Not only was the Princess Royal the first child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, she also gave them their first grandchild (the future Emperor Wilhelm II, 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) and was grandmother to both the first of their 87 great-grandchildren to be born, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (19 May 1879 – 26 August 1945), daughter of Princess Charlotte, and to the last of their 29 great-granddaughters to die, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (4 May 1913 – 2 October 2007), daughter of Princess Sophie. Links: Burgrave William George of Kirchberg, Count of Hachenburg, 27. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had 87 great-grandchildren. Prince Albert, the Prince Consort (26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861), lived long enough to see only one of his children (the Princess Royal) married and two of his grandchildren born (Wilhelm II, 1859–1941, and his sister Princess Charlotte of Prussia, 1860–1919), while Queen Victoria (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) lived long enough to see not only all her grandchildren, but many of her 87 great-grandchildren as well. Photo: Wikipedia, All content copyright Unofficial Royalty 2018. In 1900, Charles Edward succeeded his uncle Alfred as Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha but was forced to abdicate his ducal throne during the German Revolution of 1918, later gaining high positions in and through the Nazi movement. She was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in 1981 and in 1992 by the Moscow Patriarchate. Prince Albert Edward (1841–1910), then the Prince of Wales, married Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), later Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, on 10 March 1863. They had 2 sons (one of which, "Frittie", Prince Friedrich of Hesse, was a haemophiliac and died from bleeding out after a fall out of his mother's bedroom window), 5 daughters (one of whom died of diphtheria) and 15 grandchildren (two of whom died at a young age). Victoria's reign of 63 years and 7 months, which is longer than that of any other British monarch and the longest of any female monarch in history, is known as the Victorian era. Countess Dorothea Renata of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf, 60. Mar 10, 2020 - Explore Susan Whitaker's board "Queen Victoria’s Children & Grandchildren" on Pinterest. Married (2) 1905, her maternal first cousin, 32. She was also the grandmother of the last of Victoria and Albert's great-granddaughters to die, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (4 May 1913 – 2 October 2007), daughter of Vicky's fourth daughter, Queen Sophia of Greece. In March 1911, the Duke of Connaught's nephew, King George V (son of the Duke's recently deceased brother King Edward VII) appointed his uncle to represent him as Governor General of Canada. Edward's and Alexandra's daughter Princess Maud of Wales became Queen of Norway when her husband, Prince Carl of Denmark, became King Haakon VII (1905–1957) upon the dissolution of Norway's union with Sweden in 1905. They had 2 sons (one stillborn), 4 daughters, 10 grandsons (8 of whom survived their first week of life) and 9 granddaughters. As a result of her seclusion, republicanism temporarily gained strength, but in the latter half of her reign, her popularity recovered. Queen Victoria → Prince Arthur → Princess Margaret of Connaught → Princess Ingrid of Sweden → Danish Queen Margrethe II & Greek Queen Anne-Marie Preussen.de In German Because of his support for Germany in World War I, he lost his English knighthood in the Order of the Garter in 1915 and his British royal titles, peerages and honours in 1919. Princess Helena and Prince Christian had no legitimate grandchildren and one natural granddaughter who died without having issue of her own. Duchess Christine of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, 53. On 25 January 1858 she married Prince Frederick of Prussia (1831–1888; Crown Prince from 1861, German Emperor March–June 1888). Johann the Younger #1966. Female descendants’ married titles are in parentheses as are some male descendants who had title changes for various reasons. Landgravine Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, 59. Landgravine Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (sister of 24 & 26), Rumoured, but never proven to have married in 1898. Queen Victoria → Prince Leopold → Prince Charles Edward → Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → King Carl XVI Gustaf. Geneall Children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Victoria Adelaide Mary, Princess Royal(November 21, 1840–August 5, 1901) married Frederick III of Germany (1831–1888) Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859–1941, emperor 1888–1919), married Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein and Hermine Reuss of Greiz Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (= 47), 37. You can search for royalty-related items - or anything else - by using this link. Queen Victoria (who had ascended to the throne on 20 June 1837 and been crowned on 28 June 1838) was married to Prince Albert on 10 February 1840 by William Howley, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in the Chapel Royal of St James's Palace in Westminster (London). Princess Alice, Grand Duchess Consort of Hesse and by Rheine. - Pakula, Hannah. They had 5 children, 4 girls, the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia, and one boy, the Tsarevich Alexei, who was a haemophiliac. Countess Frederikke Louise of Danneskiöld-Samsöe, 35. Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Solms-Braunfels, 43. Countess Charlotte Hanau-Lichtenberg, Heiress of Lichtenberg (= 37, 43, 45), 35. Her reign was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire, which reached its zenith and became the foremost global power. [5], According to one modern author, Victoria initially was jealous of the time that Albert had spent with Vicky, but in her widowhood Victoria made Vicky something of her confidante,[6] and for her part, Vicky had accrued hundreds of letters from her mother, to the point that shortly before her death, she had them smuggled out of Germany by her brother's secretary, Sir Frederick Ponsonby. [5] According to one modern author, both Victoria and Albert weren't above playing favourites with their children, and unfortunately did little to hide their favouritism. They had eight children and twenty-three grandchildren. - Munich, Adrienne. The Last Romantic: A Biography of Queen Marie of Roumania. Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Eschwege, 56. Countess Charlotte Hanau-Lichtenberg, Heiress of Lichtenberg (= 33, 37, 43), 47. Links: [King George's son, the Duke of Gloucester, was later Governor-General of Australia, and the Duke of Connaught's own son was later Governor-General of South Africa. Countess Juliana Dorothea Louise of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg, 41. Princess Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, 19. His daughter, Princess Alice of Albany married Prince Alexander of Teck, the younger brother of Queen Mary, in 1904 and became Countess of Athlone when her husband was created Earl of Athlone in June 1917. Their son, and Edward's grandson, became King Olav V (1957–1991); and Olav's children, King Harald V (since 1991), Princess Ragnhild and Princess Astrid, are thus great-grandchildren of Edward VII and great-great-grandchildren of Victoria and Albert. Charlotte Philippine Juliane Westermann, As with his elder brother, he relinquished his title of. [1] (Albert died fourteen-and-a-half years before Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India on 1 May 1876. Queen Victoria → Prince Alfred → Princess Marie of Edinburgh (Queen of Romania) → King Carol II → King Michael Albert John Charles Frederick Arthur George Prince(Prinz) von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Wolfgang Dietrich, Count of Castell-Castell, 43. [6] She also had an awkward relationship with her second eldest daughter, Alice, whom the queen, despite praising her thoughtfulness, also criticised as being too melancholy and self-absorbed. Welcome to Geni, home of the world's largest family tree. They had 2 daughters and 1 son. Baron George Riedesel XX zu Eisenbach, 25. Queen Victoria → King Edward VII → Princess Maud of Wales (Queen of Norway) → King Olav V → King Harald V. Princess Alice (1843–1878) married Prince Louis of Hesse (1837–1892), later Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse, on 1 July 1862.