Victoria HANOVER, Queen of England
Family: Prince Albert Augustus Charles
NOTES: Victoria, Queen of England, Empress of India; a.k.a.: Alexandrina Victoria Reign: 20 Jun 1837 - 22 Jan 1901; Crowned: Westminster Abbey 28 Jun 1838; She became queen at age 18. Her 63 year reign was the longest in the history of England. Her descendants, including 40 grandchildren, married into almost every royal family of Europe. With her personal example of honesty, patriotism and devotion to family life, Victoria became a living symbol of the solidity of the British Empire. The many years of her reign, often referred to as the Victorian age, witnessed the rise of middle class and were marked by a deeply conservative morality and intense nationalism. She was obsessed with the collecting of memorabilia of her family. She mourned her late husband, Albert, for more than 40 years. |
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NOTES: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a.k.a.: The Prince Consort of Queen Victoria; Christened: (Francis) Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel; He was an active and effective patron of the arts and sciences, organizing such enterprises as the epochal Great Exhibition of 1851 to stimulate the growth of British commerce, industry and national pride. Although regarded by many Britons as a meddling foreigner, Albert succeeded in strengthening the monarchy and in encouraging social progress. Overburdened with work, he succumbed to typhoid fever at the age of 42.
NOTES: Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise
Edward VII WETTIN, King of England
Family: Princess Alexandra of Denmark "Alix"
NOTES: Christened: Albert Edward; called, "The Peacemaker" Reign: 1901-1910; It is not always realized that Queen Victoria was the last sovereign of the House of Hanover and King Edward VII was the first of the House of Wettin or the House of Saxony. Edward VII, in an outburst of anti-German feeling engendered by the First World War, changed the name of his "House and Family" from Wettin to Windsor in 1917. Edward gave his name to the Edwardian period. |
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Princess Alice Maud Mary
Family: Louis IV of Hesse, Grand Duke
NOTES: Alice died at thirty-five from an epidemic of diphtheria that swept the palace affecting all but one of her children. a.k.a.: Princess Alice of Great Britain; Alice, Reigning Grand Duchess of Hesse; Alice Maud Mary (Fatima) Prince Alfred Ernest Albert
Family: Marie Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess
NOTES: Prince Alfred; The only child of Queen Victoria not born at Buckingham Palace; He was born at Windsor Castle; a.k.a.: Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893. Princess Helena Augusta Victoria
Family: Prince (Frederick) Christian Charles
NOTES: Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; Known as "Lenchen" to the family. Princess Louise Caroline Alberta
Family: John CAMPBELL, Duke of Argyll
NOTES: Titles: Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. Cremated at Golders Green Crematorium. Ashes buried in the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore. Prince Arthur William Patrick
Family: Duchess Louise Margaret of Prussia
NOTES: Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. Prince Leopold George Duncan
Family: Princess Helena Frederica of Waldeck
NOTES: a.k.a.: Leopold, Duke of Albany; Leopold George Duncan Albert, Duke of Albany. Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria
Family: Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg
NOTES: a.k.a.: Princess Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg; Elizabeth Longford, in "Life of Elizabeth II" shows Beatrice's birthdate as: 1858. Birthdate shown from Debrett's Book of Royal Children, Charles Kidd & Patrick Montague-Smith. Christened: Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore. |
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Princess Alexandra of Denmark "Alix"
Family: Edward VII WETTIN, King of England
NOTES: Towards the end of her life the Queen became almost completely deaf and suffered from mild senile dementia. She resided chiefly at Sandringham House, Norfolk, which Edward VII had purchased as Prince of Wales. In her drives about the countryside she would graciously wave and bow to the cows in the fields, the faithful Princess Victoria always in attendance. Princess of Wales (1863-1901) Queen Alexandra (1901-1910) Queen Mother (1910-1925); Pictures of her as a young woman show a sad, soulful look in her eyes; she walked with a limp (which was imitated by society). She is often shown in pictures wearing gobs of jewelry. Duke Albert Victor Christian
NOTES: Albert Victor Christian Edward, Duke of Clarence; "Eddy" He was of limited intellect, almost ineducable, and when he reached young manhood his dandyism earned him the nickname of "Prince Collar and Cuffs". His sexual proclivities were doubtful and he was believed to frequent a male brothel on Cleveland Street. He became engaged to Princess May of teck, but before the marriage could take place he succumbed to typhoid fever. Princess May was passed on as fiancée to his younger brother George (later, George V). |
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George V WINDSOR, King of England
Family: Queen Mary of Teck (May)
NOTES: King George V of England; Christened: George Frederick Ernest Albert; Known as "Georgie" to the family. Debrett's Book of Royal Children list the date of death as 27 Jan. He was a very strict father. He passed away a 5 min. before midnight on 20 Jan. At age 16, George V employed a Japanese practitioner to tattoo a large blue and red dragon on his right arm. He was known as the Sailor Prince; he entered the Royal Navy in 1877 and after an active naval career and successive promotions, rose to the rank of vice admiral in 1903. The outstanding event of the reign of George V was World War I. Following England's declaration of war on Germany, the king renounced all the German titles belonging to him and his family and changed the name of the royal house to Windsor. (from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha). |
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NOTES: Louise, Duchess of Fife; Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar, Princess Royal. a.k.a.: LuLu;
NOTES: a.k.a.: Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary
NOTES: Princess Maude Charlotte Mary Victoria, later: Maude, Queen of Norway.
NOTES: Died shortly after birth. a.k.a.: Alexander
NOTES: a.k.a.: George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
NOTES: Frederick III, Emperor of Germany; German Emperor and King of Prussia Liberal in his political views, he opposed Prince Otto von Bismark throughout the ministry of the latter. A man of learning and culture, Frederick patronized art and literature and encouraged the work of the royal museums. As Crown Prince Frederick William, he was genially called "Our Fritz" by the German people, most of whom anticipated with pleasure his accession to the throne. Frederick became ill, however, in 1887 and lived only three months after succeeding to the throne on his father's death. Reign: March 9-June 15, 1888.
William II, German Emperor
Family 1: Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-
Family 2: Princess Hermine of Reuss
NOTES: Emperor of Germany; a.k.a.: Kaiser Wilhelm II. Ascended the throne of Imperial Germany in 1888. He was exiled in the Netherlands after his abdication in 1918. He was exiled for 22 yrs. Family of the Hohenzollerns. Full name: Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia. (1888-1918). His policies helped bring about World War I. William's first major action as emperor was his dismissal in 1890 of the aged chancellor Prince Otto von Bismarck, who had been largely responsible for the growth of the German Empire under the emperor's grandfather, William I. The emperor believed that he ruled by divine right; foreign affairs interested him, but his policies were contradictory and confused. He professed deep friendship for Great Britain but drove that country into an alliance with France and Russia by his aggressive program of colonial, commercial, and naval expansion. He was buried with military honors by order of Adolf Hitler. |
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NOTES: Title: Louis IV of Hesse; Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and The Rhine; a.k.a.: Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and The Rhine.
NOTES: Princess of Waldeck-Pyrmont; 5th dau. of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Helena Wilhelmina Henrietta Pauline Marianne of Nassau; had issue. a.k.a.: Princess Helena of Waldeck
NOTES: Alice, Countess of Athlone; Lived in an apartment of Kensington Palace called, Clock House. a.k.a.: Princess Alice of Albany
NOTES: a.k.a.: Henry of Battenberg; Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg.
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