Victoria, Princess Royal, Marries the Future Emperor Frederick III

Their engagement was made public in May of 1857, and the couple was married on May 19, 1857. The Princess Royal was seventeen at that time. In 1861, Frederick's father became William I of Prussia, and she became Crown Princess of Prussia and her husband the Crown Prince. It was not until 1888 that William I died and Frederick became the German Emperor, at which time Victoria became The German Empress Queen of Prussia, a position she held for only 99 days before her husband died. Victoria and her husband Frederick were notably liberal in comparison to both his father and their son, William II.