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Princess Victoria ("Vicky")

1840–1901

Victoria's eldest daughter, German Empress

Victoria and Albert's daughter

Facts

Born:
21 November 1840
Died:
5 August 1901 (aged 60)
  • At Albert's death (1861): aged 21
  • At Victoria's Golden Jubilee (1887): aged 46
  • At Victoria's death (1901): aged 60

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Life in the Almanack

  1. 21 November 1840 Birth of Princess Victoria ("Vicky"), the Queen's first child
  2. 19 January 1841 Victoria creates her eldest daughter Vicky Princess Royal aged 0
  3. 17 May 1856 The engagement of Princess Vicky and Prince Frederick William of Prussia is officially announced aged 15
  4. 25 January 1858 Wedding of Princess Vicky and Prince Frederick William of Prussia aged 17
  5. 18 January 1871 The German Empire is proclaimed at Versailles – Vicky's father-in-law becomes German Emperor aged 30
  6. 9 March 1888 Frederick III ascends the German throne – Vicky becomes German Empress aged 47
  7. 9 March 1888 Death of William I, King of Prussia, German Emperor, Vicky's father-in-law aged 47
  8. 15 June 1888 Death of Emperor Frederick III, Vicky's husband, after a reign of 99 days; his son Wilhelm II succeeds aged 47
  9. 25 April 1897 Birth of Princess Mary of York, the future Princess Royal, Victoria's great-grandchild aged 56
  10. 5 August 1901 Vicky, Victoria's eldest daughter, dies – half a year after her mother aged 60
  11. 28 March 1965 Death of Princess Mary of York, the future Princess Royal, Victoria's great-grandchild

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