Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
(1840-1901), Consort of Frederick III, German Emperor, King of Prussia; daughter of Queen VictoriaSitter associated with 124 portraits
Victoria married Prince Frederick William of Prussia in 1858. 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. After the three wars of German unification (1864-71), the victorious princes of the North German Confederation proclaimed a German Empire with King William I of Prussia as the hereditary German Emperor. On his death in 1888, his son Prince Frederick ascended the throne and Victoria adopted the title The German Empress. He died later that year, after which she was known as The Empress Frederick.
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x5574
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax131374
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 9 March 1863
NPG x131715
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax46736
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Heinrich Graf
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG Ax46768
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Heinrich Graf
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG x36364
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Heinrich Graf
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG x36365
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 9 March 1863
NPG x135123
'Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age'
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and Duroni & Murer, and Émile Desmaisons, and John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Herbert Watkins, and William Edward Kilburn, and Horatio Nelson King, and John & Charles Watkins, and James Mudd, and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x139661
The children of Queen Victoria
by Robert Jefferson Bingham
albumen carte-de-visite, August 1865
NPG x131268
The Emperor and Empress of Germany with their children
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, November 1865
NPG Ax46753
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Heinrich Graf
albumen cabinet card, 1870s
NPG x36363
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Robert Boning
albumen print, circa 1870
NPG x36384
Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia and family
by Unknown photographer
albumen cabinet card, 1870s-1900s
NPG x87019
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x132837
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x132838
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG Ax132839
'Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and Family'
published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x139601
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1871
NPG Ax46158
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1870s
NPG x36368
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Hills & Saunders
albumen cabinet card, 1874
NPG x76775
Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia with his family
by Hills & Saunders
albumen cabinet card, 1874
NPG Ax5561
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Mondel & Jacob
albumen cabinet card, 1876
NPG x87574
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1879
NPG x95890
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1879
NPG x95891
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1879
NPG x95892
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1879
NPG x95893
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1879
NPG x95894
Queen Victoria with members of her family
by Carl Backofen
albumen cabinet card, April 1884
NPG Ax197502
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia; Queen Victoria
by Byrne & Co
albumen cabinet card, February 1889
NPG x76539
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia; Queen Victoria
by Byrne & Co
albumen cabinet card, February 1889
NPG Ax13954
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1889
NPG x3812
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by James Russell & Sons, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, (1890s)
NPG x14271
Queen Victoria with various members of her family
by James Russell & Sons
albumen print, April 1894
NPG x134736
Royal group including Queen Victoria and Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass copy negative, copied January 1948 (April 1894)
NPG x189248
Queen Victoria at breakfast with Princesses Beatrice and Victoria
by Alexander Lamont Henderson, published by Underwood & Underwood
albumen stereoscopic card, April 1895
NPG x45209
by Hills & Saunders
half-plate glass negative, 1897
NPG x35274
Queen Victoria presenting Colours to the 2nd Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
by Robert Milne
gelatin printing-out paper print, 29 October 1898
NPG x8501
possibly by George Baxter, after Unknown artist
Baxter print, late 1840s
NPG D48650
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Sir William Charles Ross
lithograph, 1841
NPG D33806
Related People
- Princess Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (née Princess Victoria of Prussia) (daughter)
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (brother)
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father)
- Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (brother)
- Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (nephew)
- Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (sister)
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (brother)
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (sister)
- Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (daughter)
- King Edward VII (brother)
- Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (husband)
- Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (sister)
- Prince Henry of Prussia (son)
- Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll (sister)
- Princess Margarete, Landgravine of Hesse (daughter)
- Prince Sigismund of Prussia (son)
- Sophie, Queen of Greece (née Princess Sophie of Prussia) (daughter)
- Queen Victoria (mother)
- Prince Waldemar of Prussia (son)
- Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (son)
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