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Queen Victoria was the first royal bride of the Windsor Line, though they did not take the title Windsor until her son
was King in World War I. The marriage of Queen Victoria to Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg Gotha was a happy and loving one.
After his death she never ceased to mourn for him until her own death in 1901.
Alexandrina Victoria Hanover, Queen Of The United Kingdom
of Great Britain And Ireland, Empress of India
Born: 24 MAY 1819, Kensington
Palace, London, England
Acsent: 28 JUN 1838, Westminster Abbey, London, England
Died:
22 JAN 1901, Osborne House, Isle of Wight, England
Albert Augustus, Prince
of Sax-Coburg Gotha
Born: 26 AUG 1819, Schloss
Rosenau, Near Coburg, Germany
Died: 14 DEC 1861, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Interred: Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor,
England
Married: 10 FEB 1840, Chapel Royal, St.James Palace, England
Queen Victoria's son Bertie was a bit too wild and not serious enough for her taste. So she set her ministers to finding
him a wife that could settle him down a bit. They chose the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark. The Danish royals were
not as wealthy as the British and lived fairly normal lives. When Bertie married his "Alix", the marriage, though not a faithful
one of the part of Bertie, was a sucessful one and they did love one another. Edward is famous for his affair with Alice Keppel,
the Great Great Grandmother of Mrs. Camilla Parker Bowles Windsor, Duchess of Cornwall, wife and former mistress of the present
Prince of Wales, most famous for destroying his marriage to Princess Diana.
Albert Edward Wettin, Prince
Of Wales, Prince of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Duke of Corwall, Duke of Rothsay, Count
of Chester, Count of Carick, Baron of Renfrew, Great Steward of Scotland, Lord of the Isles, Duke
of Saxony, Earl Of Dublin
Born: 9 NOV 1841, Buckingham
Palace, St.James Park, London
Baptized: 25 JAN 1842, St.George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England
Acceded: 9 AUG 1902,
Westminster Abbey, London, England
Died: 6 MAY 1910, Buckingham Palace, St.James Park, London
Interred: 20 MAY 1910,
St.George's Chapel, Windor Castle, England
Alexandra Carolina Marie Charlotte Louise Julia Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, Princess Of Denmark, Princess of Hesse-Cassel
Born: 1
DEC 1844, Yellow Palace, Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Acceded: 9 AUG 1902, Westminster Abbey, London, England
Died:
20 NOV 1925, Sandringham House,Norfolk,England
Interred: St.George's Chapel,Windor Castle,England
Married: 10 MAR 1863, St.George's Chapel, Windor Castle, England
In 1891, Princess May was engaged to Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, the eldest son of Prince Albert Edward,
Prince of Wales. Princess May was chosen as a bride for Albert Victor, due mainly to Queen Victoria's fondness of her, as
well as her strong character and sense of duty. Albert Victor was Princess May's second cousin once removed; May was the daughter
of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, whose father, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, was a brother of Prince Edward Augustus,
Duke of Kent, the father of Queen Victoria, who was Albert Victor's grandmother. However, Prince Albert Victor died of pneumonia
six weeks later.
Despite this setback, Queen Victoria still favoured
Princess May as a suitable candidate to marry a future King, so she persuaded Albert Victor's brother, Prince George, Duke
of York, to propose to May. George duly proposed and May accepted. Despite its being an arranged marriage, May and George
soon were deeply in love. George never took a mistress and wrote to May every day.
George
Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor, Prince Of Wales, Duke of Corwall, Duke of Rothsay, Count of Chester, Count of Carick, Baron
of Renfrew, Great Steward of Scotland, Lord of the Isles
Born: 3 JUN 1865, Marlborough House, London, England
Baptized: 7 JUL 1865, St.George's
Chapel, Windor Castle, England
Acceded: 22 JUN 1911, Westminster Abbey, London, England
Died: 20 JAN 1936, Sandringham
House, Norfolk, England
Interred: 28 JAN 1936, St.George's Chapel, Windor Castle, England
Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes, Princess of Teck, Princess
of Cambridge
Born: 26 MAY 1867, Kensington Palace,London,England
Baptized: 27 JUL 1867, Chapel
Royal,Kensington Palace,London
Acceded: 22 JUN 1911, Westminster Abbey, London, England
Died: 24 MAR 1953, Marlborough
House,London,England
Interred: 31 MAR 1953, St.George's Chapel,Windor Castle,England
Married: 6 JUL 1893, Chapel Royal, St.James Palace, England
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