Begräbnis von Kaizerin Augusta Victoria. Funerals Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany

[20031200]

In what year did the Empress Augusta Victoria die?

[storicus]

@20031200 In 1921

[manuelherrera777]

Very interesting footage, but I dont she would have approved Catholic music for her funeral.

She was notorious for hating all things English, Catholic, Liberal and Jewish. She was very upset when her sister-in-law Sophie decided to convert from Lutheran to Greek Orthodox to marry into the Greek royal family.

[silas2009ize]

@manuelherrera777 Jedes wahre Königtum kommt von Jesus Christus, dem Herrn und König der Menschen und des Weltalls. Also ist Seine Mutter Maria die Königin der Universum. Wer sich daran stört, gehört dem Fürst der Finsternis, genannt Satan!

[1556bigspender]

the music is drama queen

[1556bigspender]

nasty stupid woman

[funsascha]

@1556bigspender

such an "intelligent" comment.... idiot.

[brassspitoon]

Why Roman Catholic music for a Lutheran royal? Prussia was not Catholic after the reformation and neither were the Hohenzollerns.

[militarfreak]

@brassspitoon not exactly correct. The swabian senior branch was catholic but the Brandenburg-Prussian branch was lutheran.

[ataramprat]

Nice video. But, perhaps you shouldn't have stolen the narration word-for-word from Wikipedia...

[MrAsianlova]

es muss in die 30`er jahren passiert sein

[Gutsy9]

Odd background music for a Lutheran monarch's funeral.

[musicologo1able]

@Gutsy9 Odd indeed!! ~That sounds very Catholic!

[theone1087]

@Gutsy9 They were not Lutherans, the state religion of Prussia was Calvinism. But you are right, this is a very strange selection of music for the dedication of a protestant monarch. Especially given that this song is about Mary Mother of God, and protestants almost in no way shape or form honour Mary or the Saints as this borders on idolatry in their opinion. However, you do have same 'High Church' Anglicans who honour Mary, but then again Anglicans consider themselves Catholic and Protestant.

[mathis1980]

@theone1087 That´s not right. In 1817 the lutheran and calvinist church were united to the Prussian Union church. At least since Friedrich Wilhelm III. all family members of the house of Prussia were unionists (evangelisch-uniert in german).

[lufthansafan1]

welches jahr ist das

[lordflite]

@Rico8458 How pathetic! Be glad to be born in El Salvador or whereever!

[myboylollipop09]

@koelschwolf I read her bio. She was a very wealthy landowner who had her son write a very flattering letter to Wilhelm suggesting a visit to Doorn. I believe today it would be referred to as "getting her hooks in him" Ha! Anyway she met Wilhelm and they hit it off and were married. She seems to have been a good wife to him,however she was an ardent nazi and was friends with H Goering. I believe she thought they would restore the monarchy making her an Empress.

[myboylollipop09]

@koelschwolf I've read several bios of the Kaiser and generally speaking the reason he was not allowed to attend her funeral seems to be the govt was still fragile and they didn't want anything or anybody rocking the boat..I think there was still a great deal of Prussian support and loyalty for the old monarchy system.

[Gruenkreuz100]

@myboylollipop09 they should have reinstalled the monarchi in the 30s.. it possibly would have prevented ww2

[timo201282]

In meiner Heimatstadt Koblenz (ehem. Hauptstadt der preußischen Rheinprovinz) war die Kaiserin beliebter als der Kaiser selbst... Sie hat uns die Rheinanlagen (Kaiserin-Augusta-Anlagen) geschenkt...

Auch wenn der Kaiser viel Scheiße gemacht hat, war es trotzdem eine glorreiche Zeit!!

[Asalix]

Eben. Die Musik ist unpassend. Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria war eine überzeugte Protestantin. Für diese fromme Schirmfrau der Evangelischen Kirche in Preussen wäre eine protestantische Hymne statt des katholischen Requiem viel besser.

[lordflite]

The music is Unpassend, indeed! But I hope that Our Lady through this might say a prayer for the protestant empress! The empress might need it!

[yousuarioful]

Why on earth should she need it???

[lordflite]

@yousuarioful

To come to heaven!

[funsascha]

Schirmherrin. Nicht "Schirmfrau"

[mathis1980]

Wirklich schöne Bilder, allerdings die Musik ist etwas unpassend.

[myboylollipop09]

Wonderful magnificent footage of the neus palace at potsdam in 1921 after the war and revolution. I've read Wilhelm was able to accept the abdication and the move to Holland must better than the Empress, who seemed to have been completely broken by the suicide of her son Joachim and she died shortly thereafter. Wilhelm was not allowed to return to Germany for her funeral. Tens of thousands of Germans were said to have lined the streets for the Empress's funeral.

[Freiherr1988]

Und wie das Volk anteil nimmt!

In welchem Geschichtsbuch erinnert man daran?

[fichtl3400]

Alle Ehren dieser wundervollen Frau.....

[rustohiski]

Augusta Victoria, nicht Victoria Augusta.

[funsascha]

Eine wahre Landesmutter. Möge Ihre Majestät, unsere Kaiserin und Königin, in Frieden ruhen.

[PIPZZZ02]

The penultimate sequence with the vast palace in the background is amazing.

Thanks storicus.

[diesfie]

Pas auf ==>

Die Zug auf 0:06 ist nicht in Berlin sondern in Elten (oder Emmerich) aufgenommen. Elten war damals Grenzbahnhof zwischen Deutschland un die Niederlande. Auch die Lok ist ein Niederlaendische lok und kein Deutsche...

[Franciscus1958]

May God Bless Her Imperial Majesty.