Who was Queen Victoria’s Mother?
Princess Victoria – Queen Victoria’s mother—was born in the small German town of Coburg on August 17, 1786. She was the fourth child of parents – Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburge-Saalfeld...
Category: British Monarchs
Queen Victoria’s Father, the Duke of Kent
Commonly called “the grandmother of Europe”, Queen Victoria was born to the Duke and Duchess of Kent on May 24, 1819. With a reign stretching for more than 60 years,...
Life, Reign & Death of Henry VIII
From 1509 to 1547, Henry VIII was the king of England. After a series of high profile marital scandals and turmoil, Henry broke away from the Catholic Church about two...
Everything You Need To Know About King George III
George III was an 18th-century sovereign ruler of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1760, George inherited the British crown from his grandfather, George II. A look back at the life...
Queen Elizabeth II’s Children
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-living and longest-reigning monarch, has four children (three princes and one princess) with husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The oldest of these royal children,...