Queen of England Victoria Hanover

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Victoria, Queen of England, Empress of India; a.k.a.: Alexandrina Victoria Reign: 20 Jun 1837 - 22 Jan 1901; Crowned: Westminster Abbey 28 Jun 1838; She became queen at age 18. Her 63 year reign was the longest in the history of England. Her descendants, including 40 grandchildren, married into almost every royal family of Europe. With her personal example of honesty, patriotism and devotion to family life, Victoria became a living symbol of the solidity of the British Empire. The many years of her reign, often referred to as the Victorian age, witnessed the rise of middle class and were marked by a deeply conservative morality and intense nationalism. She was obsessed with the collecting of memorabilia of her family. She mourned her late husband, Albert, for more than 40 years.

Victoria married Albert Augustus Charles on 10 Feb 1840 in Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, England. Albert was born on 26 Aug 1819 in Schloss Rosenau near Coburg, Germany; died on 14 Dec 1861 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England; was buried in Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Christened Albert Edward; called, "The Peacemaker" Reign: 1901-1910; It is not always realized that Queen Victoria was the last sovereign of the House of Hanover and King Edward VII was the first of the House of Wettin or the House of Saxony. Edward VII, in an outburst of anti-German feeling engendered by the First World War, changed the name of his "House and Family" from Wettin to Windsor in 1917. Edward gave his name to the Edwardian period.

Edward married of Denmark Alexandra on 10 Mar 1863 in St. George Chap., Windsor, Berkshire, England. Alexandra was born on 1 Dec 1844 in Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark; died on 20 Nov 1925 in Sandringham, Norfolk, England; was buried in St. George Chap., Windsor, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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King George V of England; Christened: George Frederick Ernest Albert; Known as "Georgie" to the family. Debrett's Book of Royal Children list the date of death as 27 Jan. He was a very strict father. He passed away a 5 min. before midnight on 20 Jan. At age 16, George V employed a Japanese practitioner to tattoo a large blue and red dragon on his right arm. He was known as the Sailor Prince; he entered the Royal Navy in 1877 and after an active naval career and successive promotions, rose to the rank of vice admiral in 1903. The outstanding event of the reign of George V was World War I. Following England's declaration of war on Germany, the king renounced all the German titles belonging to him and his family and changed the name of the royal house to Windsor. (from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha).

George married of Teck Mary on 6 Jul 1893 in Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, England. Mary was born on 26 May 1867 in Kensington Palace, London, England; died on 24 Mar 1953 in Marlborough House, London, England; was buried in St. George Chap., Windsor, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Christened Albert Arthur Frederick George. Known to the Royal Family as Bertie; Was Prince Albert, Duke of York (1920-1936); Acceded as George VI following his brother's abdication on 11 Dec 1936. The reign of George VI was marked by the relinquishment of the title of Emperor of India, following the partition of India in 1947 into Pakistan and India. George VI had cancer of the lung (one lung had be removed). He died of cancer after a long illness. Bertie had a speech defect which made him stutter and stammer.

Albert married Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]