Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and GothaAge: 601840–1901
- Name
- Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Given names
- Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa
- Surname
- Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Also known as
- Victoria, Princess Royal
| Birth | 21 November 1840 21 21 Buckingham, Palace, London, England |
| Australian History | 1840 Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Christening | 10 February 1841 (Age 2 months) Throne Room, Buckingham Palac, England |
| Birth of a brother | 9 November 1841 (Age 11 months) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger brother -
Edward VII Wettin King Of England
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| Australian History | 1841 (Age 41 days) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 13 months) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Birth of a sister | 25 April 1843 (Age 2) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger sister -
Princess Alice Maud Mary …
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| Australian History | 1843 (Age 2) Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property). |
| Birth of a brother | 6 August 1844 (Age 3) Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
younger brother -
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
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| Australian History | 1845 (Age 4) Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia. |
| Birth of a sister | 25 May 1846 (Age 5) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger sister -
Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
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| Birth of a sister | 18 March 1848 (Age 7) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger sister -
Louise Caroline Alberta … Princess
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| Birth of a brother | 1 May 1850 (Age 9) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger brother -
Prince Arthur William Patrick …
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 9) Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony. Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded. |
| Australian History | 1851 (Age 10) Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales. Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat. Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine |
| Birth of a brother | 7 April 1853 (Age 12) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger brother -
Prince Leopold George Duncan …
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 12) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 13) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 14) Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 15) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Birth of a sister | 14 April 1857 (Age 16) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger sister -
Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg
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| Australian History | 1857 (Age 16) Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote. |
| Marriage | Frederick III … German Emperor - View family 25 January 1858 (Age 17) London, England |
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 17) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 27 January 1859 (Age 18) Berlin, Germany |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 18) Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 1860 (Age 19)
daughter -
Duchess Charlotte … Of Saxe-Meiningen
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| Australian History | 1860 (Age 19) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 16 March 1861 (Age 20) Frogmore House, Windsor, England
maternal grandmother -
Marie Luise Victoria Hanover
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| Death of a father | 14 December 1861 (Age 21) Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England |
| Australian History | 1861 (Age 20) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Birth of a son #3 | 1862 (Age 21) |
| Marriage of a sister | Princess Alice Maud Mary … - View family 1 July 1862 (Age 21) Osborne House, Isle Of Wight
brother-in-law -
Grand Duke Louis IV … Of Hesse
younger sister -
Princess Alice Maud Mary …
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| Australian History | 1862 (Age 21) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Marriage of a brother | Edward VII Wettin King Of England - View family 10 March 1863 (Age 22) St. George Chap., Windsor, England
younger brother -
Edward VII Wettin King Of England
sister-in-law -
Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1863 (Age 22) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a son #4 | 1864 (Age 23)
son -
Sigismund …
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| Birth of a daughter #5 | 12 April 1866 (Age 25)
daughter -
Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria Lippe
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| Marriage of a sister | Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg - View family 5 July 1866 (Age 25) Windsor Castle, England
brother-in-law -
(Frederick) Christian Charles … Prince
younger sister -
Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
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| Death of a son | 1866 (Age 25)
son -
Sigismund …
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 26) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a son #6 | 1868 (Age 27)
son -
Waldemar …
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| Australian History | 1868 (Age 27) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 28) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | 14 June 1870 (Age 29) Potsdam, Germany
daughter -
Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
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| Marriage of a sister | Louise Caroline Alberta … Princess - View family 21 March 1871 (Age 30) St. George Chap., Windsor, England
brother-in-law -
John Campbell Duke Of Argyll
younger sister -
Louise Caroline Alberta … Princess
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| Birth of a daughter #8 | 1872 (Age 31)
daughter -
Princess Margarete … Of Hesse
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 31) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 32) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Marriage of a brother | Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince - View family 23 January 1874 (Age 33) Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
younger brother -
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
sister-in-law -
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 34) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Death of a sister | 14 December 1878 (Age 38) Darmstadt, Germany
younger sister -
Princess Alice Maud Mary …
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 37) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Marriage of a brother | Prince Arthur William Patrick … - View family 13 March 1879 (Age 38) St. George Chap., Windsor, England
younger brother -
Prince Arthur William Patrick …
sister-in-law -
Duchess Louise Margaret … Of Prussia
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| Death of a son | 1879 (Age 38)
son -
Waldemar …
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 38) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 39) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 1882 (Age 41)
grandson -
Crown Prince William …
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| Marriage of a brother | Prince Leopold George Duncan … - View family 27 April 1882 (Age 41) St. George Chap., Windsor, England
younger brother -
Prince Leopold George Duncan …
sister-in-law -
Princess Helena Frederica … Of Waldeck
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 41) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 1883 (Age 42)
grandson -
Eitel Frederick …
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| Australian History | 1883 (Age 42) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | 1884 (Age 43)
grandson -
Adalbert …
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| Death of a brother | 28 March 1884 (Age 43) Cannes, France
younger brother -
Prince Leopold George Duncan …
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| Marriage of a sister | Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg - View family 23 July 1885 (Age 44) Whippingham, Isle Of Wight
brother-in-law -
Prince Henry Maurice … Of Battenberg
younger sister -
Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg
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| Birth of a grandson #4 | 1887 (Age 46)
grandson -
Augustus William …
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 46) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | 1888 (Age 47)
grandson -
Oscar …
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| Marriage of a son | Prince Henry … Of Prussia - View family 1888 (Age 47)
niece -
Princess Irene … Of Hesse
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| Death of a husband | 15 June 1888 (Age 47) Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany
husband -
Frederick III … German Emperor
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| Birth of a grandson #6 | 1889 (Age 48)
grandson -
Waldemar …
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| Marriage of a daughter | Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia - View family 27 October 1889 (Age 48) Athens, Greece
son-in-law -
Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece
daughter -
Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 48) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | 1890 (Age 49)
grandson -
Joachim …
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| Birth of a grandson #8 | 19 July 1890 (Age 49) Tatoi, Near Athens, Greece
grandson -
George II Oldenburg King Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1890 (Age 49) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 50) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | 1892 (Age 51)
granddaughter -
Victoria, Australia Louise … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1892 (Age 51) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | 1 August 1893 (Age 52) Tatoi, Greece
grandson -
Alexander I Oldenburg King Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 52) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 53) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 54) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | 2 May 1896 (Age 55) Athens, Greece
granddaughter -
Princess Helen … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1896 (Age 55) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 56) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 57) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 58) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | 1900 (Age 59)
grandson -
Henry …
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| Death of a brother | 30 July 1900 (Age 59) Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Bavaria, Germany
younger brother -
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 59) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
| Death of a mother | 22 January 1901 (Age 60) Osborne House, Isle Of Wight, England
mother -
Alexandrina Victoria Hanover
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 60) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
| Death | 5 August 1901 (Age 60) Friedrichshof, Kronberg, Taunus, Germany |
| Burial | Friedenskirche, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Birth 26 August 1819 Schloss Rosenau, Near Coburg, Germany Death 14 December 1861 (Age 42) Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England |
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-3 months mother |
Birth 24 May 1819 51 32 Kensington, Palace, London, England Death 22 January 1901 (Age 81) Osborne House, Isle Of Wight, England |
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Marriage: 10 February 1840 — Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, England |
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9 months #1 herself |
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth 21 November 1840 21 21 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 5 August 1901 (Age 60) Friedrichshof, Kronberg, Taunus, Germany |
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1 year #2 younger brother |
Birth 9 November 1841 22 22 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 6 May 1910 (Age 68) Buckingham, Palace, London, England |
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17 months #3 younger sister |
Princess Alice Maud Mary …
Birth 25 April 1843 23 23 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 14 December 1878 (Age 35) Darmstadt, Germany |
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15 months #4 younger brother |
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
Birth 6 August 1844 24 25 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Death 30 July 1900 (Age 55) Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Bavaria, Germany |
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22 months #5 younger sister |
Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Birth 25 May 1846 26 27 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 9 June 1923 (Age 77) Schomberg House, Pall Mall, London, England |
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22 months #6 younger sister |
Louise Caroline Alberta … Princess
Birth 18 March 1848 28 28 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 3 December 1939 (Age 91) Kensington, Palace, London, England |
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2 years #7 younger brother |
Prince Arthur William Patrick …
Birth 1 May 1850 30 30 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 16 January 1942 (Age 91) Bagshot Park, Surrey, England |
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3 years #8 younger brother |
Prince Leopold George Duncan …
Birth 7 April 1853 33 33 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 28 March 1884 (Age 30) Cannes, France |
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4 years #9 younger sister |
Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg
Birth 14 April 1857 37 37 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 26 October 1944 (Age 87) Bantridge Park, Balcombe, Sussex, England |
| Family with Frederick III … German Emperor - View family |
| husband |
Frederick III … German Emperor
Birth 18 October 1831 34 20 Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany Death 15 June 1888 (Age 56) Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany |
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9 years herself |
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth 21 November 1840 21 21 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 5 August 1901 (Age 60) Friedrichshof, Kronberg, Taunus, Germany |
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Marriage: 25 January 1858 — London, England |
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1 year #1 son |
William II … German Emperor
Birth 27 January 1859 27 18 Berlin, Germany Death 4 June 1941 (Age 82) Haus Doorn, Netherlands |
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11 months #2 daughter |
Duchess Charlotte … Of Saxe-Meiningen
Birth 1860 28 19 Death 1919 (Age 59) |
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2 years #3 son |
Prince Henry … Of Prussia
Birth 1862 30 21 Death 1929 (Age 67) |
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2 years #4 son |
Sigismund …
Birth 1864 32 23 Death 1866 (Age 2) |
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2 years #5 daughter |
Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria Lippe
Birth 12 April 1866 34 25 Death 1929 (Age 62) |
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21 months #6 son |
Waldemar …
Birth 1868 36 27 Death 1879 (Age 11) |
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2 years #7 daughter |
Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
Birth 14 June 1870 38 29 Potsdam, Germany Death 13 January 1932 (Age 61) Frankfurt, Germany |
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19 months #8 daughter |
Princess Margarete … Of Hesse
Birth 1872 40 31 Death 1954 (Age 82) |