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Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days—which was longer than those of any of her predecessors—constituted the Victorian era.
Victoria, the Princess Royal and first child of Victoria and Albert (21 November 1840 – 5 August 1901), known as "Vicky", was not only the mother to their first grandchild, Wilhelm II; she was also the first of Victoria and Albert's children to become a grandparent, with the birth in 1879 of Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, who was the ...
Painting by William Powell Frith depicting the marriage of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), Queen Victoria's son, with Princess Alexandra of Denmark, King Christian IX's daughter. The royal descendants of Queen Victoria (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901; r. 1837–1901) and of King Christian IX (8 April 1818 – 29 January 1906; r.
The famous queen's genetic legacy has shaped the royal houses of Europe.
The most recent of Queen Victoria's family's thrones to fall was Greece, whose final king, Constantine II, served until the monarchy was abolished in 1973. He's the son of King Paul of Greece, who ...
Princess Victoria 1868–1935: Maud of Wales 1869–1938: Haakon VII King of Norway 1872–1957: Prince Alexander John of Wales 1871: Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor 1896–1986: King Edward VIII Duke of Windsor 1894–1972 r. 1936: King George VI 1895–1952 r. 1936–1952: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1900–2002: Mary, Princess Royal ...
This reference to Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria Teodora Wettin (1857-1944), youngest daughter of Queen Victoria. This geneaological tree also uses Wettin. This geneaological listing of all of Queen Victoria's children as possessing the surname Wettin. And this. The century-old Clann Donald of Edinburgh, also calls Edward VII Wettin.
The Queen was the great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria, the last female sovereign. Princess Elizabeth waves to crowds as she arrives back in Piccadilly in 1928 (PA) 6. She was also 38th in ...