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 Thomas Fairland, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1851
NPG D33810
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Thomas Fairland, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1851
NPG D35051
by John Brandard, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by Chappell
lithograph, circa 1851
NPG D47394
The Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851. Plate 2. The Foreign Nave
by Joseph Nash
hand-coloured lithograph, published 1851
NPG D16397
The seven oldest children of Queen Victoria
by Frederick James Smyth, published by Illustrated London News, after Unknown artist
wood engraving, published 25 December 1852
NPG D33826
Queen Victoria, the Prince Consort and family
by Samuel Cousins, published by Thomas Boys, and Ernest Gambart & Co, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
mixed-method engraving, republished 15 February 1853 (originally published 20 March 1850 after a painting of 1846)
NPG D48098
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by George Baxter
Baxter print, circa 1855-1857
NPG D47433
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, published 1855 (1855)
NPG D22116
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Jass, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, published 1856 (1855)
NPG D33811
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1856 (1856)
NPG D33812
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by John Brandard, printed by M & N Hanhart
chromolithograph, circa 1856-1857
NPG D47431
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1856 (1856)
NPG D21983
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Émile Desmaisons, after Edward Matthew Ward
lithograph, published 1857
NPG D33813
Queen Victoria; King Edward VII; Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by James Tilbitts Willmore, after Sir Edwin Landseer
line engraving, 1858 (1847)
NPG D33591
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Samuel Cousins, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
mezzotint, published 1858
NPG D33814
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1858
NPG D33815
after Unknown artist
lithograph, circa 1858-1860
NPG D33816
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1858
NPG D22122
Key to 'Royal Family Group, 1874' (Queen Victoria with her family)
after Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, after Unknown artist
ink on acetate, (1881)
NPG D33661
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia ('Ladies. No. 11.')
by Constantine von Grimm ('Nemo')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 June 1884
NPG D44177
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)
Comments back to top
We are currently unable to accept new comments, but any past comments are available to read below.
If you need information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service . Please note that we cannot provide valuations. You can buy a print or greeting card of most illustrated portraits. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Prices start at around £6 for unframed prints, £16 for framed prints. If you wish to license an image, select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Use this image button, or contact our Rights and Images service. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.