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Marie-Catherine Homassel-Hecquet (June 12, 1686 – 8 July 1764) was a French biographical author of the first half of the 18th century. She was the wife of the Abbeville merchant Jacques Homassel and the semi-anonymous "Madame H–––t" who published a pamphlet biography of the famous feral child Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc, Histoire d'une jeune fille sauvage trouvée dans les bois à ...
Victoire Maria Louisa, Lady Hanmer (née Conroy; 12 August 1819 – 9 February 1866) was a childhood companion of the future Queen Victoria.She was born the youngest daughter of Sir John Conroy, who served as the comptroller of the household of the Duchess of Kent and the young princess.
[6] [7] Arriving at Dover on 23 April 1819, they moved into Kensington Palace, where Victoria gave birth to a daughter on 24 May 1819, Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent, later Queen Victoria. [4] An efficient organiser, Sir John Conroy, ensured the Kents' speedy return to England in time for the birth of their first child. [8]
The couple had one child together, Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent. Princess Alexandrina was Queen Charlotte and King George's first legitimate, surviving grandchild, and went on to become ...
The child was Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent, later Queen Victoria. While the Duke of Kent had promised Conroy military advancement, he was still a captain by the time of the Duke's death in 1820. [9] Conroy was named an executor of the Duke's will, [15] though he was unsuccessful in persuading the dying man to name him Victoria's ...
Edward and Victoria had one child, Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent, born May 24, 1819. Princess Alexandrina became Queen Victoria upon the death of her uncle in 1837.
The Kensington System was a strict and elaborate set of rules designed by Victoria, Duchess of Kent, along with her attendant, Sir John Conroy, concerning the upbringing of the Duchess's daughter, the future Queen Victoria. It is named after Kensington Palace in London, where they resided prior to Queen Victoria's accession to the throne.
Princess Feodora of Leiningen (Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine; 7 December 1807 – 23 September 1872) was the only daughter of Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen (1763–1814) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786–1861, future Duchess of Kent).