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Queen Victoria's Children: With Nicholas Rowe, Helen Rappaport, Matthew Sweet, Lucinda Hawksley. In a 60-year family saga this three-part series explores the reign of Victoria through her personal relationships with her husband and her nine children.
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- 2013-01-01
- Documentary, History
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Queen Victoria's Children. In a 60-year family saga this new three-part series explores the reign of Victoria through her personal relationships with her husband and her nine children.
- Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise. The princess married Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, who became the emperor of Germany. Their son was Kaiser Wilhelm of WWI notoriety.
- Prince Albert Edward Wettin. Prince Albert succeeded his mother as King Edward VII. Through King Edward VII, Queen Elizabeth is Victoria’s great-great-granddaughter.
- Princess Alice Maud Mary. Alice married Prince Ludwig of Hesse. Their daughter Alexandra, or Alix, married Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia. Alix and Nicholas were the heads of the famous Romanov family who met a grisly fate.
- Prince Alfred Ernest Albert. The prince also married into the Russian royal bloodline in his union with Grand Duchess Marie, daughter of Czar Alexander II.
- Victoria, Princess Royal. Princess Victoria was born in November 1840 and was the eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. At the time, the law stated that the oldest son would become monarch before any sister, even if she was born first.
- King Edward VII. Queen Victoria's eldest son, Edward VII, served as his mother's heir apparent for 60 years before acceding to the throne. He grew up under the strict rules of his mother and his father who wanted to ensure he would be capable of leading the Crown.
- Princess Alice of the United Kingdom. The second daughter of Victoria and Albert, Princess Alice joined the family in April 1843. She married Louis, the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1862.
- Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Prince Alfred arrived in August 1844. He joined the Navy in 1858, where he served for several years. After King Otto of Greece abdicated the throne in 1862, Prince Alfred was asked to accede to the Greek throne, a move that Queen Victoria was reportedly against.
- Masterpiece
- Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise. left: Queen Victoria with her eldest daughter Victoria, Princess Royal circa 1845 | right: Victoria in 1867, portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.
- Prince Albert Edward Wettin. left: Portrait of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, by Winterhalter, 1846 | right: Edward and Alexandra on their wedding day, 1863.
- Princess Alice Maud Mary. left: Alice (right) and her sister Victoria in the 1850s | Princess Alice Maud Mary. Photograph by Camille Silvy, June 1861. Alice, born April 25, 1843, was embraced into the family by older siblings Vicky and Bertie, even considered “the beauty of the family.”
- Prince Alfred Ernest Albert. left: Alfred Ernest Albert in 1861 | right: Prince Alfred at age 21, in naval uniform with the star of the Garter. Born on August 6, 1844, Victoria and Albert’s fourth child Prince Alfred was second in line to the throne until 1864, when his older brother Edward (Bertie) started having children.
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