Victoria princess royal

Photograph of a near full length portrait of Victoria, the Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901) dressed for her 16th birthday. She stands facing slightly to the right and gazes ahead, away from the camera. She holds her hands together in front of her waist. She wears an off-the-shoulder light coloured dress, gloves, pearls and a jewel hairpiece.

Photograph of a near full length portrait of Victoria, the Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901) seated, facing halfway to the right. She turns her head towards the camera and gazes slightly to the right. She wears an off-the-shoulder dark coloured gown and holds a fan in her right hand and gloves in her left. Photograph taken at Windsor Castle.

Photograph of a full length portrait of Victoria, Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901). She stands, facing three-quarters to the left and turns her head towards the camera. He holds a posy in her left hand and places her right hand on a balustrade behind her. She poses in front of a painted backdrop depicting a mountainous scene. On the right is a large, patterned curtain and there is a set of steps to the left. On 19 May 1857 the engagement was announced between the Princess…

Countess Sofia Andreevna Bobrinskaya, née Shuvalova by Hippolyte Robillard, 1869 This photo proves that Countess Bobrinskaya must have truly been a beauty! On this photo she is forty years old, and still mysteriously…

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Queen Victoria married Prince Albert, with whom she had a total of 9 children; 5 girls and 4 boys, born between the years of 1840 and 1857.

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Victoria and Albert put a great deal of effort into preparing her for a royal marriage. Fate made her period of influence brief. She had strained relations with her children and the Prussian-German court found her too English. Victoria and Albert hoped super prices could bring peace to Europe, but…