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- This is why Queen Victoria is called Europe's Grandmother. Her descendants became monarchs of England, Greece, Denmark, Serbia, Romania, Spain, Norway, Sweeden, and Russia.
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Although Victoria and Albert's firstborn was a girl, constitutional law at the time dictated the line of succession followed male-preference primogeniture. This meant Victoria and Albert’s firstborn son should inherit the throne, which he did upon Victoria’s death in 1901. Born Albert Edward, and nicknamed ‘Bertie’, he chose to reign as King Edward...
The firstborn child of Victoria and Albert was Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, otherwise known as Victoria, Princess Royal. At the age of 17, she married Prince Frederick of Prussia who became German Emperor and King of Prussia in 1888. Their eldest son, Wilhelm, was Germany’s last Emperor and his militaristic ambitions played a key part in bringing...
Victoria, Princess Royal and Frederick had eight children, one of which was a daughter called Sophie. Sophie married her third cousin, Constantine, the heir apparent to the Greek throne. She became Queen of Greece upon Constantine’s ascension in 1913. Sophie became the grandmother of the last King of Greece, Constantine II, who reigned until the mo...
The third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria was Alice Maud Mary. Princess Alice married the minor German Prince Louis IV, the Grand Duke of Hesse. She was the first of Victoria and Albert’s children to die, succumbing to diphtheria at the age of just 35. Her daughter, Alix, who was said to be Queen Victoria’s favourite granddaughter, marr...
Alfred was the second son of Queen Victoria to marry into Russian royalty, after tying the knot with the daughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia. The couple’s daughter, Marie, married the heir apparent to the Romanian throne. She became the last Queen of Romania as the wife of King Ferdinand I.
After a multitude of marriages to Danish princesses, Queen Victoria’s children and grandchildren also married into both Norwegian and Swedish royalty. Maud of Wales, the youngest daughter of King Edward VII, married Danish Prince Carl of Denmark. After the dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway, Carl was offered the Norwegian throne, wh...
Queen Victoria’s youngest child was Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria who married Prince Henry of Battenberg. Their daughter, Victoria, became Queen of Spain as the wife of King Alfonso XIII. The current king of Spain is the great-grandson of Alfonso and Victoria. Princess Beatrice was a known carrier of the haemophilia gene and is believed to have p...
Marie (born Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria of Edinburgh; 29 October 1875 – 18 July 1938) [note 1] was the last queen of Romania as the wife of King Ferdinand I. Marie was born into the British royal family .
The Romanian royal family (Romanian: Familia regală a României) constitutes the Romanian subbranch of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern (also known as the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen), and was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Romania, a constitutional monarchy in Central-Eastern Europe.
The royal descendants of Queen Victoria (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901; r. 1837–1901 ) and of King Christian IX (8 April 1818 – 29 January 1906; r. 1863–1906 ), monarchs of the United Kingdom and Denmark , respectively, have become members of multiple European royal families .
Sep 16, 2022 · Like several of his relatives, the last king of Romania, Michael I, claimed relation to Queen Victoria on both sides of his family tree. On his father's side, he was descended from Victoria's...
Mar 26, 2023 · Queen Victoria's Family Tree. The famous queen's genetic legacy has shaped the royal houses of Europe. By Lauren Hubbard Published: Mar 26, 2023 9:00 AM EDT. Save Article. Historical...
