{"id":724,"date":"2022-01-31T07:07:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T13:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/?page_id=724"},"modified":"2023-12-13T07:01:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T13:01:32","slug":"queen-victorias-family-tree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/famous-victorians\/queen-victorias-family-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Victoria&#8217;s Family Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Britain&#8217;s most iconic monarch (arguably), Queen Victoria, is a figure synonymous with the grandeur era of her time.\u00a0There is perhaps no other\u00a0family line to have played such a huge role in shaping not just the United Kingdom, but Europe at large. This overview of Queen Victoria&#8217;s family tree &#8211; her lineage, marriage and descendants, provides an insight into her line. The royal connections that influenced the political and social landscape of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, a union that was as much a personal success as it was a political alliance, resulted in nine children. These children went on to forge alliances with various European royal families, further extending Queen Victoria&#8217;s importance across the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/queenvicfamilytree.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/queenvicfamilytree.webp 1024w, https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/queenvicfamilytree-300x195.webp 300w, https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/queenvicfamilytree-150x98.webp 150w, https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/queenvicfamilytree-768x500.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image \u00a9 Hrishikes at English Wikipedia \/ CC BY-SA, under a creative commons licence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Queen Victoria&#8217;s Parents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Victoria&#8217;s lineage begins with her parents: her father, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of the reigning King George III, and her mother, Victoria Saxe-Saalfield-Coburg, sister of Leopold, king of the Belgians.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Queen Victoria&#8217;s Husband<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"387\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Prince_Albert.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1019\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7709163346613546;width:281px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Prince_Albert.jpeg 387w, https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Prince_Albert-231x300.jpeg 231w, https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Prince_Albert-116x150.jpeg 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prince Albert was born in the tiny German principality of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha on August 26, 1819.&nbsp; She was arranged to marry her cousin Prince Albert, and the two were married on February 12, 1840. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The marriage was a happy one, and the couple went on to have nine children. <a href=\"https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/famous-victorians\/prince-albert\/\">Prince Albert<\/a> died of typhoid fever on December 14, 1861.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Queen Victoria&#8217;s Children<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Princess Victoria<\/strong> \u2013 Born 1841. Married her first cousin, Frederick III, king of Prussia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Albert Edward<\/strong> (Edward VII) \u2013 Born 1842. Became king of the United Kingdom in 1901.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Princess Alice <\/strong>\u2013 Born 1843. Married her first cousin, Louis IV, grand duke of Hesse and by Rhine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prince Alfred<\/strong> \u2013 Born 1844. Died at the age of 31 from pneumonia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prince Arthur<\/strong> \u2013 Born 1845. Married his first cousin, Princess Louise of Prussia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prince Leopold<\/strong> \u2013 Born 1853. Died at the age of 31 from meningitis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Princess Helena<\/strong> \u2013 Born 1846. Married her uncle, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Princess Beatrice<\/strong> \u2013 Born 1857 . Married her cousin, Prince Henry of Battenberg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prince George<\/strong> \u2013 Born 1845. Died at the age of one from meningitis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The English Royal Descendants of Queen Victoria<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Queen-victoria-family-tree-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Queen-victoria-family-tree-scaled.jpg 819w, https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Queen-victoria-family-tree-96x300.jpg 96w, https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Queen-victoria-family-tree-328x1024.jpg 328w, https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Queen-victoria-family-tree-48x150.jpg 48w, https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Queen-victoria-family-tree-768x2400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Queen-victoria-family-tree-655x2048.jpg 655w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"facts-about-queen-victoria-and-her-family\">Facts About Queen Victoria and Her Family<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Queen Victoria was survived by six children, 40 grandchildren, and 37 great-grandchildren<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Queen Victoria was a long-reigning monarch, she was the target of seven assassination attempts.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/queen-victoria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Queen Victoria<\/a> was the first monarch to live at Buckingham Palace.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Within her family, her nickname was \u2018Drina.\u2019<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Queen Elizabeth II is a great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria. So was her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Queen Victoria was quite short at only 5 feet tall<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We can thank Prince Albert for <a href=\"https:\/\/victorianchildren.org\/victorian-christmas\/\">Christmas traditions<\/a> like a tree and sending cards. He brought these German traditions over to Britain when he married Victoria.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She was the only daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of George III.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain&#8217;s most iconic monarch (arguably), Queen Victoria, is a figure synonymous with the grandeur era of her time.\u00a0There is perhaps no other\u00a0family line to have played such a huge role in shaping not just the United Kingdom, but Europe at large. 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