Victoria, Princess Royal

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HIM The Dowager Empress of Germany
Titles Empress of Germany

Queen of Prussia
Princess of the United Kingdom

Reign 9 March 1888 - 15 June 1888
Predecessor Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Successor Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
Biographical Information
Born 21 November 1840

London, England, United Kingdom

Died 5 August 1901 (aged 60)

Cronberg, Prussia, Germany

Spouse Emperor Frederick III of Germany

(m. 1858; w. 1888)

Issue Wilhelm II

Princess Charlotte

Prince Henry

Prince Sigismund

Princess Viktoria

Prince Waldemar

Princess Sophia

Princess Margaret

Name Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (by birth)

Hohenzollern (by marriage

Father Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Mother Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Religion Anglican

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Wilhelm II 27 January 1859 4 June 1941 (aged 82) (1) Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (m. 1881); had issue

(2) Princess Hermine of Reuss (m. 1922); no issue

Princess Charlotte 24 July 1860 1 October 1919 (aged 59) Duke Bernhard III of Saxe-Meiningen (m. 1878); had issue
Prince Henry 14 August 1862 20 April 1929 (aged 66) Princess Irene of Hesse (m. 1888); had issue
Prince Sigismund 15 September 1864 18 June 1866 (aged 21 months) Died in infancy
Princess Viktoria 12 April 1866 13 November 1929 (aged 63) (1) Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (m. 1890); no issue

(2) Alexander Zoubkov (m. 1927); no issue

Prince Waldemar 10 February 1868 27 March 1879 (aged 11) Died in childhood
Princess Sophia 14 June 1870 13 January 1932 (aged 61) King Constantine I of Greece (m. 1889); had issue
Princess Margaret 22 April 1872 22 January 1954 (aged 81) King Fredrik Kaarle of Finland (m. 1893); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1840-1841 Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom
  • 1841-1858 Victoria, Princess Royal
  • 1858-1861 Princess Victoria of Prussia
  • 1861-1888 Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia
  • 1888-1888 Empress Victoria of Germany
  • 1888-1901 Victoria, Dowager Empress of Germany

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke Ernest I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Countess Augusta of Ebersdorf
Duke Augustus of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Princess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Duke Ernest Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
Heinrich XXIV, Count of Ebersdorf
Countess Caroline Ernestine of Erbach-Schonberg
Duke Ernest II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen
Grand Duke Frederick Francis I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Prince Edward of the United Kingdom

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

King George III of the United Kingdom

Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Countess Augusta of Ebersdorf

Frederick, Prince of Wales

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Duke Ernest Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
Heinrich XXIV, Count of Ebersdorf
Countess Caroline Ernestine of Erbach-Schonberg