Victoria, Princess Royal

1840 - 1901  (60 years)

• Patriarch and Matriarch:
  

  Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
            b. 15 Jul 1750, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Holy Roman Empire
            d. 9 Dec 1806, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld  (Age 56 years)  (Great Grandfather) 
  Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf
            b. 19 Jan 1757, Ebersdorf
            d. 16 Nov 1831, Coburg  (Age 74 years)  (Great Grandmother) 

  Name	Victoria
  Birth	21 Nov 1840	Buckingham Palace, London, England
  Baptism	10 Feb 1841	Throne Room, Buckingham Palace, London, England
  Born as	Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa
  Title	From 9 Mar 1888 to 15 Jun 1888 (47 years old)
  	- German Empress consort - Queen consort of Prussia
  Death	5 Aug 1901	Schloss Friedrichshof, Cronberg, Germany
  Origins
  Siblings	4 brothers and 4 sisters
  	+ 01. Victoria, Princess Royal           b. 21 Nov 1840, Buckingham Palace, London, England           d. 5 Aug 1901, Schloss Friedrichshof, Cronberg, Germany  (Age 60 years) └─Frederick III, German Emperor           b. 18 Oct 1831, New Palace, Potsdam, Prussia           d. 15 Jun 1888, New Palace, Potsdam, Germany  (Age 56 years),  m. 25 Jan 1858, Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London, England   + 02. Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom           b. 9 Nov 1841, Buckingham Palace, London, England           d. 6 May 1910, Buckingham Palace, London, England  (Age 68 years) └─Princess Alexandra of Denmark           b. 1 Dec 1844, Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark           d. 20 Nov 1925, Sandringham House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England  (Age 80 years),  m. 10 Mar 1863, St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England   + 03. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom           b. 25 Apr 1843, Buckingham Palace, London, England           d. 14 Dec 1878, New Palace, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire  (Age 35 years) └─Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine           b. 12 Sep 1837, Prinz-Carl-Palais, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Confederation           d. 13 Mar 1892, New Palace, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire  (Age 54 years),  m. 1 Jul 1862, Osborne House, Isle of Wight, England   + 04. Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha           b. 6 Aug 1844, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England           d. 30 Jul 1900, Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, German Empire  (Age 55 years) └─Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia           b. 17 Oct 1853, Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russia           d. 22 Oct 1920, Zürich, Switzerland  (Age 67 years),  m. 23 Jan 1874, Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russia   + 05. Princess Helena of the United Kingdom           b. 25 May 1846, Buckingham Palace, London, England           d. 9 Jun 1923, Schomberg House, London, England  (Age 77 years) └─Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein           b. 22 Jan 1831, Augustenborg, Denmark           d. 28 Oct 1917, Schomberg House, London, England  (Age 86 years),  m. 5 Jul 1866, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England   > 06. Princess Louise of the United Kingdom           b. 18 Mar 1848, Buckingham Palace, London, England           d. 3 Dec 1939, Kensington Palace, London, England  (Age 91 years) └─John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll           b. 6 Aug 1845, London, England           d. 2 May 1914, Cowes, England  (Age 68 years),  m. 21 Mar 1871, St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England   + 07. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn           b. 1 May 1850, Buckingham Palace, London, England           d. 16 Jan 1942, Bagshot Park, Surrey, England  (Age 91 years) └─Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia           b. 25 Jul 1860, Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia           d. 14 Mar 1917, Clarence House, London, England  (Age 56 years),  m. 13 Mar 1879, St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England   + 08. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany           b. 7 Apr 1853, Buckingham Palace, London, England           d. 28 Mar 1884, Cannes, France  (Age 30 years) └─Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont           b. 17 Feb 1861, Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont           d. 1 Sep 1922, Tyrol, Austria  (Age 61 years),  m. 27 Apr 1882, St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England   + 09. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom           b. 14 Apr 1857, Buckingham Palace, London, England           d. 26 Oct 1944, Brantridge Park, Balcombe, West Sussex, England  (Age 87 years) └─Prince Henry of Battenberg           b. 5 Oct 1858, Milan, Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire           d. 20 Jan 1896, HMS Blonde, near Sierra Leone  (Age 37 years),  m. 23 Jul 1885, St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight, England
  Person ID	P42	Europe
  Last Modified	19 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha           b. 26 Aug 1819, Schloss Rosenau, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, German Confederation           d. 14 Dec 1861, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom           b. 24 May 1819, Kensington Palace, London, England           d. 22 Jan 1901, Osborne House, Isle of Wight, England (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	10 Feb 1840	Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London, England
  Age at Marriage	Albert was 20 years and 6 months old. Victoria was 20 years and 9 months old. Their age difference is 3 months. They were married for 21 years and 10 months.
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Husband	Frederick III, German Emperor           b. 18 Oct 1831, New Palace, Potsdam, Prussia           d. 15 Jun 1888, New Palace, Potsdam, Germany (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1858	Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London, England
  Age at Marriage	Victoria was 17 years and 2 months old. Frederick was 26 years and 3 months old. Their age difference is 9 years and 1 month. They were married for 30 years and 5 months.
  Children	+ 01. Wilhelm II, German Emperor           b. 27 Jan 1859, Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin, Prussia           d. 4 Jun 1941, Huis Doorn, Doorn, Reichskommissariat Niederlande (Age 82 years) └─ Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein  (Age 62 years)  m. 27 Feb 1881;    └─ Hermine Reuss of Greiz  (Age 59 years)  m. 5 Nov 1922 + 02. Princess Charlotte of Prussia           b. 24 Jul 1860, New Palace, Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia           d. 1 Oct 1919, Baden-Baden, Weimar Republic (Age 59 years) └─ Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen  (Age 76 years)  m. 18 Feb 1878 + 03. Prince Henry of Prussia           b. 14 Aug 1862, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation           d. 20 Apr 1929, Schloss Hemmelmark, Barkelsby, Schleswig-Holstein, Weimar Republic (Age 66 years) └─ Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine  (Age 87 years)  m. 24 May 1888   04. Prince Sigismund of Prussia           b. 15 Sep 1864             d. 18 Jun 1866 (Age 1 year)   05. Princess Viktoria of Prussia           b. 12 Apr 1866, New Palace, Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia           d. 13 Nov 1929, Hospital of St. Francis, Bonn, Weimar Republic (Age 63 years) └─ Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe  (Age 56 years)  m. 19 Nov 1890;    └─ Alexander Anatolievitch Zoubkoff  m. 19 Nov 1927   06. Prince Waldemar of Prussia           b. 10 Feb 1868, Crown Prince's Palace, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia           d. 27 Mar 1879, New Palace, Potsdam, Prussia, German Empire (Age 11 years) + 07. Princess Sophia of Prussia           b. 14 Jun 1870, New Palace, Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia           d. 13 Jan 1932, Frankfurt, Hesse-Nassau, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (Age 61 years) └─ Constantine I, King of the Hellenes  (Age 54 years)  m. 27 Oct 1889 + 08. Princess Margaret of Prussia           b. 22 Apr 1872, New Palace, Potsdam, Prussia, German Empire           d. 22 Jan 1954, Schloss Friedrichshof, Kronberg im Taunus, Hesse, West Germany (Age 81 years) └─ Frederick Charles, Landgrave of Hesse  (Age 72 years)  m. 25 Jan 1893
  Family ID	F4033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 May 2026

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Victoria, Princess Royal(1840 – 1901) 2Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha(1819 – 1861) 4Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha(1784 – 1844) 8Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld(1750 – 1806) 16 17 9Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf(1757 – 1831) 18 19 5Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg(1800 – 1831) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom(1819 – 1901) 6Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn(1767 – 1820) 12George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland(1738 – 1820) 24Frederick, Prince of Wales(1707 – 1751) 25Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha(1719 – 1772) 13Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz(1744 – 1818) 26 27 7Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld(1786 – 1861) 14Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld(1750 – 1806) 28 29 15Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf(1757 – 1831) 30 31