When Kaiser Wilhelm II was forced to abdicate on 9 November 1918, he fled to Holland taking his family with him. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands refused to extradite him to be tried for war crimes, so he lived out the remainder of his life on an estate in Doorn, Holland. His family gradually returned to Germany. Some say they hoped that the monarchy would be restored.
Victoria Luise married Prince Ernst August von Cumberland Herzog zu Braunsweig und L�¼neburg in 1913. They had 5 children and lived Austria until 1933. She died 11 December 1980 in Hannover.
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If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction
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