German Empress

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The German Empress was the title held by the wife of the German Emperor, serving as the empire’s foremost female royal figure during the period of the German Empire (1871–1918).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf consort title
royal title
abolished 1918
alsoHeldTitle Queen of Prussia
appliesToPeriod 1871–1918
associatedReligion Protestantism
category German monarchy
Imperial consorts
Noble titles of Germany
ceremonialRole patronage of charities and social welfare
coatOfArmsUsed imperial arms of the German Empire
country German Empire
courtRank highest-ranking woman in the German Empire
domain German Empire
firstHolder Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
formalAddress Majesty
genderRestriction female
heldBy Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
heldByDynasty House of Hohenzollern
inception 1871
languageOfTitle German
lastHolder Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
linkedMonarch Frederick III, German Emperor
Wilhelm I, German Emperor
Wilhelm II, German Emperor
linkedTitle German Emperor
Queen of Prussia
nativeLabel Deutsche Kaiserin
linked to: German Empress
positionInCourt foremost female royal figure of the German Empire
precededBy Queen consort of Prussia (as primary title before 1871)
reasonForAbolition abdication of Wilhelm II and end of the German monarchy
residence Berlin City Palace
Neues Palais, Potsdam
Old Palace, Berlin
linked to: Berlin City Palace
role wife of the German Emperor
seat Berlin
status defunct title
style Her Imperial and Royal Majesty
succeededBy none (monarchy abolished)
succession determined by succession to the German imperial throne
titleType hereditary by marriage

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Victoria, Princess Royal title German Empress
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein titleStartTime German Empress, 1888
linked to: German Empress
Hermine Reuss of Greiz positionHeld German Empress (in exile, titular)
linked to: German Empress
Hermine Reuss of Greiz title German Empress (titular)
linked to: German Empress
Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach title German Empress
Princess Victoria, Princess Royal title German Empress
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach positionHeld German Empress consort
linked to: German Empress
German Empress nativeLabel Deutsche Kaiserin
linked to: German Empress
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa title German Empress
Queen of Prussia linkedTitle German Empress
Victoria, Princess Royal positionHeld German Empress
subject linked to: Victoria
Victoria, Princess Royal title German Empress
subject linked to: Victoria
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein positionHeld German Empress
subject linked to: Dona
Hermine positionHeld German Empress (titular)
linked to: German Empress
Hermine title German Empress (consort, in exile)
linked to: German Empress
Queen of Germany followedBy German Empress
Hermine Reuss of Greiz titleAfterMarriage German Empress (titular)
subject linked to: Princess Reuss of Greiz
linked to: German Empress
Empress Augusta Bay namedAfter German Empress Augusta
linked to: German Empress