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Also Known As	Empress Frederick • Viktoria Adelheid Maria Luise • Kaiserin Friedrich • Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise
Born	November 21, 1840 • London • England
Died	August 5, 1901 (aged 60) • Germany
Notable Family Members	spouse Frederick III • father Albert, Prince Consort • mother Victoria • son William II • brother Edward VII

Sir Morell Mackenzie

English physician

Dame Margaret Kendal

British actress and manager

William Hunter Kendal

British actor and manager

Juliana Ewing

British author

Francis Edward Elmore

English metallurgist

Robert Colling

British stock raiser

Laurie Doherty

English tennis player

Sidney Colvin

English scholar

Alexander Stanley Elmore

English metallurgist

Charles Colling

British stock raiser

Reggie Doherty

English tennis player

William Renshaw

English tennis player

Lady Hester Stanhope

British noble

E. H. Shepard

English artist

Joseph Severn

artist

Ernest Renshaw

English tennis player

Beatrice Webb

British economist

Jill Haworth

British-born actress

Sydney Greenstreet

British actor

Sidney Webb

British economist

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