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Victoria, Princess Royal

1840 - 1901

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Victoria, Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa; 21 November 1840 – 5 August 1901) 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. She was the mother of Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor. Educated by her father in a politically liberal environment, Victoria was married at the age of 17 to Prince Frederick of Prussia, with whom she went on to have eight children. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victoria, Princess Royal is the 45th most popular companion (down from 29th in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 130th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Companion.

Victoria, Princess Royal was the daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She was born on November 21, 1840 and died on January 22, 1901. She was most famous for being the daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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Among companions, Victoria, Princess Royal ranks 45 out of 784. Before her are Queen Silvia of Sweden, Joseph Bonaparte, Bathsheba, Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Mary Boleyn, and Zita of Bourbon-Parma. After her are Ingrid of Sweden, Hafsa bint Umar, Mileva Marić, Caroline of Ansbach, Isabella of Portugal, and Ankhesenamun.

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Among people born in 1840, Victoria, Princess Royal ranks 7. Before her are Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Claude Monet, Thomas Hardy, Émile Zola, Auguste Rodin, and Carlota of Mexico. After her are Murad V, Alphonse Daudet, Odilon Redon, Edward Drinker Cope, Ernst Abbe, and Carl Menger. Among people deceased in 1901, Victoria, Princess Royal ranks 5. Before her are William McKinley, Giuseppe Verdi, Queen Victoria, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. After her are Johanna Spyri, Leon Czolgosz, Benjamin Harrison, Arnold Böcklin, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, George Francis FitzGerald, and Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Victoria, Princess Royal ranks 194 out of 8,785. Before her are Alexander R. Todd (1907), George Harrison (1943), Charles Glover Barkla (1877), William of Ockham (1285), Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), and Maggie Smith (1934). After her are John Napier (1550), Paul Dirac (1902), Robert Robinson (1886), Blackbeard (1680), Ian McKellen (1939), and Eric Clapton (1945).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Victoria, Princess Royal ranks 9. Before her are Anne Hathaway (1556), Maud of Wales (1869), Catherine Parr (1512), Jane Seymour (1508), Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596), and Mary Boleyn (1499). After her are Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846), Catherine Howard (1523), Elizabeth of York (1466), Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496), and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901).

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