Frederick III of Germany Hohenzollern 1
- Born: 18 Oct 1831, Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany
- Marriage: Victoria Adelaide Mary Wettin on 25 Jan 1858 in St. James Palace, London, England
- Died: 15 Jun 1888, Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany aged 56
General Notes:
Born the son of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (younger brother of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV), in 1858 Friedrich married Princess Victoria (Vicky) of Great Britain and Ireland, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The rigorously educated Vicky, also known as the Princess Royal, was considerably smarter than her husband and influenced her husband towards her own liberal views.
In 1861, Friedrich's father became King Wilhelm I of Prussia, and Friedrich himself became Crown Prince. As such, he commanded armies in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 (where his timely arrival was crucial to the Prussian victory at Sadowa) and in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Never liked by Bismarck, who distrusted his wife's liberalism, Friedrich was always kept out of any real position of power throughout his father's life. By the time his father died in 1888, Friedrich had incurable cancer of the larynx, which had been misdiagnosed, leading to cancellation of a necessary surgery in 1887. He ruled for only 99 days before his death.
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Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: German Emperor; King of Prussia, 1888.
Frederick married Victoria Adelaide Mary Wettin, daughter of Albert Augustus Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Victoria Hanover, on 25 Jan 1858 in St. James Palace, London, England. (Victoria Adelaide Mary Wettin was born on 21 Nov 1840 in Buckingham Palace, St James Park, London, England, christened on 10 Feb 1841 in Throne Room, Buckingham Palace, England and died on 5 Aug 1901 in Friedrichshof Palace, Krönberg-Taunus.) The cause of her death was cancer.
Marriage Notes:
Victoria and Friedrich had eight children:
1) Prince Wilhelm, later Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia (27 January 1859 - 4 June 1941); married 1st Princess Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein (22 October 1858 - 11 April 1921) and had issue; 2nd Princess Hermine Reuss zu Greiz (17 December 1887 - 7 August 1947);
2) Princess Charlotte (24 July 1860 - 1 October 1919) married Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1 April 1851 - 16 January 1928);
3) Prince Heinrich (14 August 1862 - 20 April 1929) married Princess Irene of Hesse and the Rhine (11 July 1866 - 11 November 1953); and had issue;
4) Prince Sigismund (15 September 1864 - 18 June 1866);
5) Princess Viktoria (12 April 1866 - 13 November 1929) married 1st 19 November 1890 Prince Adolf zu Schaumburg-Lippe (20 July 1859 - 9 July 1916); 2nd Alexander Zoubkov (25 September 1901 - 28 January 1936);
6) Prince Waldemar (10 February 1868 - 27 March 1897);
7) Princess Sophie (14 June 1870 - 13 January 1932) married King Constantine I of the Hellenes (2 August 1868 - 11 January 1923);
8) Princess Margarete (22 April 1872 - 22 January 1954) married Friedrich Karl, Landgrave of Hesse (1 May 1868 - 28 May 1940).
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