Who was Victoria's Favourite child?

Prince Arthur William Patrick
Prince Arthur was reportedly the queen's favorite son. He married Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia and the couple had three children.
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Who was Queen Victoria's least favorite child?

  • According to historian Jane Ridley, Queen Victoria hated being pregnant. ...
  • She liked some of her children better than others. ...
  • It seems that Bertie, Queen Victoria's eldest son, was her least favorite child. ...
  • Queen Victoria is dubbed a “domestic tyrant” in BBC TWO's three-part series, Queen Victoria's Children.
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Who was Prince Albert's favorite child?

Vicky (Princess Victoria, 1840-1901)

Vicky was Prince Albert's favourite and a confident and talented child, who was fluent in French, German and English by the age of three.
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Who was Victoria's first child?

Princess Victoria was born on 21 November 1840 at Buckingham Palace, London. She was the first child of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert. When she was born, the doctor exclaimed sadly: "Oh Madame, it's a girl!" The Queen replied: "Never mind, next time it will be a prince!".
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Did any of Queen Victoria's children succeed her?

Victoria and Albert named their second child Albert Edward, although he was known as 'Bertie' and then Edward VII after he succeeded the throne.
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Which queen had the most pregnancies?

The Queen regnant with the most pregnancies was Anne, who had 17, but only 5 resulted in live-born children (two of whom survived past the age of one, one reached the age of eleven, but all of them died before their mother).
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Who was Queen Victoria's favorite grandchild?

Their eldest son became Wilhelm II of Germany (also known as Kaiser Bill of World War I). This obviously caused friction within the Royal Family -- it is claimed that Queen Victoria's favorite grandson was Wilhelm. Princess Victoria had eight children in total.
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Why did Princess Vicky not become queen?

Yes, Queen Victoria was reportedly annoyed that her daughter was to hold the title of Empress which ranked higher than Queen which meant that Vicky ranked higher than The Queen. To counteract this, The Queen had the Prime Minister of the day, Bejamin Disraeli, make her Empress Of India in 1876.
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Who is the closest living relative to Queen Victoria?

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, a descendant of King Edward VII, is currently the oldest living great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria as well as her oldest living descendant. Elizabeth Ramsay, born in 1963 and a descendant of Prince Arthur, is the youngest great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria.
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Did Queen Victoria have a disabled child?

Wilhelm, the son of Queen Victoria's eldest daughter (also called Victoria but known as Vicky) and Prince Friedrich of Prussia, was born disabled.
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Who was Queen Victoria's Favourite son?

Prince Arthur William Patrick

Prince Arthur was reportedly the queen's favorite son. He married Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia and the couple had three children. He was later Governor General of Canada.
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Did Prince Albert save Queen Victoria's life?

There is no evidence that Prince Albert received any injury. The scriptwriter for the film, Julian Fellowes, has admitted that the injury has been added to the film's story for dramatic effect.
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Why did Beatrice burn Victoria's diaries?

'This is her diary, which was unfortunately re-written by Princess Beatrice. She thought her mother's diaries were too frank and so she destroyed them.
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How many descendants of Queen Victoria are alive today?

Indeed, of the approximately 28 surviving monarchies around the world, five of them are held by descendants of Victoria.
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Is Queen Elizabeth related to Anne Boleyn?

Elizabeth, was born on September 7, 1533. Queen Anne fell pregnant in 1934 and 1536 but both were stillborn. Therefore, Elizabeth was the only child of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
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Is the royal family inbred?

In modern times, among European royalty at least, marriages between royal dynasties have become much rarer than they once were. This happens to avoid inbreeding, since many royal families share common ancestors, and therefore share much of the genetic pool.
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Are all royal families related?

An curved arrow pointing right. Almost all of Europe's royal families are related. These families share a common ancestor: King George II, who was the King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 until 1760.
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Did Victoria have a German accent?

If you had visited Buckingham Palace at any time in the later part of the nineteenth century you would have found German being spoken. We know that at one stage, Victoria had a German accent and that tutors were hired to eradicate it.
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Who followed Queen Victoria to the throne?

' Victoria died at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, on 22 January 1901 after a reign which lasted almost 64 years, then the longest in British history. Her son, Edward VII succeeded her.
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Is Archduke Franz Ferdinand related to Queen Victoria?

Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination in 1914 drew most major European powers into war. But some of the sparring countries had an unusual thing in common: Their leaders were cousins.
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How many of Queen Victoria's grandchildren had hemophilia?

Victoria, Princess Royal, German Empress had four sons and none of them were hemophiliacs. No possibility of hemophilia in their descendants. Note that the Princess Royal's son Heinrich married his cousin Irene (Princess Alice's daughter).
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Are Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip related?

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh have been married for 72 years, but their relationship goes much farther back. In fact, they knew each other from childhood—and are cousins.
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Who is the shortest royal?

1. Queen Victoria. The royal family's matriarch got the line started with her petite stature, and she remains the shortest reigning royal in British history.
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Why did Queen Anne have so many miscarriages?

It is widely believed that the reason behind Queen Anne's miscarriages and stillborn children was because she suffered from antiphospholipid syndrome, an immune disorder that turns the body against itself.
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