Princess Margaret of Prussia

Margaret of Prussia was the youngest child of Frederick III, German Emperor, and Victoria, Princess Royal. She was also the younger sister of Emperor Wilhelm II and the granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She married Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, the elected King of Finland, making her the would-be Queen of Finland had he not decided to renounce the throne on 14 December 1918. In 1926, they assumed the titles of Landgrave and Landgravine of Hesse. The couple had six sons and lost three of them in wartime, two during the First and one during the Second World War.

22 April 1872

Born on the same birth day (22 April): Aivars Kalējs • Ana María Shua • Charles Mingus • Danni Wyatt • Ethel Smyth • Gani Fawehinmi • Georg Lurich • James Stirling (architect) • Joshua Rifkin • Laura Gilpin • Machine Gun Kelly (musician) • Mel Carter • Paul Chambers • Paul Malakwen Kosgei • Pope Alexander VIII • Robert Wade-Gery • Sacco and Vanzetti • Sherri Shepherd • Vittorio Jano • Wolf V. Vishniac

Born in the same month (April 1872): Abdullah Yusuf Ali • Aleksandër Stavre Drenova • Alexander Roda Roda • Alice Salomon • C. B. Fry • Forest Ray Moulton • Harry Payne Whitney • John Cameron (footballer, born 1872) • Léon Blum • Samuel Cate Prescott