Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1901 — DIES IN HER CASTLE. [ARTICLE]

DIES IN HER CASTLE.

Dowager Km press Frederick Passes Away at Qfonburg;. Dowager Empress Frederick of Germany died at 0:15 o’clock Monday evening at Cronbcrg. While death was anticipated, it came rather suddenly, as at 4 o'clock her physicians reported no change in her condition. Emperor William and her majesty's other children and Empress Augusta Victoria were iu the sick room most of the day. They were ail around the bedside when the dowager empress passed away quietly. It is said the cause of death was dropsy accompanying the cancer. Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, dowager empress of Germany, was the eldest child of Queen Victoria and was born in Buckingham palace on Nov. 21, 1840. The young princess met her future husband when only 11 years of age. That was in 1851, when Frederick 111., the crown prince of Germany, made his first visit to England. The crown prince 'of Germany nnd Princess Victoria were married in the historic clinpcl of the pulace of St. James on Jan. 25, 1858. The wedding was remarkable for the display of costumes, (lie nervousness of the crown prince and the childish simplicity of the princess. The empress was a devoted wife and mother. Eight children were born of the nuiun, including Fjpderi’ck William Victor Albert, the present Emperor oi ’Germany. After the close of the war Princess Frederick traveled extensively with her husband up to tile time be was seized by tho tnaliguaut disease which caused his death on June 15, 1888. She was Em[Aess of Germany for little more than three months, thi* prince becoming king after tile deatli of bis father on March 1), 1888, and dying on June 15 of the same year.