Born: 1784
Married: Louise of Wurttemberg (1789-1857)
Children: Frederick, Frederike, William, Felix
Died: 1853
Frederick William IV, King of Prussia
Born: 15 October 1795, Berlin
Son of: Frederick William III and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Married: Elizabeth of Bavaria (1801-1878)
1858: A stroke left him unable to rule so his brother, Wilhelm, became regent.
Died: 1 January 1861, Potsdam
“I never saw so lamentable an object…he was lying in his bath chair his left hand and arm which he has quite lost the use of as well as both his legs tied up in cloths…he can neither speak nor look at anyone as he has lost the power of directing his eyes…you never saw anything so sad.” (Crown Princess Victoria, 1860)
Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony
Born: 18 May 1797, Dresden
Son of: Maximilian (1759-1838) & Carolina of Bourbon-Parma (1770-1894)
Married: 1) Caroline of Austria (1801-1832)
2) Marie Amelie of Bavaria (1805-1877)
Died when he fell in front of a horse which stood on his head: 9 August 1854
“The family is...extremely united and accustomed to a very simply family life, so was the good late King Frederick Augustus.” (Queen Victoria 1858)
Frederick, Prince of the Netherlands
Born: 28 February 1797, Berlin
Son of: William I & Wilhelmina of Prussia
Married: Louise of Prussia (1808-1878)
Children: Louise
Died: 8 September 1881, Wassennaar
Frederick, Prince of Anhalt
Born: 1799, Dessau
Son of: Frederick (1769-1814) & Amelie of Hesse-Homburg (1774-1846)
Married: Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1814-1895)
Children: Adelaide, Bathildis, Hilda
Died 1864, Dessau
Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Born: 1801
Son of: Hermann, and Countess Louise de Merode
Married: Eugenie of Leuchtenburg
Died: 1869
Frederick, Prince of Saxe-Altenburg
Born: 1801
Son of: Frederick of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1763-1834) & Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1769-1818)
Died: 1870
Frederick William, Elector of Hesse-Kassel
Born: 1802
Married: Gertrude Falkenstein, Countess von Hanau (1803-1882) Morganatic marriage
Children: Alexandra, William
Lost his throne in 1866
Died: 1875
Frederick VII, King of Denmark
Born: 6 October, 1808
Son of: Christian VIII & Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Married: 1) Wilhelmine of Denmark. Divorced 1837
2) Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Divorced 1846
3) Louise Rasmussen (1814-1874)
Died: 1863
(His last wife was probably having an affair with a man who was also Frederick’s lover. He allegedly married Louise in order to maintain the happy menage a trois with her and his male lover??)
Frederick, Prince of Wurttemberg
Born: 21 February 1808
Son of: Paul (1785-1852) & Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1787-1847)
Married: Catherine of Wurttemberg (1821-1898)
Children: William
Died: 9 May 1870, Stuttgart
Frederick, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen
Born: 1812
Son of: Frederick August (1784-1853) & Louise of Wurttemberg (1789-1851)
Married: Mathilde von Breuning (1821-1896)
Renounced his rights: 1842
Died: 1891
Frederick, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Born: 23 October 1814, Schleswig
Son of: William? & Louise Daneskyold of Hesse-Kassel
Married: Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (1821-1899)
Children: Augusta, Frederick Ferdinand, Louise, Marie, Albrecht
Died: 27 November 1885
Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Born: 1819
Son of: George (1779-1860) & Wilhelmina of Hesse
Married: Augusta of Cambridge
Children: Adolphus
Died: 25 May 1904
“He is not an easy patient to manage…he has such odd fancies, he makes poor me answerable for impossible things and if ever I give in for a day, to rest, he is angry and will not understand, that his his health makes me anxious or depresses me; poor man, he never understood me…” (His wife, Grand Duchess Augusta)
“It is unluckily his way not to make any show of affection but his icy abord & reserve are more than trying & must exasperate you..” (Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge)
Frederick William, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Born: 1820
Son of: William (1787-1867) & Charlotte of Denmark (1769-1864)
Married: 1) Alexandra of Russia (1825-1844 - died in childbirth – the baby died, too).
Children: William (the baby who died)
2) Anna of Prussia (1836-1918)
Children: Frederick William, Elizabeth, Alexander Frederick, Frederick Karl
Died: 1884
“I am not at all surprised at your finding Prince F. of Hesse very disagreeable; we saw him several times in England, and always thought him so; even the Duchess of Cambridge (whose nephew he is) and certainly Cousin Mary disliked him. And yet some years ago the Duchess told me she thought he would be a good husband for you!!” (Queen Victoria, to her daughter, Vicky 1858)
Frederick Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: 28 February 1823, Ludwigslust
Son of: Paul (1800-1842) & Alexandra of Prussia (1803-1892)
Married: 1) Augusta Reuss of Kostritz (1822-1862)
Children: Frederick Franz, Paul Frederick, Marie, Nicholas, Johann, Alexander
2) Anna of Hesse (1843-1865)
Children: Anna
3) Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1850-1922)
Children: Elizabeth, Frederick William, Adolf, Heinrich
Died: 15 April 1883, Schwerin
He did a lot to improve schools, churches etc.
Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
Born: 9 September 1824, Karlsruhe
Son of: Karl Leopold (1790-1832) & Sophie of Sweden (1801-1865)
Married: Louise of Prussia (1838-1923)
Children: Frederick, Victoria, Ludwig, Wilhelm
Died: 23 September 1907, Hanau
“He is quite charming. Il a un charme indicible, and Louise is fortunate indeed.” (Queen Victoria)
Frederick Karl, Prince of Prussia
Born: 1828
Son ofK Karl of Prussia and Marie of Saxe-Weimar
Married: Marianne of Anhalt
Children: Louise, Frederick Leopold, Elizabeth
Died: 1885
“He despises women, and will not lose that feeling until he finds one that is his match and tells him the truth.” (Crown Princess Victoria)
“The ménage of Fritz Karl is much talked about…neither he not Marianne do anything to prove that they are false remarks.” (Crown Princess Victoria)
Frederick, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (‘Fritz Holstein’)
Born: 1829
Son of: Christian (1798-1869) & Louise of Danneskyold-Samsoe (1796-1867)
Married: Adelaide of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835-1900)
Children: Frederick, Augusta, Caroline, Mathilde, Gerhard, Ernst Gunther, Louise Sophie, Feodora
Died: 1880
“He is so sensible and clever and you can talk to him about anything.” (Queen Victoria)
“I had a feeling of admiration and veneration for his virtues, his noble and excellent character, the patience and dignity with which he bore his misfortunes…a man so honest, so conscientious and so patriotic.” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia 1880)
Frederick III, German Emperor
Born: 18 October 1831, Potsdam
Son of: William of Prussia and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar
Married: Victoria of Great Britain (1840-1901)
Children: William, Charlotte, Henry, Victoria Moretta, Sigismund, Waldemar, Sophie, Margaret
Died of throat cancer: 15 June 1888, Potsdam
“He is really so excellent, it is a pleasure to look t his dear good face; and he is worked so hard - no health can stand it in the long run.” (Princess Alice, his sister-in-law)
“Darling beloved Fritz, I loved him so dearly. He was so kind to me always…I seem him always before me with those beautiful loving blue eyes.” (Queen Victoria)
