Sophie Renate Reuss of Köstritz

Princess Sofie Renate, Princess of Reuss (27 June 1884 – 1968) was the daughter of Prince Heinrich XXVII Reuss zu Köstritz and Princess Marie of the Netherlands she was the eldest great grandchild of Tsar Paul I and Catherine the Great Princess Sofie would have had a strong claim to heiress of both the Russian and the Dutch throne She, like most of the German/Austrian/Russian/Hungarian Empire is a closely related to all of the Monarchs in Western and Eastern Europe and the Middle East (as well as Mexico through the same aunt that was the grandmother of both Prince Albert and Queen Victoria Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz

Following along the line of many of these women, according to the newest work on the Countess of Anjou entitled "The Queen with Four Crowns" by relative and member of the current House of Windsor historian Princess Michael of Kent, Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz and Princess Sofie Renate herself (who famously refused to leave Prussia when the Russians came to try and take the castle), are not the minority of strong, witty and powerful hidden female players in the several thousand year reign of the monarchs. Another such character to add to the list would be the close family member and confidant of her mother (whose letters featured heavily) in recent works of combined letters painting the picture of the wise, strong, witty and sarcastic Queen Victoria .