Died 1901-08-05.
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Victoria, Princess Royal
Victoria, Princess Royal was German Empress and Queen of Prussia as the wife of Frederick III, German Emperor. She was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was created Princess Royal in 1841. As the eldest child of the British monarch, she was briefly heir presumptive until the birth of her younger brother, the future Edward VII. S…
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culture · German Empress in 1888 · painter · sculptor · draftsperson · also Victoria, Princess Royal, Empress Frederick, Princess Victoria, Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, Victoria, Empress of Germany
Born 21 November 1840 · Died 5 August 1901 · Q116728
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1894· 1 entry
Spent most of the year in the property with her younger daughters, and left only when she travelled abroad
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1893· 1 entry
Princess Margaret married Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, who in 1918 was elected to the throne of the ephemeral Kingdom of Finland
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1890· 1 entry
Empress Frederick had hopes to succeed her as patron of the German Red Cross and the Vaterländischer Frauenverein (Association of Patriotic Women)
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1888· 2 entries
Kept Waldersee from going ahead with his plans for a putsch
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Only 99 days after his accession, from laryngeal cancer
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1887· 1 entry
The health of the 90-year-old William I declined rapidly, indicating that the succession was close
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1881· 2 entries
Fell in love with Prince Alexander I of Bulgaria and her mother tried to obtain permission from the emperor for the engagement
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Attended a synagogue service in Wiesbaden "to demonstrate as clearly as we can what our convictions are" just as the Reichstag was beginning to debate the issue of Jewish disemancipation
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1880· 1 entry
To show support for the German Jews threatened by what Victoria called Treitschke's "disgraceful" attacks
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1878· 1 entry
Charlotte married her paternal second cousin Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, which delighted the Berlin court
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1877· 1 entry
Victoria founded schools for girls (the "Victoriaschule für Mädchen") directed by British teachers, in addition to nursing schools (the "Victoriahaus zur Krankenpflege") based on the English model
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1866· 1 entry
Whose objective was to improve women's education
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1863· 1 entry
Victoria and Frederick bought a cottage in Bornstedt so that their children could grow up in an environment similar to that of Osborne House
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1860· 1 entry
“He is really smart for his age...if only he didn't have that unfortunate arm, I would be so proud of him.”
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1855· 1 entry
Prince Frederick made another trip to Great Britain and visited Victoria and her family in Scotland at Balmoral Castle
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1851· 1 entry
William returned to London with his wife and two children (Frederick and Louise) on the occasion of the Great Exhibition
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1848· 2 entries
The Prince Consort tried to convince his Hohenzollern cousin of the need to transform Prussia into a constitutional monarchy following the British model
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Further strengthened the links between the two royal couples by requiring the heir presumptive to the Prussian throne to find shelter for three months in the British court
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1841· 1 entry
Career landmark: Princess Royal (1841–1901).
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1840· 1 entry
Born 1840-11-21.
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