![]() ![]() ![]() King George V died in January 1936, what came to be known as the 'year of the three kings'.Įdward VIII was next on the throne but his reign lasted less than 12 months, as his marriage to American divorcee Wallis Simpson eventually prompted him to abdicate a decision that shocked the world. The eldest son Albert died before his father. Victoria's eldest son Edward married Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863, and they went on to have six children, including George, their second eldest son, who became King in 1910 when Edward passed away. During her lifetime the nation saw the Industrial Revolution and British Empire developed dramatically the Victorian era is a significant chapter in Britain's history. Victoria died on 22 January 1901, outliving her beloved husband Prince Albert by forty years, and becoming the country's longest reigning monarch. ![]() Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn.Victoria and Albert had nine children, with their second child Edward becoming King on his mother's death: Albert's father and Victoria's mother were brother and sister (as shown in the tree above), meaning Victoria and Albert were cousins. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel) was born on 26 August 1819, just three months after Victoria. Her father died (just six days before the death of George III, Victoria's grandfather) and when her uncle William IV died (aged of 71, Victoria became Queen at the age of eighteen. Her three uncles (those older than her father) left no surviving legitimate heirs. Edward, Duke of Kent (Victoria's father).William, Duke of Clarence (later William IV).How Victoria became heir to the throneīorn as Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent on at Kensington Palace, London, she was fifth in the line to the throne after the four eldest sons of George III: The marriage of Charles’ grandfather, James VI-I of Scotland and England married, Anne, the daughter of King Frederik II of Denmark and from this union also descends many of the great royal houses of Europe.Īs I discuss this topic on Monday we will come to see all the myriad ways in which the various royal families are related.Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901, making her reign the second longest in British history, after Queen Elizabeth II (Victoria's great-great-granddaughter). Charles II of England and Scotland was the first cousin of King Louis XIV of France. Their mutual descent from the Electress Sophia made Fritz and Vicky 5th cousins.Įven if you go further back into the British Royal Family’s genealogy, their members frequently married into or chose members from the reigning houses that ruled France, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Italy and many others. The next time the Prussians and the British royal family mingled was when Friedrich III’s great aunt, Princess Frederica, married Princess Victoria, the Princess Royal’s great uncle, Prince Frederick, Duke of York. Electress Sophia’s daughter, also named Sophia, married King Friedrich I of Prussia and their son, King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia married his first cousin, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Great Britain. Both were descendants of Sophia of the Rhine (Electress Sophia) and Elector Ernst August of Hanover, the line from which the royal family earned its claim to the throne. Let us take the marriage of Victoria and Albert’s eldest daughter, Princess Victoria, the Princess Royal, and her marriage to the future Friedrich III, German Emperor and King of Prussia as an example. Today all the reigning royal families are related and this is nothing new. While this is true, in some ways I find it misleading because royals marrying royals is a practice that had been going on for centuries. One of the things I have read frequently is the statement that the descendants of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert married into all the great Royal Houses of Europe. To be more accurate I also am equally interested in the Edwardian Age and the time until the end of the First World War. After sorting out the genealogy of the British Royal Family the era that piqued my interest the most was the Victorian Era. When I began my interest in royalty, genealogy was the doorway by which I entered. ![]()
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