fame: Launched in 1900, she won the Blue Riband from the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse of the North German Lloyd line, crossing the Atlantic Ocean in just a little over five days.

Some more clues from the NY Times Archive OLD DEUTSCHLAND IN PORT.; She's the Victoria Luise Now and the Largest Cruising Steamer Afloat. RIVAL WORLD CRUISES.; Speedy, Deutschland Is Being Rebuilt for Leisurely Voyaging.

The Victoria Luise stopped in San Juan Harbor in Puerto Rico, during her February, 1914, West Indies cruise: Date on photo is evidence that the ship was not white in 1914: www.flickr.com/photos/fredandrebecca/4316383350/ The postcard view on Wikipedia is not a photograph, but a painting. Perhaps it was issued before the revamp job on the Deutschland, showing it white as then planned, but not as it actually got painted. A sailor was killed and five others were injured in an accident aboard the Victoria Luise while the ship was still in Hoboken harbor on January 9, 1914, before sarting its West Indies cruise. New York Times story, January 10, 1914: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9801E0DD1730E7...

Another Bain/LOC photo of the Victoria Luise:

What a royal beauty she was!

Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
youngest daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Viktoria_Luise_of_Prussia

also shown in the set

Thanks nudecowboy. We'll clarify the title information when we update the record.

Married to Prince Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick, on May 24, 1913

Also a few photos back at this location:
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3294665823/in/s...