The Family of Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria was known as the grandmother of Europe. She and her husband, Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha had nine children, who presented her with forty grandchildren. Eight of whom sat on the thrones of Europe, those of Great Britain, Prussia, Greece, Romania, Russia, Norway, Sweden and Spain. The Queen herself was a carrier of haemophilia, her son Prince Leopold was born with the disease and through three of Victoria's daughters, it was to pass into many of the Royal houses of Europe and became known as the Royal disease.

Victoria and Alberts children and grandchildren were as follows:-

* denotes first cousin marriage. H denotes haemophiliac

i Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, Princess Royal 1840-1901 married- FREDERICK WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA 1831-88

Victoria, Princess Royal.

issue:-

1 KAISER WILLIAM II 1859-1941

2 Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen 1860-1919

3 Henry, Prince of Prussia 1862-1929 *(A)

4 Sigismund, Prince of Prussia 1864-66

5 Victoria, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe 1866-1929

6 Waldemar, Prince of Prussia 1868-79

7 SOPHIA, QUEEN OF GREECE 1870-1932

8 Margaret, Landgravine of Hesse 1868-1940

ii Albert Edward EDWARD VII, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN 1841-1910 married- Alexandra of Denmark 1844-1925

Edward VII.

issue:-

1 Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence 1864-92

2 GEORGE V, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN 1884-1936

3 Louise, Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife 1867-1931

4 Victoria, Princess of Great Britain 1868-1935

5 MAUD, QUEEN OF NORWAY 1869-1938

6 Alexander, Prince of Great Britain b.& d. 1871

iii Alice Maud Mary Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt 1843-1878 married Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt 1837-92

Alice

issue:-

1 Ernest Louis, Grand-Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt 1868-1937*(B)

2 Frederick, Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt 1870-73 H

3 Victoria, Princess of Battenberg 1863-1950

4 Elizabeth, Grand Duchess of Russia 1864-1915

5 Irene, Princess of Prussia 1866-1953*(A)

6 ALEXANDRA, TSARINA OF RUSSIA 1872-1918

7 Mary, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt 1874-78

iv Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh 1844-1900 married- Marie, Grand Duchess of Russia 1853-1920

Alfred.

issue:-

1 Alfred, Prince of Edinburgh 1874-99

2 MARIE, QUEEN OF ROMANIA 1875-1938

3 Victoria Melita, Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt 1876-1936*(B)

4 Alexandra, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1878

5 Beatrice, Princess of Spain 1884-1966

v Helena Augusta Victoria 1846-1923 married Christian, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Helena.

issue:-

1 Christian Victor, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein 1862-1900

2 Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein 18669-1931

3 Helena Victoria, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein 1872-1956

4 Marie Louise, Princess of Anhalt 1864-1933

5 Harold, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein b.& d. 1876

vi Louise Caroline Alberta 1848-1923 married:-John Campbell, Duke of Argyll 11845-1914

Louise.

No issue

vii Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught 1850-1942 married:- Louise Margaret, Princess of Prussia 1860-1917

Arthur.

issue:-

1 MARGARET, QUEEN OF SWEDEN 1882-1920

2 Arthur, Prince of Connaught 1883-1943

3 Victoria Patricia Ramsey 1886-1974

viii Leopold George Duncan Albert 1853-84 H married:-Helena of Waldeck-Pyrmont 1861-1922

Leopold.

issue:-

1 Alice, Countess of Athlone 1883-1981

2 Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1884-1954

Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore 1857-1944 married:-Henry, Prince of Battenberg 1858-96

Beatrice.

issue:- 1 Alexander Mountbatten, Marquess of Carisbrooke 1890-1956

2 VICTORIA EUGENIE, QUEEN OF SPAIN 1887-1969

3 Leopold Mountbatten 1889-1922

4 Maurice, Prince of Battenberg 1891-1914

Haemophillia in the family of Queen Victoria

Porphyria in the Royal Family