Victoria

the eldest, born in 1840, married Frederick, afterward king of Prussia and emperor of Germany. She died in 1901. Queen Victoria was therefore the grandmother of the present German emperor.

Albert Edward, born November 9, 1841, afterwards King Edward VII.

Alice, born in 1843, married the Grand Duke of Hesse. She died in 1878.

Alfred Ernest, Duke of Edinburgh, was born in 1844. He died in 1900.

Helena, born in 1846, married Prince Frederick Christian of Schleswig-Holstein.

Louise, born in 1848, married the Marquis of Lorne. He was at one time governor-general of Canada. He is now the Duke of Argyle.

Arthur William Patrick, born in 1850, is the present Duke of Connaught.

Leopold, born in 1853, Duke of Albany, died in 1884.

Beatrice, born in 1857, is the wife of Henry, Prince of Battenburg.

Of the queen's children, all but the Duchess of Argyle bore her grandchildren. At the time of her death, the queen left six children, thirty-one grandchildren, and thirty-seven great-grandchildren. She lies by the side of her husband at Frogmore.

Queen Victoria was a woman of short stature and not particularly attractive features. She had an imperious will, but it was balanced by strong common sense. She was a woman of the utmost integrity. She left the management of state affairs largely to her cabinet, but she ruled her official household well. She possessed the virtues of a British matron. She permitted no scandal in connection with her court. As a woman of character and uprightness, possessing an innate sense of justice, the British nation has reason to be proud of her. She was the best woman who ever sat on the British throne.

In 1868 she wrote a volume of personal reminiscences, entitled Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, and in 1883 she wrote More Leaves. She also supervised the publication of a life of her husband.

See Windsor; Wight; Balmoral; Albert; Gladstone; Disraeli; Edward Vii; Buckingham