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THE QUEEN.

[5] Victoria Adeliade Mary Louisa, Princess Royal (V.A., C.I.); b. 21 Nov. 1840; baptized at Buckiagham Palace; m. at Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace, 25 Jan. 1858, to ai. Frederick William Nicholas Charles, Prince Imperial of Germany, Crown Prince of Prussia, K.G. and has had 4 sons and 4 daus.

(1) Prince Frederick William Victor Albert, K.G. 1877, Knight of the Black Eagle of Prussia 1869, major 1st foot guards, German army, hon. major "German Kaiser" regiment; b. 27 Jan. 1859; m. 27 Feb. 1881, Princess Augusta Victoria Frederica Louisa Feodora Jenny, eldest dau. of late Major-Gen. Frederick Christian Augustus, hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderberg-Augnstenberg; see p. lxvi.

(2) Prince Albert William Henry, G.C.B. 1881; b. 14 Aug. 1862 (betrothed to Princess Elizabeth of Hesse Cassel).

(3) Prince Francis Frederic Sigismund, b. 16 Sept. 1864; d. 18 June, 1866.

(4) Prince Joachim Frederick Ernest Waldemar b. 10 Feb. 1868; d. 27 Mar. 1879.

(5) Princess Victoria Elizabeth Augusta Charlotte, h. 24 July, 1860; m. 18 Feb. 18783 to Bernard Frederic William Albert George, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen and Hild. burghausen, and has a dau. Princess Feodora Victoria Augusta Marianne Maria, b. 12 May, 1879. At her baptism her four great-grandmothers, the Empress of Germany, the Queen of England, the Duchess of Saxe-Meiniugen, and the Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, were sponsors.

(6) Princess Frederika Wilhelmina Amelie Victoria, b. 12 April, 1866.

(7) Princess Sophie Dorothée Ulriqne Alice, b. 14 June, 1870.

(8) Princess Margaret Beatrice Feodore, b. 22 April, 1872.

[6] {{Smallcaps|Princess Alice Maud Mary (V.A.), b. 25 April, 1843, baptized at Buckingham Palace; d. 14 Dec. 1878; m. 1 July, 1862, at Osborne, to H.R.H. Louis IV. Grand Duke of Hesse, K.G. and has had 2 sons and 5 daus.

(1) Prince Ernest Louis Charles Albert William, b. 25 Nov. 1868.

(2) Prince Frederick William Augustus Victor Leopold Louis, b. 7 Oct. 1870; accidentally killed 29 May, 1873.

(3) Princess Victoria Alberta Elizabeth Matilda Mary (V.A.), b. 5 April, 1863.

(4) Princess Elizabeth Alexandrine Louise Alice (V.A.), b. 1 Nov. 1864.

(5) Princess Irene Marie Louise Anna, b. 11 July, 1866.

(6) Princess Victoria Alice Ilelena Louise Beatrice, 1. 6 June, 1872.

(7) Princess Marie Victoria Feodore Leopoldine, b. 24 May, 1874 ; d. 16 Nov. 1878.

[7] Princess Heleena Augusta Victoria (V.A., C.I.), b. 25 May, 1846, baptized at Buckingham Palace; m. at Windsor Castle 5 July, 1866, to General H.R.H. Prince Frederic Chzistian Charles Augustus, of Schleswig-Holstein-Souderburg-Augustenburg, K.G. High Steward of Windsor (the title of Royal Highness was conferred upon him by Letters Patent 30 June, 1866), and has had 8 sons and 2 daus.