Germany's Last Empress: Augusta Victoria
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Augusta Victoria was the last German Empress as wife of Kaiser Wilhelm II. She shared her husbands conservative views and was shocked by the downfall of the German Empire during World War I. She died while in Exile at House Doorn.
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I have always wondered about her. To me she seems to be in the shadows, hard to know. Thank you for Is shedding some light on her.
Glad you liked it!
What happened to the descendants of all their children and what happened to all her magnificent jewels?
Shame on her for treating Empress Victoria badly.
Not sure what happened to her jewels but they do have many descendants today living as private citizens.
You are a great historian!
A woman of my heart as I was born in Berlin Germany at Anna Augusta Victoria krankenhous
Another great video! I always learn so much from you. Thanks for sharing!
I‘m glad to hear that :)!
Thanks for the great work you're doing on the German monarchy, about which I knew very little (except for where it intersected with British royalty). Are you planning videos on Kaiser Wilhelm II's siblings or, going back even further, the first Kaiser?
Glad you liked it! Yes I will for sure cover all of them in future videos :)
@@BackToHistoryYT Looking forward to it!
She resembled Queen Victoria & Empress Victoria- her Mom's 1st cousin... It's odd how must inbreeding went on all the way until the 20th Century...
I think Dona aged beautifully, her silver hair was gorgeous.
Augusta Victoria was a cold, stern, reactionary, emotionally-stunted woman for whom Wilhelm II felt revulsion. She was also a passionate Anglophobe who hated England in general, and Queen Victoria in particular. All in all, not a person you'd want to spend any real time with.
Wilhelm II was not revolted by his wife at all.
@@michaelflick1177 ... _"Wilhelm II was not revolted by his wife at all."_ The historical record clearly shows otherwise --- Wilhelm's biographers, in particular, are assertive on this issue. Do some research before spreading falsehoods.
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@@michaelflick1177From what I know, it didn't seem so. Like this video says, she was the only one that could get Wilhelm out of his depressive states while caring for the German people. Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein was his rock. And at the end, was loved by her husband and the German people. Who followed her to her final resting place.
@@kingweaslcy5067 ...In her excellent book, _George, Nicholas and Wilhelm_ by Miranda Carter, there is substantive discussion of Augusta Victoria's personality. She is described as needy, jealous of Wilhelm's attention, and emotionally stunted. She was almost entirely absent as an influence in the lives of her children, whom she cared little for with the exception of her only daughter. Wilhelm, for his part, became adept at finding ways to avoid spending time with his wife, whom he found cloying and depressing. Perhaps Augusta's most notorious quirk was her pathological hatred for England and her intense dislike of Queen Victoria, the Kaiser's maternal grandmother. These facts are well known to historians and any effort to rehabilitate this woman's reputation is doomed to fail.
I always find it interesting that whilst Augusta Victoria was last empress she was Wilhelm's first wife. His second, Princess Hermine of Reuss Greuze was an interesting person, who died of influenza after suffering during the second World War.
Apparently Princess Hermione thought the marriage would make her 'Empress in Exile' although it did not, Hermione still called herself that.
@Mediocre Maiden Indeed she did. Apparently she had conversations with Nazi leaders about the possibility of restoring the German monarchy. What she didn't realise was that Hitler despised the kaiser for allowing Germany to lose the first World War. Despite that, it served his purposes to give Wilhelm a grand funeral.
@Michael Montagu it was insane for her to think Hitler was going to bring back the Monarchy. Insane for Royals to think he would bring it back. He despised the Kaiser and vice versa. Also, Wilhelm had a granddaughter with down syndrome Princess Cecilie who unlike at the time was not institutionalized nor kept hidden away but treated just like her sister and brothers when he heard about Action T-4 (when the Third Reich euthanized all mentally and physically handicapped children of Germany. Which would have included the Kaiser as well with his deformed shortened left arm if he had not be Royalty and a child at the time and his circumstances different) Hitler gave the Kaiser a Grand Funeral, I think, to show the people that he "was the new Kaiser now,bitchez" But what I don't understand is....why didn't he allow the former Royals of all the former Princely and Ducal Houses of Germany to fight? Or sent to the front lines of Russia? Wouldn't he want those young men..eliminated? Or if he had won the war do you think he would have some sort of "Night of the Royal Long Knives"
Unser geliebter Kaiser Wilhelm war in jeder Hinsicht eine tragische Figur . Familiär und politisch stand sein Leben unter einem schlechten Stern .
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Augusta was not overburdened with brains and was a hateful person.
You have an fascinating channel, how interesting Augusta Victoria chartered The Women's Health Organization. Would you please consider a video about Alice Perrers, England's King Richard lll's last mistress.
Glad you like my channel :) I will have a look into her life.
Awesome video once again
Thank you!
Great video! Thank you!
Thanks!
She sounds like Lady Marjorie.
What a beautiful,noble and great woman..big your work and video
This is class
If I had to choose between being "banished from Germany" or "going to Hell" I would choose Hell without a second thought!
Why did Bismarck help him? As I heard, they haven't been friends later.
Poor poor woman!..and her poor poor son!..quelle tragédie!..
She was a descendant of queen Caroline Mathilde and Struensee, who was sentenced to death and executed in 1772.
Interesting, didn‘t know that
@おじさん That's right. Her lover Struensee was executed.
That is the assumption as it is known that the Danish King did not visit his Queen's chamber during the possible window of conception. And Struensee and the Queen did not conceal that they were co habitating during their shared regency for the mentally unstable King. However even after Struensee's execution and Caroline Matilda's banishment, the subsequent regent (the Kings step-mother) made no move to have the daughter declared illegitimate and remove her royal station.
Not nearly as beautiful as Ella of Hesse but still Extraordinary beautiful woman
I want to tell you thank you so much telling About the history Germany the king and I wish I know about my family history in Germany before they moved New York city and how there life was like no one in my family talk about it I don’t understand and I have seen some photos of I had cousins in World War II photos as he was a boy wearing his nazi uniform all I know family are still in Germany somewhere I was told that’s all I know have a beautiful day
Thank you!
Augusta Victoria was an admirable woman by any standard. Her husband Kaiser Wilhelm II, however, was not so admirable. He was responsible for the brutal annihilation of the majority of the indigenous Herero and Nama people of German Southwest Africa (now Namibia). This took place by his command between 1904 and 1908. This genocide was called off by him only after about 80,000 of these people were murdered; men, women, and children alike. So, the German Nazi holocaust of the 1930's and 40's was not the first genocide perpetrated by German society.
To be fair to you everyone was doing their own genocide at the time. Especially Britain who was more keen on expanding their Empire too.
Do you know ur history he wasnt specifically involved in that.. plus you definitely forgot about britian and france it was common at the time..
Do take the trouble to get your facts correct. Read the chapter in Pakenham's book on the Scramble for Africa. The murders were not committed by "German Society" as you put it. Neither were the concentration camps of the Boer War committed by British Society.
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She was an amazing woman! an amazing wife to the Emperor and truly a leading example of what an Empress should be. Without the monarchy Germany is lost.
Germany has been going on for 104 years since the fall of German monarchy, so, time has proved you wrong.
@@pedrolopes3542 yes, what an insane comment! germany is doing fine without kings
@@pedrolopes3542 how do you know that’s germany isn’t lost though.
@@Kurrentschrift Germany is quite a prosperous and powerful country, so I don't know in what sense you claim that Germany is lost.
Great Video. To me: without the monarchy Germany isn't worth two pennies.
Thanks alot! :)
I agree on both points. The monarchy was largely responsible for WW1 and the absence of it was likewise a cause for WW2.
@@thomaskeil1437 Kinda. World War I was started because Tzar Nicholas I sent throws to the German border. Germany not wanting to be at a disadvantage for not having troops at its defense had not choice but to declare war on Russia and the whole cascade started from there. Before that, there was detention like the assassination of the next in line of Austrian throne, Britain and France scared Germany will aim their war machine at them and unhappy it rejected Britain’s war ship parity offer and other tension. But the Tzar was war hungry and started the whole mess.
Germany had done well so far without a throne.
@@b1crusade384 I. Don't. Care. I am A monarchist.
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Chosen by God ? Hahaha!! Such entitlement and arrogance.
Yes, well they are raised that way. The divine right of Kings have you heard?