Frederick III, German Emperor

(1831-1888)

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Frederick III (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888) was German Emperor and King of Prussia for ninety-nine days in 1888, the Year of the Three Emperors. Known informally as "Fritz", he was the only son of Emperor Wilhelm I and was raised in his family's tradition of military service. Although celebrated as a young man for his leadership and successes during the Second Schleswig, Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian wars, he nevertheless professed a hatred of warfare and was praised by friends and enemies alike for his humane conduct. Following the unification of Germany in 1871 his father, then King of Prussia, became the German Emperor. Upon Wilhelm's death at the age of ninety on 9 March 1888, the thrones passed to Frederick, who had by then been German Crown Prince for seventeen years and Crown Prince of Prussia for twenty-seven years. Frederick was suffering from cancer of the larynx when he died, aged fifty-six, following unsuccessful medical treatments for his condition.

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Born	German: Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus KarlEnglish: Frederick William Nicholas Charles 18 October 1831 Potsdam, Germany
Died	15 June 1888 (aged 56) Potsdam, Germany
Zodiac	Libra
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Victoria, Princess Royal 1840-1901 · German Empress and Queen of Prussia in 1888 · m. 1858 info edit

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Frederick William Victor Albert info 1st child with Victoria, Princess Royal Male b. 27 Jan 1859 d. 4 Jun 1941 · Age: 82 (at death) · 1859-1941 · Last German Emperor and last King of Prussia from 1888 to 1918

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Viktoria Elisabeth Auguste Charlotte info 2nd child with Victoria, Princess Royal Female b. 24 Jul 1860 · Age: 165 · 1860- · Celebrity Baby

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Military career info 3rd child with Victoria, Princess Royal Male b. 14 Aug 1862 d. 20 Apr 1929 · Age: 66 (at death) · 1862-1929 · German admiral

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Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864–1866) info 4th child with Victoria, Princess Royal Male b. 15 Sep 1864 d. 18 Jun 1866 · Age: 1 (at death) · 1864-1866 · Prussian prince

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Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria of Prussia info 5th child with Victoria, Princess Royal Female b. 12 Apr 1866 d. 13 Nov 1929 · Age: 63 (at death) · 1866-1929 · Princess Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe

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Joachim Friedrich Ernst Waldemar info 6th child with Victoria, Princess Royal Male b. 10 Feb 1868 d. 27 Mar 1879 · Age: 11 (at death) · 1868-1879 · German prince

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Sophia Dorothea Ulrica Alica of Prussia info 7th child with Victoria, Princess Royal Female b. 14 Jun 1870 d. 13 Jan 1932 · Age: 61 (at death) · 1870-1932 · Queen of Greece (1913-1917; 1920-1922)

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Margarete Beatrice Feodora of Prussia info 8th child with Victoria, Princess Royal Female b. 22 Apr 1872 d. 22 Jan 1954 · Age: 81 (at death) · 1872-1954 · Queen consort-elect of Finland

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