his public misconduct, led to his deportation from Germany not long after. He went to Luxembourg and worked there as a waiter. The restaurant advertised with a sign that read: "The Emperor's brother-in-law is serving you here". Although she had at first stood by her husband, in 1928, Viktoria separated from him, considering his antics too much. Her own financial struggles caught up to her, and Viktoria was forced to auction off nearly all of her belongings. The sale, conducted by the Cologne auctioneers M. Lempertz, attracted far less interest than had been anticipated, and it was estimated that the proceeds from the auction would have covered only one-third of her debts (which were reported to have been 900,000 marks, or £45,000 sterling). Viktoria was forced to move into a single rented room in the suburbs of Bonn. That same year Viktoria caused another scandal by filing for divorce from Zoubkoff after less than two years of marriage, on the grounds that his behaviour had resulted in his expulsion from Germany, he was unable to maintain her, and that "conjugal relations did not exist". Before they could be divorced, or her siblings could have their marriage annulled, Viktoria came down with a fever and was taken to the Hospital of St Francis, in Bonn, where she was diagnosed with pneumonia. In the hours before her death, her brother Wilhelm and sister Margaret attempted to contact her, but were not allowed. Viktoria died on 13 November 1929, "penniless, lonely, loveless, and without her family’s forgiveness". She was buried at Schloss Friedrichshof, the home of her sister Margaret. She was 63. Titles and styles 12 April 1866 – 19 November 1890: Her Royal Highness Princess Viktoria of Prussia 19 November 1890 – 9 July 1927: Her Royal Highness Princess Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe 9 July 1927 – 13 November 1929: Mrs Viktoria Zoubkoff Ancestry Notes References Sources Van der Kiste, John. The Prussian Princesses, 2014 External links 1866 births 1929 deaths House of Hohenzollern Prussian princesses House of Lippe Princesses of Schaumburg-Lippe Ladies of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert People from Potsdam 19th-century German people 20th-century German people 19th-century German women 20th-century German women Daughters of emperors Children of Frederick III, German Emperor Daughters of kings