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The Queen and Royal Family.
T H E Q U E E N A N D ROYAL FAMILY.
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T H E QUEEN.—Victoria, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, & c , Queen,
Defender of the F a i t h .
H e r Majesty was born at Kensington Palace, May 24, 1819 ; succeeded to
the throne J u n e 20, 1837, on the death of her uncle, King William I V . ; was crowned J u n e 28, 1838 ;
and married, F e b . io, 1S40, to his Royal H i g h n e s s , Prince Albert.
H e r Majesty is the only child of
his late Royal Highness E d w a r d D u k e of K e n t , son of King George I I I .
T h e Children of H e r
Majesty a r e :
H e r Royal
Highness Victoria-Adelaide-Mary-Louisa,
PRINCESS
ROYAL
of E N G L A N D
and
P R U S S I A , born N o v , 21, 1840 ; and married to his Royal Highness William of Prussia, J a n . 25, 1858,
and has issue two sons and a d a u g h t e r .
H i s Royal Highness Albert-Edward, P R I N C E of W A L E S , born Nov. 9, 1841 ; married, March 10,
1863, Alexandra of D e n m a r k (Princess of Wales,) born D e c . 1, 1844, and has issue two sons, Prince
Albert-Victor, born J a n . 8, 1864, and George-Frederick-Ernest-Albert, born J u n e , 3, 1865.
H e r Royal Highness Alice-Maud-Mary, born April 25.1843 ; marriedto H . R . H . Prince Frederick
Louis of Hesse, July 1, 1862, a n d has issue two daughters and a son.
H i s Royal Highness Alfred-Ernest-Albert, born August 6, 1844.
H e r Royal Highness Helena- Augusta- Victoria, born M a y 25,1846; married to his Royal Highness
Prince Frederick Christian Charles Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, July
5,.i866.
H e r Royal H i g h n e s s Louisa-Carolina-Alberta, born M a r c h 18, 1848.
H i s Royal Highness Arthur-William-Patrick-Albert, born M a y 1, 1850.
H i s Royal Highness Leopold-George-Duncan-Albert, born April 7, 1853.
H e r Royal Highness Beatrice-Mary-Victoria-Feodore, born April 14, 1857.
George-Frederick-William-Charles, K . G . , D U K E of C A M B R I D G E , Cousin to H e r Majesty,
born
March 26, 1819.
Augusta-Wilhelmina-Louisa, D U C H E S S of C A M B R I D G E , niece of the Landgrave of Hesse and aunt
to her Majesty, born J u l y 35, 179s : married, in 1818, the late D u k e of Cambridge.
George-Frederick-Alexander-Charles-Earnest-Augustus, K . G . , D U K E of C U M B E R L A N D , cousin to
her Majesty, born March, i8r9 ; married Princess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and has issue a
son and two daughters.
Augusta-Caroline-Charlotte-Elizabeth-Mary-Sophia-Louisa,
daughter
of the
late
Duke
of
Cambridge, and cousin to her Majesty, bora July 19, 1822 ; married, J u n e 28, 1843, to Frederick,
Grand D u k e of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and has a son.
Mary-Adelaide-Wilhelmina-Elizabeth, daughter of the l a t e D u k e of Cambridge, and cousin to her
Majesty, born November 27, 1833 ; married Prince Teck, J u n e 7, 1866.