Queen Victoria's Grandchildren - Part 2 of 3

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Queen Victoria’s 9 children gave her 42 grandchildren. Among their ranks were a king, an Emperor, 6 queens, 2 married couples, an embarrassing number of Nazis and many captivating characters. They fought on both sides of world wars and spanned 122 years of history, the first, Wilhelm being born in 1859 and the last, Alice, dying in 1981. Today of the approximately 28 monarchies that still survive throughout the world, five are occupied by descendants of Victoria. As briefly as possible, here are the stories of Queen Victoria’s 42 fascinating Grandchildren.
In this episode the children of
Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-1878)
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900)

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Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
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