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Victoria, Princess Royal, German Empress & Queen of Prussia About Victoria, Princess Royal, German Empress & Queen of Prussia. Name/title: Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom. Queen consort of Prussia German Consort Empress.
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Queen Victoria: The real story of her 'domestic bliss' Life during Queen Victoria's reign. For the next 40 years-the rest of her life-Victoria wore black mourning and only appeared in public rarely and reluctantly. To her people, the tiny widow of Windsor seemed a pathetic, grief-stricken figure.The truth was very different.o the outside world Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their family seemed the embodiment of domestic bliss, but the reality was very different, writes historian Jane Ridley.
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âDoctor Whoâ Star Jenna Colemanâs New Series to Replace âDownton Abbeyâ on PBS | January 18, 2016 @ 2:38 PM. PBS. “Victoria,” about a young Queen Victoria, will air on PBS in 2017, in the timeslot currently held by “Downton Abbey,” the network announced Monday. The series stars “Doctor Who” alum Jenna Coleman in the titular role of the English monarch.
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Victorian era The Victorian era of British history (and that of the British Empire) was the period of Queen Victoria 's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death, on 22 January 1901.
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Victoria  (plant) Victoria is a genus of water-lilies, in the plant family Nymphaeaceae, with very large green leaves that lie flat on the water's surface.Victoria amazonica has a leaf that is up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) in diameter, on a stalk up to 8 metres (26 ft) in length.The genus name was given in honour of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Victoria amazonica is native to the shallow waters of the Amazon River basin, such as oxbow lakes and bayous.ictoria amazonica has a leaf that is up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) in diameter, on a stalk up to 8 metres (26 ft) in length. The genus name was given in honour of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Victoria amazonica is native to the shallow waters of the Amazon River basin, such as oxbow lakes and bayous.
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Victoria, Princess Royal Victoria, Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa;[1][2][3] 21 November 1840 – 5 August 1901) was a German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to German Emperor Frederick III. She was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland and Prince Albert, and was created Princess Royal in 1841.
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Jim Carrey Dead: Actor Victim Of Another Celebrity Death Hoax Jim Carrey is not dead, despite yet another internet death hoax that reported on the actor’s demise. This weekend, news of Carrey’s death spread quickly on Facebook, with a group titled R.I.P.Jim Carrey garnering nearly one million “likes.” Those who checked out the page were fed fake details of Jim Carrey’s death. “ At about 11 a.m. ET on Sunday (January 12, 2014), our beloved actor Jim Carrey passed away.im Carrey is not dead, despite yet another internet death hoax that reported on the actor’s demise. This weekend, news of Carrey’s death spread quickly on Facebook, with a group titled R.I.P.
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Prussia The Second Peace of Thorn (1466) split Prussia into the western Royal Prussia, a province of Poland, and the eastern part, from 1525 called the Duchy of Prussia, a fief of the Crown of Poland up to 1657. The union of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia in 1618 led to the proclamation of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701.
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Empress Frederick Biography Born Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise in London, England, in 1840, Empress Frederick was the oldest child of England's Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She was heiress to the throne, in line to succeed her mother as queen of the United Kingdom, until her younger brother, the future King Edward VII, was born in 1841.
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Queen Victoria Both the Duke of Kent and King George III died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She inherited the throne aged 18, after her father's three elder brothers had all died, leaving no surviving legitimate children.ictoria was christened privately by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, on 24 June 1819 in the Cupola Room at Kensington Palace. She was baptised Alexandrina, after one of her godparents, Emperor Alexander I of Russia, and Victoria after her mother.
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The Rise and Fall of Prussia / PreuÃen Prussia was a German state centred around Berlin in the era when Germany existed of many small states. Prussia was also one of the great powers in modern history. Prussia has disappeared completely from the map. The Prussian borders changed very often. Prussia had a great influence on German and European history. Its rival was Austria, because Prussia and Austria both wanted to control the rest of Germany.
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Queen Victoria Queen Victoria (r.1837Queen Victoria (r.1837- ---1901) and Prince Albert 1901) and Prince Albert 1901) and Prince Albert. Queen Victoria was the first Sovereign to rule from Buckingham Palace, acceding to the. throne on 20 June 1837, following the death of her uncle William IV.
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Why did Queen Victoria of England (1819-1901)marry her first cousin, Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg (1819-1861)? Victoria herself was rather an exponent of the art... she had nine children with Albert and they married into royal families all over Europe, ensuring that all the current royal families of Europe are related and in fact all the current European kings and queens are in line of succession to the British throne.
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- The origins of the phrase are normally attributed either to the last German Emperor Wilhelm II, or to his first wife, Empress Augusta Victoria. She is likely to have adopted it from one of several similar German sayings by number.
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Queen Victoria British royalty. Queen of Great Britain (1837–1901) and (from 1876) Empress of India, born in London, United Kingdom, the only child of George III’s fourth son, Edward, and Victoria Maria Louisa of Saxe-Coburg, sister of Leopold, King of the Belgians.
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Wilhelm II, German Emperor Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. He was the eldest grandchild of the British Queen Victoria and related to many monarchs and princes of Europe, most notably King George V of the United Kingdom and Emperor Nicholas II of Russia. Acceding to the throne in 1888, he dismissed the Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, in 1890 and launched Germany on a bellicose New Course in foreign affairs
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Queen Victoria Victoria turned 18 on 24 May 1837, and a regency was avoided. On 20 June 1837, William IV died at the age of 71, and Victoria became Queen of the United Kingdom.ictoria was christened privately by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, on 24 June 1819 in the Cupola Room at Kensington Palace. She was baptised Alexandrina, after one of her godparents, Emperor Alexander I of Russia, and Victoria after her mother.
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- Most of these rulers were grandchildren of Queen Victoria of Great Britain, Granny Queen, who had nine children and 44 grandchildren, all of whom married into the major and minor royalties of Europe.
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Prussia Prussia grew in splendor during the reign of Frederick I, who sponsored the arts at the expense of the treasury. He was succeeded by his son, Frederick William I (1713-1740) the austere Soldier King, who did not care for the arts but was thrifty and practical.
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The Victorian Period Queen Victoria The Victorian period formally begins in 1837 (the year Victoria became Queen) and ends in 1901 (the year of her death). As a matter of expediency, these dates are sometimes modified slightly.
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Queen Victoria Queen Victoria Summary. Queen Victoria was the longest-reigning British monarch, ruling the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 64 years. She was fiercely independent and although she faced dwindling direct political control, she strengthened the monarchy by redefining its role in British life.
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Prussia Thereafter until 1701 this territory (i.e., East Prussia) was known as Ducal Prussia. When Albert’s son and successor, Albert Frederick, died sonless in 1618, the duchy passed to his eldest daughter’s husband, the Hohenzollern elector of Brandenburg, John Sigismund.
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Queen Victoria Victoria (1819-1901) was queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901) and empress of India (1876–1901). She was the last of the House of Hanover and gave her name to an era, the Victorian Age. During her reign the English monarchy took on its modern ceremonial character.
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5 Things You May Not Know About Queen Victoria Victoria’s son Leopold, Duke of Albany, died from blood loss after he slipped and fell; her grandson Friedrich bled to death at age 2, while two other grandsons, Leopold and Maurice, died of the affliction in their early 30s.
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) Alexandra Feodorovna (Russian: александра фёдоровна; 6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918) was Empress of Russia as the spouse of Nicholas II, the last ruler of the Russian Empire. Originally known as Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, she was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
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Queen Victoria Victoria was christened privately by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, on 24 June 1819 in the Cupola Room at Kensington Palace. She was baptised Alexandrina, after one of her godparents, Emperor Alexander I of Russia, and Victoria after her mother.ictoria was christened privately by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, on 24 June 1819 in the Cupola Room at Kensington Palace. She was baptised Alexandrina, after one of her godparents, Emperor Alexander I of Russia, and Victoria after her mother.