Hermine Reuss of Greiz
| Princess Hermine | |
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| Born |
17 December 1887 Greiz, Principality of Reuss-Greiz, German Empire |
| Died | 7 August 1947 (aged 59) Paulinenhof Internment Camp, Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg, Allied-occupied Germany |
| Burial | 15 August 1947 Antique Temple, Sanssouci Park, Potsdam |
| Spouse | Prince Johann of Schönaich-Carolath (m. 1907–20; his death) Wilhelm II, German Emperor (m. 1922–41; his death) |
| Issue | Prince Hans Georg of Schönaich-Carolath Prince Georg Wilhelm of Schönaich-Carolath Princess Hermine Caroline of Schönaich-Carolath Prince Ferdinand Johann of Schönaich-Carolath Princess Henriette of Schönaich-Carolath |
| House |
House of Reuss (by birth) House of Schönaich-Carolath (by marriage) House of Hohenzollern (by marriage) |
| Father | Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz |
| Mother | Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
Princess Hermine Reuss (Elder Line) of Greiz (German: Hermine Prinzessin Reuß (Altere Linie) 17 December 1887 – 7 August 1947), widowed Princess of Schönaich-Carolath, was the second wife of Wilhelm II (1859–1941); they were married in 1922, four years after he had abdicated as German Emperor and King of Prussia.
Princess Hermine was born in Greiz, the fifth child and fourth daughter of Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss (Elder Line) (28 March 1846 – 19 April 1902), and Princess Ida Mathilde Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe (28 July 1852 – 28 September 1891), daughter of Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. Her father was the ruler of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, a state of the German Empire, in what is present-day Thuringia. Princess Hermine's disabled elder brother became Prince Henry XXIV in 1902.
Upon her mother's early death, she was raised at the court of Princess Louise of Prussia, daughter of Emperor Wilhelm I, and her husband Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden. Like Hermine's father, Princess Louise was an implacable enemy of Prince Bismarck.
Hermine was married, on 7 January 1907 in Greiz to Prince Johann George Ludwig Ferdinand August of Schönaich-Carolath (11 September 1873 – 7 April 1920).
They were the parents of five children:
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