Queen Victoria's Daughters, Part 2

Queen Victoria gave birth to 9 children in 17 years. But she wasn’t exactly the world’s greatest mother. Victoria’s older daughters were married to important future monarchs and scales the peaks of European politics. But when Albert died at 42 Victoria fell into an intense depression and used her younger daughters as an emotional crutch, selfishly stunting their lives and freedom. None the less they all lived compelling lives; one a sculptress and suffragette and two captivated by nursing. Here are the stories of Queen Victoria’s five fascinating daughters:
Victoria, Empress of Germany (1840-1901)
Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-1878)
Helena, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein (1846-1923)
Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1931)
Beatrice, Princess of Battenberg (1857-1944)

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[TheMissVenise]

Why do I feel like it's supremely ironic that Victoria said women can't and/or shouldn't vote, yet she is a female monarch who's trying to get away from the "women should not be a monarch" archetype. Like HEH WHA

[vinny]

"Nevermind, I'll outlive you all."
Is now my go to phrase when people judge my diet

[autumnfranklin]

Queen Victoria: *tells her oldest child the death of a child is nothing to the loss of a husband*

Also Queen Victoria: *bursts into tears when her child gets married*

[elizawills]

"At 18 Louise began an affair with her younger brother-" whaaa "-'s tutor"

[gillianbrookwell]

Queen Victoria was very selfish with her daughters and expected too much from them. She used the Poor Me Sympathy card throughout her life.

[AdamAdam-yozy]

Henry: Shit, gotta go. My mother-in-law's calling me for dinner.
Friend: Huh? But your phone wasn't ringing.
Henry: See that warship over there?

[loveoffthedamned]

Queen Victoria ain`t getting a "Best Mom" mug

[goldiefatale]

good grief the queen was way extra. she was an non attentive mom to her young children but then expected they to dote on her.

[TheVampireLily]

"Never mind! I'll outlive you all!" You go, gurl...you were true to your word.

[rei_cirith]

Man... Victoria and Albert's relationship sounds like a fantasy, but she sounds like an extremely emotionally unhealthy woman.

[rml]

For the longest time I thought Alberta (Canadian province) was named after Prince Albert but it was was pleasantly surprised when my home province was named for a Princess suffragette, sculptor

[UFO]

Poor Beatrice... Her own mother robbed her of her freedom and self-identify

[DominiqueNoel]

You know someone's truly annoying and insufferable when you'd rather go to war and die than stay with them ^^;

[sleepybunny]

The princesses were made much prettier in the paintings than the photos.

[dvajstdevet]

Do my eyes deceive me or do all the daughters look almost identical?

[ActuallyDoubleGuitars]

Wow Louise sounded so cool, Wish their was a movie about her.

[spaghettiappletaterghost]

“Never mind, I’ll outlive you all!”
And she did. Queen without a crown

[meaowsandwhistles]

gosh queen vic has a slight smile on her face in the pic with beatrice after beatrices husband died, like its made her day to have someone feel the way she does

[bennettabeason]

What does say if you'd rather go to war then hangout with your mother in law

[IBeMelissa]

I'm surprised Victoria survived birthing 9 children in her lifetime. Still, all her children suffered tremendously in the end.