Princess Margaret of Prussia

**Princess Margaret Beatrice Theodora "Mossy" of Prussia** (22 April 1872) is the youngest child of Princess Victoria and a princess of Prussia.

## Appearance

Margaret's hair has been moss-like and short from birth, giving her the nickname "Mossy". She is also short and stocky. She is considered less attractive than her sisters.

## Personality

Margaret is ambitious and hard-working. She is also very family-orientated and dominant. She works hard on repairing family relations.

## History

### Youth

Margaret was born as the youngest of the six royal children of Prussia. She grew up mainly with her sisters Victoria "Moretta" and Sophia "Sossy". Her parents favoured Mossy and her two sisters as opposed to their three eldest siblings. This lead to a deep resentment from their eldest siblings and the family would forever remain split.

Margaret excelled in her studies.

### Marriage

Even though her brother William was against it, she married Friedrich of Kassel, a distant cousin, in 1893 aged 21. They had six sons, including two pairs of twins:

1. Friedrich Kassel (1893)
2. Maximilian Kassel (1894)
3. Philip Kassel (1896)
4. Wolfgang Kassel (1896)
5. Christoph Kassel (1901)
6. Richard "R" Kassel (1901)

Margaret loved her sons dearly and looked forward to motherhood from her marriage.

### World War One

In the first world war, her eldest sons Friedrich and Maximilian served. Max was killed first, aged 20, by machine gunfire. Two years later, Friedrich died aged 22. His neck was slit by the enemy.

After the first world war, the German monarchy was dissolved and Margaret became resentful.

### World War Two

Margaret and her family embraced nazism as Adolf Hitler promised to restore the German monarchy. Her sons Philip, Wolfgang and Christoph and Richard joined Hitler.

Philip and his wife betrayed Hitler and used their position to rescue Jews by bringing them to safety in the Netherlands. When Hitler found out, he had them brought to concentration camps. While Philip's wife Mafalda died, Philip survived and moved to Rome.

Wolfgang reluctantly joined the Nazi party, but didn't resist partaking in the more cruel acts in his initation. Later, however, his job was more about financial planning. He did use his contacts to protect his friends (like Rudolf Rothschild) from prosecution. He was not antisemitic but turned a blind eye to many actions of the Nazi's. After the war, he was arrested and brought to a Concentration Camp, where he was reunited with his twin brother Philip. Wolfgang also adopted his brother Christoph's son Karl after Christoph died.

Christoph joined the Nazi party, being pressured by his mother. He did so reluctantly and celebrated the death of SS-officer Reinhard Heydrich. He was killed in 1943, aged 42. He left a widow, Sophie of Greece, and five children. It is suspected Hitler was behind the murder and didn't trust Christoph after Philip's betrayal.

Richard joined the Nazi party to please Sophie of Greece, whom he was in love with and eventually married his twin brother. He fought with his brother Wolfgang and stayed with Hitler until the end. He was put in a concentration camp after the war for sixteen months.

## Trivia

* She was born less than half a year apart from her maternal cousins Princess Alix of Hesse and Princess Louise Schleswig-Holstein.
* She was for a short time Queen of Finland.