| Hello, my name is Victoria (well actually
Alexandrina Victoria) and I became Queen of
the United Kingdom in 1837 when I was 18.
My father was Edward and he was the Duke of
Kent, a younger brother to George, who ruled
the Kingdom when their father, George III
was too ill to do so. |
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| Eventually Uncle George became King George
IV and reigned for 10 years. When he died,
he had no children so the crown went to his
younger brother William, who as King William
IV reigned for 7 years, before also dying
childless. As this meant that I was next in
line to the throne, I then became Queen. |
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| My mother's name was Victoria Maria Louisa
of Saxe-Coburg in Germany, and her brother
was King Leopold of the Belgians. I was born
in Kensington Palace, London on the 24th May.
When I was 21, I married my cousin Albert
Saxe-Coburg Gotha, and over the next 20 years
we had 9 children altogether. The British
public did not seem to like Albert very much,
but I think he eventually won them round. |
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Our first child was a daughter and we named
her Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise and she
married Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia.
They had 7 children altogether in including
Sophie who became Queen of Greece.
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| My second child was Albert Edward
who married Princess Alexandra of Denmark
and altogether then had 6 children. Their
eldest son became King George V of Britain,
and his second son became George VI, the father
of your present Queen. |
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| Alice Maud Mary was my third child and
she married Prince Ludwig of Hess. They had
7 children including Alix who married Tsar
Nicholas II of Russia. (They were the ones
who were shot dead with all their family by
the Bolsheviks).My fourth child was Alfred
Ernest Albert who married the Grand Duchesse
Marie of Russia. They had 5 children altogether. |
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| Helena Augusta Victoria was my 3rd daughter
and she married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
and gave me 5 grandchildren.Louise Caroline
Alberta came next and she married John Campbell,
Marquis of Lorne who later became the Duke
of Argyll, but they had no children.My 3rd
son was Arthur William Patrick and he married
Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia and had
3 children altogether. |
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My youngest son was Leopold George Duncan
and he married Princess Helena Frederica
of Waldeck. They had 2 children, but he
was a haemophiliac and died after just 2
years of marriage.My youngest daughter was
Beatrice Mary Victoria and she married Prince
Henry of Battenburg. They had 4 children,
including Victoria Eugenie who became the
Queen of Spain.
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