Queen Victoria's Sons

Queen Victoria had a large brood of 9 children. She had incredibly high expectations for her four sons and held them up in comparison with her saintly husband, Prince Albert. Their eldest son was destined to inherit the throne of the British Empire at the height of it’s power though he had to wait a long time to obtain it from his aging mother. While waiting in the wings her three younger sons all lived active lives. Two joined the military and traveled the world while the youngest was held back by the “royal disease”, hemophilia. Here are the stories of Queen Victoria’s four intriguing sons:
Edward VII, King of the UK and Commonwealth (1841-1910)
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900)
Aurthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942)
Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884)

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[unionjack]

First time I ever heard Edward cared about the poor and hated bigotry. All you ever hear about him is his libido.

[theroyals]

Fun Fact : Leopold had the shortest life out of Victoria's children, but his daughter had the longest life out of all Victoria's grand children

[meirwise]

Alexandra was not deaf. She starting losing her hearing later on in life. She was multi talented, beautiful, educated and spoke five languages fluently. She was charitable and a saint for putting up with a lowlife husband like that.

[Sean]

Queen Victoria: You’re ugly
Edward VII: I’m you

[ShanecaRene]

I started with Queen Victoria's daughters..now I'm on to the sons..not sure how I found the daughters but I'm enjoying the stories..will be moving on to the grandchildren after

[Bunefoo]

How can you possibly be discreet if you’ve had 55 mistresses

[janetseidlitz]

Arthur's eyes are so pale, even in old black and white photos. They must have been stunning in person.

[elizabethclarence]

edward is literally just victoria with a beard

[achanwahn]

Wow! Leopold had an amazing resilience and I'm so sad about his end... :( But he never let his illnesses get him down (or his mom), he just did his best.

[lmyrski]

"Arthur was devoted to his he maintained a mistress." Sounds like you are saying he wasn't as much a dishonest sleaze bag as Edward, but he was still a sleaze bag.

[nemeceka]

The irony of the queen, the QUEEN, believing that women should not vote. I just can't handle it.

[absolutelyalice]

A picture of Leopold's niece (Elizabeth of Hesse) was used in the 4 pictures of women he (unsuccessfully) courted. I just wanted to point out that because he never courted her. He helped raise her and her brother and sisters.

[dogethebootifuldog]

"I'LL NEVER FORGIVE MY ELDEST SON FOR HAVING ABSOULUTELY NO PART IN THE MURDER OF MY HUSBAND"

[dianaolivia]

"Long time mistress and now wife of Prince Charles"

I'm dying😂😂😂

[tiamatxvxianash]

A brief, yet very detailed biography of Queen Victoria's son's. Everything of historic importance is well spoken of. Thank You.

[A]

Camila and her grear grandmother Alice have alot in common.

[threerivershomestead]

You can't be a "devoted husband" if you're also having an affair.

[snifey]

I really appreciate Edward fight against racism and anti Semitism because he knows that he has an empire of many diversity of cultures and all men shall find themselves as "British" back in that day, not the slave of the empire

[autumnpeacock]

Camilla's family has a trend of being mistresses to future Kings 😂😂

[vcaus]

Alfred is my favourite of the four. He was born a British prince, was the first member of the British royal family to visit the distant colonies, survived an assassination attempt in Australia, married into the Russian imperial family and ended up a German sovereign duke.

There are two mistakes on the slide of Alfred's family. Young Alfred was the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, not the Duke, as he died before his father. Also the picture labelled as Beatrice is actually her cousin Maud of Wales, wearing her crown as Queen consort of Norway.