Another of Alice's children, Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, married Princess Victoria Melita, daughter of Alice's brother Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1894, but divorced in 1901.įrom left to right: Alice, Arthur, Albert the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), Leopold (in front of the Prince of Wales), Louise, the Queen with Beatrice, Alfred, Victoria the Princess Royal and Helena (1857).In 1888, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, whose mother was Queen Victoria's daughter Alice, married Prince Henry of Prussia, son of Victoria's daughter Victoria.Just as Victoria and Albert shared one grandfather ( Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld) and one grandmother ( Countess Augusta Reuss), two pairs of their grandchildren married each other: The last of Victoria and Albert's grandchildren to die (almost exactly 80 years after Queen Victoria herself) was Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (25 February 1883 – 3 January 1981). Their first grandchild was the future German Emperor Wilhelm II, who was born to their eldest child, Princess Victoria, on 27 January 1859 the youngest was Prince Maurice of Battenberg, born on 3 October 1891 to Princess Beatrice (1857–1944), who was herself the last child born to Victoria and Albert and the last child to die. Princess Beatrice.Victoria and Albert had 22 granddaughters and 20 grandsons, of whom two (the youngest sons of Prince Alfred and Princess Helena) were stillborn, and two more ( Prince Alexander John of Wales and Prince Harald of Schleswig-Holstein) died shortly after birth.Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, 1861 (Image: Wikimedia Commons) Leopold died after a fatal brain haemorrhage resulting from a fall downstairs aged 31 Her daughter Alix’s son, Tsarevitch Alexis, was also a victim of this cruel disease. Leopold was a haemophiliac – the first known sufferer in the royal family and believed to be a genetic mutation from his mother.Born 7 April 1853 and died 28 March 1884. ![]() Married Princess Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont Arthur went to the Royal Military College at Woolwich and enjoyed a full military career.Queen Victoria, Kensington Gardens, by Princess Louise (Photo: author’s own) Louise studied at the National Art Training School in Kensington, London and was the first female sculptor to have a statue erected in public – the statue depicted her mother, Queen Victoria.Born 18 March 1848 and died 3 December 1939.Helena and Christian enjoyed a 50-year marriage, the first members of the royal family to reach that milestone since King George III and Queen Charlotte.Married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein Known as Affie, he enjoyed a Naval career and inherited the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg on the death of his uncle – his brother, the Prince of Wales, having renounced his claim.Born 6 August 1844 and died 30 July 1900.Princess Alice in court dress, 1859 (Image: Wikimedia Commons) SEE ORIGINAL Alice’s daughter, Alexandra (Princess Alix of Hesse), married Tsar Nicholas II and was murdered by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution Queen Victoria was so revolted that Alice preferred to breastfeed her children, she named one of the royal cows on her estates ‘Princess Alice’.Born 25 April 1843 and died 14 December 1878.Married Prince Louis of Hesse and the Rhine His eldest son, Prince Albert Victor – the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, was linked to the Cleveland Street scandal and was posthumously accused of being Jack the Ripper (there is no evidence for this – court records prove he was not in London on several of the murder dates and he even dined with Queen Victoria on one crucial date). ![]()
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