![]() ![]() In 1863, he married Princess Alexandra of Denmark. This meant Victoria and Albert’s firstborn son should inherit the throne, which he did upon Victoria’s death in 1901.īorn Albert Edward, and nicknamed ‘Bertie’, he chose to reign as King Edward VII. Read more about Popular Culture The German kings and queens of England BritainĪlthough Victoria and Albert's firstborn was a girl, constitutional law at the time dictated the line of succession followed male-preference primogeniture. When she died the British Empire was almost at its peak, covering a quarter of the world and nearly half a billion people. Her reign was synonymous with Britain’s industrial development, economic progression, and imperial expansion. She sat atop the throne for nearly 64 years, making her Britain's second longest-reigning monarch. However, her three uncles had no legitimate children who survived and so Victoria was crowned in 1837. She was never meant to ascend the throne being so down in the order of succession. ![]() ![]() It’s no wonder she earned the nickname ‘the grandmother of Europe’ for she connects most of the continent via bloodlines.īorn in London on 24th May 1819, Victoria was the only daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of George III. If only there were a version about Queen Victoria, whose nine children married into royal families throughout Europe. The catchy tune lyricises about how ‘the hip bone’s connected to the thigh bone, the thigh bone’s connected to the knee bone’ and so on. As a child learning about human anatomy, you may have come across the song ‘Dem Bones’. ![]()
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