Victoria, Princess Royal (1819 - 1901), later to reign as Queen Victoria, circa 1924. She is holding a miniature of her future husband, Prince Albert, set into a bracelet. An engraving by J. Thomson after John Lucas. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
circa 1843: Princess Victoria (1840 - 1901), eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, and later Empress of Prussia, sitting on a cushion. Original Artwork: Painting by Franz Winterhalter. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
1858: Victoria, Empress of Germany (1840 - 1901) at the time of her marriage to Frederick III of Prussia. Original Artwork: After Winterhalter (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The Crown Prince of Prussia, the future Friedrich III (1831 - 1888) with his wife and family. Friedrich was crowned Emperor on the death of his father but died of throat cancer after only reigning for three months and was succeeded by his son Wilhelm II. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941), third Emperor of Germany from 1888 - 1918 and ninth king of Prussia, with his mother the Empress Victoria (1840 - 1901) daughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. (Photo by Henry Guttmann Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
