Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, Princess Royal (1840-1901) was born on the 21st November as the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. As the eldest child of Queen Victoria, she was briefly her heir, until the birth of her younger brother and future King, Edward VII. She was the mother of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and German Empress and Queen of Prussia as the wife of Frederick III, German Emperor.
• Victoria was only empress for 99 days