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1840 – 1901Empress Frederick (1840-1901)Died 5 August 1901, aged 60Victoria, Princess Royal of Britain, was Empress consort of Germany and Queen consort of Prussia during her husband Frederick III's brief reign in 1888. Widowed after 99 days, she spent her later years at Friedrichshof and died of cancer on 5 August 1901. She was the eldest child of Queen Victoria and mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II.