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How did Hermine Reuss of Greiz, a 34-year-old widow with five children, find herself married to the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II and addressed as empress and queen? Hermine was born in Greiz in the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, part of the German Empire, on the 17th of December 1887.

Hermine Reuss of Greiz was born on 17 December 1887 as the fifth child and fourth daughter of Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, and Princess Ida Mathilde Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe. Her elder brother had been injured during a childhood surgery, leaving him mentally and physically disabled.

Hermine Reuss of Greiz was one of the five daughters of Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz and his wife Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe. Her childhood was overshadowed by the death of her mother in childbirth and the incurable disability of her only brother. A 13-year marriage to Prince Johann Georg of Schönaich-Carolath produced five ...

Hermine Reuss of Greiz was born on 17 December 1887 as the fifth child and fourth daughter of Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, and Princess Ida Mathilde Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe. Her...

Hermine Reuss of Greiz ( German: Hermine, Prinzessin Reuß zu Greiz; 17 December 1887 – 7 August 1947) was the second wife of Wilhelm II, German Emperor. They were married in 1922, four years after he abdicated. Wilhelm was her second husband; her first husband, Prince Johann of Schönaich-Carolath, had died in 1920.

Birthdate: December 17, 1887. Birthplace: Greiz, Reuß, Deutschland(DKR) Death: August 07, 1947 (59) Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, Deutschland (Germany) (Herzversagen in sowjetischem Hausarrest) Place of Burial: Potsdam, Deutschland.

The book Hermine: An Empress in Exile will be released on 11 December 2020 and 1 January 2021 . About the book: Hermine Reuss of Greiz is perhaps better known as the second wife of the Kaiser (Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany) whom she married shortly after the death of his first wife Auguste Viktoria and while he was in exile in the Netherlands.

Princess of Reuss. Born on September 17, 1887, in Greiz, Germany; died on August 7, 1947, in Frankfurt-am-Oder, Germany; daughter of Henry XXII (1846–1902), prince of Reuss, and Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (1852–1891); married Johann Georg (1873–1920), prince of Schönaich-Carolath, on January 7, 1907; became second wife of Wilhelm II ...