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Victoria is best remembered as the mother of Wilhelm II of Germany, the last German Kaiser, and arch-enemy of the United Kingdom during World War I.

1 Early Life

Princess Victoria was born on November 21, 1840 at Buckingham Palace, London. Her mother was the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria, the only daughter of King George III's fourth eldest son, HRH Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of KentPrince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent ( 2 November 1767 23 January 1820) was the fourth son of King George III and the father of Queen Victoria. He was created the Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin on 23 April 1799. His Royal Highness Field Ma. Her father was HRH Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-GothaPrince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Francis Charles Augustus Albert Emmanuel, of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha branch of the House of Wettin ( 26 August 1819 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and.

As a daughter of the sovereign, Victoria was a British princessThis is a list of British princesses from the accession of King George I in 1714. This article deals with both princess of the blood royal and women who become princesses upon marriage. The use of title of Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain a with the style Her Royal HighnessHRH is an acronym for His Royal Highness and Her Royal Highness''. It appears in front of the names of members of a Royal Family other than the King or Queen. In the British monarchy the title of HRH is associated with the rank of prince or princess.. In 18411841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January 26 The United Kingdom occupies Hong Kong. Later during the year, the first census of the island recorded a population of about 7,500. February 18 The first ongoing f, the Queen created Victoria, the title of Princess Royal, a title sometimes conferred on the eldest daughter of the sovereign. Victoria was then styled HRH The Princess Royal. To her family she was known simply as Vicky. Until the birth of her brother, The Prince Albert Edward, Victoria was also the heir presumptive to the throne.

The education of Victoria was closely supervised by her parents. She was precocious and intelligent, unlike her brother Albert Edward. She was taught to read and write before the age of five by her governess Lady Lyttelton and to speak French by her French nursery maid. The Princess Royal learned French and German from various governesses and science, literature, Latin, and history by Sara Ann Hildyard. Prince Albert tutored her in politics and philosophy.

2 Marriage

In 1851, Victoria met her future husband, His Royal Highness Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia ( 18 October 1831- 15 June 1888), when he and his parents were invited to London by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to attend the opening of the Great Exhibition. At the time, Friedrich, the son of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar , was third in line to the Prussian throne. The couple were engaged in 1855 when Friedrich, was on a visit to Balmoral.

The Prussian Court and Buckingham Palace publicly announced the engagement on 19 May 1857. The couple were married, at Queen Victoria's insistence, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, on 25 January 1858. The marriage was both a love match and a dynastic alliance. The Queen and Prince Albert hoped that Victoria's marriage to the future king of Prussia would cement close ties between London and Berlin, and possibly lead to the emergence of a unified and liberal Germany.

Victoria and Friedrich had eight children:

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