Vicky Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter, Vicky, married the Prussian heir to the throne, Frederick William in 1858. The ambitious young woman attempted to influence her husband in the spirit of the liberal ideas of her father , Prince Albert. The appointment of the arch-conservative Bismarck to the post of Prussian Prime Minister in 1861 set the course for the relationship of Vicky’s father in law, William I, and the Crown Princely Couple.