Who's Who in Queen Victoria's Family?

 

Here's an illustration of Queen Victoria surrounded by her children, in-laws, and grandchildren. Can you identify them?

To check if you guessed it right, check the names of the royals and their order in the photograph.

1.       Prince Louis of Hesse, future Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse

2.       Prince William of Prussia, later, Wilhelm II, German Emperor

3.       Princess Viktoria of Prussia

4.       Princess Charlotte of Prussia

5.       Prince Ernest Louis, later, Grand Duke of Hesse

6.       Prince Albert, future Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

7.       Frederick William, Imperial Crown Prince and, later, German Emperor

8.       Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein of Schleswig-Holstein

9.       Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

10.   Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein

11.   Prince Waldemar of Prussia  

12.   Princess Sophia of Prussia, future Queen of the Hellenes

13.   Princess Margaret of Prussia

14.   Victoria, Princess Royal and future Empress Frederick III

15.   Prince Leopold, later, Duke of Albany

16.   John Campbell Marquis of Lorne, later, 9th Duke of Argyll

17.   Prince Henry of Prussia

18.   Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, future King Edward VII

19.   Queen Victoria

20.   Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein

21.   Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, later Grand Duchess Serge of Russia

22.   Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom

23.   Louise, Princess Royal and, later, Duchess of Fife

24.   Princess Maud of Wales, future Queen of Norway

25.   Prince George of Wales, later Duke of York and King George V

26.   Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

27.   Alexandra, Princess of Wales and future Queen of the United Kingdom

28.   Prince Albert Victor, later, Duke of Clarence and Avondale

29.   Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

30.   Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine

31.   Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein

32.   Princess Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein  

33.   Marie, Duchess of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess of Russia

34.   Princess Beatrice

35.   Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, later, Duchess of Argyll

36.   Princess Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine

37.   Princess Alix of Hesse, future Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

38.   Princess Alice  

39.   Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine

Source: M.W. Ridley. Illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated newspaper, v. 44, no. 1137 (July 14 1877).


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