Victoria, Princess Royal

Victoria, Princess Royal was German Empress and Queen of Prussia as the wife of Frederick III, German Emperor. She was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was created Princess Royal in 1841. As the eldest child of the British monarch, she was briefly heir presumptive until the birth of her younger brother, the future Edward VII. She was the mother of Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor.

21 November 1840

Born on the same birth day (21 November): Anne de Xainctonge • Brian Ritchie • Daniel Bradshaw • Georgina Battiscombe • John Lucas III • Len Väljas • Marjan Rožanc • Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch • Phil Bredesen • René Magritte • Veljko Kadijević

Born in the same month (November 1840): Auguste Rodin • Claude Monet • Henry Birks • John Brashear • Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau • William Giblin