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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.

Caption: "Die Kronprinzessin in der Uniform ihres Dragoner-Regiments" "Prinzessin Viktoria Luise in der Uniform ihres Leib-Husaren-Regiments" "Berger, Potsdam" "The crown princess in the uniform of her Dragoon regiment" "Princess Victoria Louise in the uniform of her personal Hussar regiment"

Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Cecilie Auguste Marie; 20 September 1886 – 6 May 1954) was a Crown Princess of Germany and Prussia as the wife of German Crown Prince William, the son of German Emperor William II 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.

Thanks trialsanderrors for filling in more information about these two royal ladies in uniform. We add it to both of the records the next time we update them.

More photographs of HRH Princess Victoria Louise wearing her uniform of the 2nd Hussars: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/die_109er/galleries/72157632624799090]

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Thanks trialsanderrors for filling in more information about these two royal ladies in uniform. We will add it to both of the records the next time we update them.

More photographs of HRH Princess Victoria Louise wearing the uniform of the 2nd Hussars: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/die_109er/galleries/72157632624799090]

If my sight is correct: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Viktoria_Luise_of_Prussia and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchess_Cecilie_of_Mecklenburg-Schw... so the photo was probably made between 1905 and 1913.

Princess Viktoria is a wonderful princess.

This image has been used in an indicommons.org Best of the Library of Commons post, as chosen by captainslack.

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