On This Day In History . 24 July 1860 . Princess Charlotte of Prussia was born . . ◼ Princess Viktoria Elisabeth Auguste Charlotte was born on 24 July 1860 at the Neues Palais in Potsdam. She was the eldest daughter & second child of Prince Frederick of Prussia, a member of the House of Hohenzollern who became Crown Prince of Prussia in 1861 & German Emperor in 1888. Through her mother Victoria, Princess Royal, Charlotte was the eldest granddaughter of the British monarch Queen Victoria & her consort Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. . ◼ Princess Charlotte of Prussia, was later Duchess Consort of Saxe-Meiningen as the wife of Bernhard III, the duchy's last ruler. . ◼ Princess Charlotte was a difficult child & indifferent student, with a nervous disposition. Her relationship with her demanding mother was strained. As she grew older, Charlotte developed a penchant for spreading gossip & causing trouble. Eager to escape from parental control, at age sixteen, she married Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen in 1878. Her husband's weak-willed personality had little effect on her. Known for spreading gossip & her eccentric personality, Princess Charlotte enjoyed Berlin society while frequently leaving her only child, Princess Feodora, in the care of family members. Charlotte & Feodora, in turn, also had a difficult relationship. . ◼ Charlotte's brother succeeded their father as Emperor Wilhelm II in 1888, increasing her social influence. Throughout her brother's reign, she was known for her mischief-making, & spent her life in between bouts of illness, in frivolous & extravagant pursuits. She became Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen in 1914, only for her husband to lose his title with the end of World War I in 1918. Charlotte died the following year of a heart attack in Baden-Baden. She had suffered from a lifetime of ill-health. Most historians now believe she had porphyria, a genetic disease that afflicted other members of the British Royal Family. . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #D24jul #Theyear1860 #PrincessCharlotte #PrincessCharlotteofPrussia #History #Vintage #Vintagephoto #vintagephotography #QueenVictoria #Britishmonarchy (at Potsdam, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0UErQfAOO1/?igshid=18fnf7r5w3gtj