Biography of Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia 1840-1901
Paternal Family Tree: Wettin
Maternal Family Tree: Marie Elisabeth of Saxony Duchess Holstein Gottorp 1610-1684
1837 Death of King William IV Succession of Queen Victoria
1840 Wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
1858 Marriage of the future King Frederick III King Prussia and Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha
On 20 Jun 1837 King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 71) died at Windsor Castle [Map]. His niece [her mother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 18) succeeded I Queen Great Britain and Ireland. His brother Ernest Augustus King Hanover (age 66) succeeded King Hanover. Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover (age 59) by marriage Queen Consort Hanover.
At 5am Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham (age 40) and Archbishop William Howley (age 71) went to Kensington Palace to inform the Princess she was now Queen. Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham (age 40) was the first to address her as 'Your Majesty'.
On 10 Feb 1840 [her father] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 20) and [her mother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 20) were married by Archibishop Charles Longley (age 45) at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She the daughter of Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn and Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn (age 53). He the son of Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 56) and Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg. They were first cousins. She a granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 21 Nov 1840 Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia was born to Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 21) and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 21). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.16%.
Around 1842. Franz Xaver Winterhalter (age 36). Portrait of Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 1).
Around 1842 . John Phillip (age 24). Victorias Wedding with Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 1) and [her future husband] Frederick III King Prussia (age 10)
Around 1842. Franz Xaver Winterhalter (age 36). Portrait of Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 1).
Queen Victoria's Journal 1848. 18 Jan 1848. Windsor Castle [Map]. A fine, frosty morning. — We took a walk after breakfast. — Poor Ld Powis (deceased) has died in a most melancholy way. The whole party were out shooting & his 3rd son (age 22) accidentally shot his father in the thigh. At 1st he went on well, but unfortunately mortification set in, & he died. It is too dreadful for the unfortunate son. — Vicky (age 7) sat to Dyce (age 41) [See image], who began a new drawing. — [her grandmother] Mama (age 61) came to luncheon, & we walked out again afterwards. — Mama (age 61), &c — & Ld Liverpool (age 63) (staying till the end of the week) dined. —
18 Jan 1848. William Dyce (age 41). Portrait of Princess Victoria (age 7). See Queen Victoria's Journal.
On 20 Sep 1856 Frederick Grand Duke of Baden (age 30) and [her future sister-in-law] Princess Louise of Prussia (age 17) were married. She the daughter of William I King Prussia (age 59). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 25 Jan 1858 Frederick III King Prussia (age 26) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 17) were married in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She the daughter of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 38) and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 38). He the son of William I King Prussia (age 60). He a great x 4 grandson of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1858. 08 Feb 1858. February 8. On the road stopped to see the Princess Royal (age 17) accompanied by her husband, the [her husband] Prince Frederick of Prussia (age 26), [her father] Prince Albert (age 38) and the [her brother] Prince of Wales (age 16) go by on her departure from England. She was flushed, and her eyes swollen and red and she had evidently been crying. The snow, the first this year, was falling and driving into her face. Yet she kept her veil up and bowed to the throng who lined the roads.
Note. Frederick (age 26) and Victoria (age 17) had married on the 25th of January 1858.
On 27 Jan 1859 [her son] Wilhelm Hohenzollern was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Prussia (age 27) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 18) at Crown Prince's Palace, Berlin. He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 24 Jul 1860 [her daughter] Charlotte Hohenzollern was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Prussia (age 28) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 19). She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 14 Dec 1861 [her father] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 42) died at Windsor Castle [Map]. His wife, [her mother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 42) never recovered from his death spending, more or less, the remainder of her life in mourning.
Around 1862. Franz Xaver Winterhalter (age 56). Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 21) and [her husband] Frederick III King Prussia (age 30) and their chlidren.
On 14 Aug 1862 [her son] Prince Henry Hohenzollern was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Prussia (age 30) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 21). He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 15 Sep 1864 [her son] Sigismund Hohenzollern was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Prussia (age 32) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 23). He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Around 1865. Franz Xaver Winterhalter (age 59). Portrait of Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 24).
On 12 Apr 1866 [her daughter] Viktoria Hohenzollern was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Prussia (age 34) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 25). She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 18 Jun 1866 [her son] Sigismund Hohenzollern (age 1) died.
On 10 Feb 1868 [her son] Waldemar Hohenzollern was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Prussia (age 36) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 27). He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 14 Jun 1870 [her daughter] Sophia Hohenzollern Queen Consort Greece was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Prussia (age 38) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 29). She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 22 Apr 1872 [her daughter] Margaret Hohenzollern was born to [her husband] Frederick III King Prussia (age 40) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 31). She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 18 Feb 1878 a double Royal Wedding took place at Berlin. The brides were second-cousins.
[her son-in-law] Bernhard Saxe Meiningen III Duke Saxe Meiningen (age 26) and [her daughter] Charlotte Hohenzollern (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Frederick III King Prussia (age 46) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 37). He the son of Georg II Duke of Saxe Meiningen (age 51). She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Frederick Augustus II Grand Duke of Oldenburg (age 25) and Elisabeth Anna Hohenzollern (age 21) were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
The event was attended by King Leopold II of Belgium (age 42) and his wife Marie Henriette of Austria, and the [her brother] Prince of Wales (age 36) and his brother [her brother] Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 27).
On 27 Mar 1879 [her son] Waldemar Hohenzollern (age 11) died.
On 27 Feb 1881 [her son] Wilhelm Hohenzollern (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Empress Auguste Viktoria Oldenburg (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Frederick Christian Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg and Adelheid Hohenlohe Langenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg. He the son of Frederick III King Prussia (age 49) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 40). They were fourth cousins. He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. 
On 09 Mar 1888 [her father-in-law] William I King Prussia (age 90) died. His son [her husband] Frederick III King Prussia (age 56) succeeded III Emperor aka Kaiser, III King Prussia. Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 47) by marriage Empress aka Kaiser, Queen Prussia.
On 24 May 1888 [her son] Prince Henry Hohenzollern (age 25) and [her daughter-in-law] Irene Hesse Darmstadt (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 50) and Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha. He the son of Frederick III King Prussia (age 56) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 47). They were first cousins. He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 15 Jun 1888 [her husband] Frederick III King Prussia (age 56) died at New Palace, Potsdam. His son [her son] Wilhelm Hohenzollern (age 29) succeeded II Emperor aka Kaiser. Hermine Reuss by marriage Empress aka Kaiser.
On 27 Oct 1889 [her son-in-law] Constantine I King Greece (age 21) and [her daughter] Sophia Hohenzollern Queen Consort Greece (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Frederick III King Prussia and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 48). He the son of George I King Greece (age 43) and Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece (age 38). They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 25 Jan 1893 [her son-in-law] Frederick Charles I King Finland (age 24) and [her daughter] Margaret Hohenzollern (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Frederick III King Prussia and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 52). He a great x 3 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 22 Jan 1901 [her mother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 81) died at Osborne House, Isle of Wight. Her son [her brother] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 59) succeeded VII King of the United Kingdom.
On 05 Aug 1901 Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 60) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Johanna Waldeck Wildungen Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Prince Louis Frederick I of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Great x 3 Grandmother: Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Sophie Saxe Coburg Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert I Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert II Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Rudolph 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Great x 1 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George August Count of Erbach Schonberg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Christian Count of Stolberg Gedern
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ferdinande Henriette Countess of Stolberg Gedern 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christine of Mecklenburg Güstrow 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Frederick III of Saxe Coburg Altenburg III 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernst Ludwig I Duke of Saxe Meiningen
Great x 3 Grandmother: Luise Dorothea Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernhard I Duke of Saxe Meiningen
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anton Ulrich Duke of Saxe Meiningen
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
GrandMother: Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian Ludwig II Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Grand Duke Frederick Francis I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Sophie Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Louise Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schwerin 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Johann August Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia Daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: King George I of Great Britain and Ireland Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland Son of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England
14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Frederick Hohenzollern 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe Gotha Altenburg 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
GrandFather: Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn Son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Adolphus Frederick I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Adolphus Frederick II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Katharina 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Louis Frederick Duke of Mecklenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Grand Daughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Johanna Waldeck Wildungen Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Prince Louis Frederick I of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Great x 3 Grandmother: Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Sophie Saxe Coburg Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert I Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert II Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Rudolph 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Great x 1 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George August Count of Erbach Schonberg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Christian Count of Stolberg Gedern
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ferdinande Henriette Countess of Stolberg Gedern 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christine of Mecklenburg Güstrow 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
