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Princess Margarethe of Urach

1901–1975

Born
4 Sep 1901
Country of birth
Germany(inferred from the family)
Died
28 Jan 1975, Lichtenstein Castle
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A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Died · Lichtenstein Castle

    Death, Lichtenstein Castle

What was it like?

The world around 1901: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Princess was born the same year as Walt Disney, Marlene Dietrich, and Louis Armstrong.

Born the same year

  • Walt Disney

    American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)

  • Marlene Dietrich

    German and American actress and singer (1901–1992)

  • Louis Armstrong

    American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)

  • Carlo Biotti

    Italian judge

  • Enrico Fermi

    Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)

  • Hirohito

    emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989

During their lifetime

  1. 1910

    Life expectancy rose to 47 years by 1910

    By 1910, advancements in medicine, hygiene, and infrastructure, such as improved water and sewage systems, increased the average life expectancy to 47 years, compared to 37 years in 1871.

  2. 1914

    Ten percent of households accessed electricity by 1914

    By 1914, approximately ten percent of German households had access to electricity, transforming daily life through new lighting and urban infrastructure.

  3. 1918

    Women gained suffrage in 1918 Weimar reforms

    Following the 1918 proclamation of the Weimar Republic, a new democratic system was established that enfranchised women and mandated an eight-hour workday for laborers.

  4. 1923

    Currency restabilization fueled economic recovery by 1927

    Following the restabilization of the currency in late 1923, Germany secured 800 million gold marks in foreign loans by 1927, which helped industrial production return to 1913 levels.

  5. 1933

    Car ownership grew slowly between 1933 and 1938

    Motorization remained limited in the 1930s, as the number of cars grew from 0.5 million in 1933 to 1.3 million in 1938, yet there were still only 19 cars for every 1,000 inhabitants.

  6. 1961

    Berlin Wall separates nation in 1961

    The construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 ended free movement from East Germany and created a death strip that separated families for decades.

Family

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Ancestors and children

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