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in Germany. She was the daughter of the physicians Damian and Regina von Siebold and was an early assistant of her parents. She graduated with a degree in obstetrics at the

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in 1817. She assisted at both

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's birth on 24 May 1819 at Kensington Palace in

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and Queen Victoria's first cousin and husband

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's birth on 26 August 1819 at Rosenau Palace near

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* Ulrike Enke: Geburtshelferin der englischen Königin. In: Hessisches Ärzteblatt. 8, 2009, ISSN 0171-9661, S. 525–526, Volltext (PDF; 185 kB). {{DEFAULTSORT:Siebold, Charlotte von 1788 births 1859 deaths German gynaecologists 19th-century German people German women physicians University of Göttingen alumni 19th-century German physicians 19th-century women physicians