Queen Victoria's 9 Children 

Vicki's descendants would come to rule Germany and Spain, Yugoslavia and Greece, Berties descendants would come to rule England and Norway, Alices's ruled Russia, Alfred's would be Yugoslavia and Romania. Arthur and Leopold's together would come to rule Sweden and Beatrice's descendants would come to rule Spain. I find it all fascinating!

Alice had such sad eyes and always looked like she carried some great burden, even as a child. I read a few things about her and she was apparently very kind and loving, showing great concern for others, regardless of status.

Hauntingly beautiful and so sad that Victoria's life came to an end when she lost her beloved Albert. I think in a way it shows in the older children's faces that there is a longing for motherly love and although she did love them in her own way, she was not really maternal and her greatest love was of course her husband.

The bulging eyes, most of them all had them to a degree.

They all look like Victoria. Wonderful photos. Beautiful and appropriate music you chose for your video, too.

Of All 9 of her children 3 died before her, Alice,Leopold,and Affie. The ones with the saddest lives were Alice,Leopold,Bertie,and Vicky The one with the happiest life was Arthur. Here is how famous each of her children are 9.Helena, Lenchen is the most underated of Queen Victorias children because she is barely talked about. 8.Arthur, He is underated too, but commanded the canadian army in wwi and lived long enough to see wwii start. 7.Beatrice, Beatrice is known to be the youngest of her children, and the sweetest to victoria,she was the last to die. 6.Alfred, Alfred is known to be the duke of saxe coburg gotha, but died a year before her mother. 5.Leopold, Leopold is my favorite, but his life is tragic. He is known to suffer from haemophilia which lead to his early death. He is in famous birthdays as an Aries Royalty. 4.Alice,Alice would have lived longer if he didnt kiss her son in the cheek. She is also famous for being related to the romanovs.From her daughter,Alix. You can find her in famous birthdays as Taurus Royalty. 3.Louise,She is famous for being mysterious,and being creative.She married someone not royal, and live to be 91. She is also in famous birthdays,She is a pisces. 2.Vicky:Being famous for giving birth to the kaiser,Vicky was the eldest of Victorias children.Her life was tragic because the kaiser hated her and she died 7 months later after her mother. She is in famous birthdays as a scorpio The Most Famous One is Bertie He reigned for 9 years,succedded his mother on the throne and make reform and built a navy against his nephew the kaiser. The last grandchild to die was leopolds daughter alice in 1981 outliving her father by 97 years!

The boys, when little, looked like victoria, when old, looked like albert

Alice looked so... So sweat, so naive, so pure and "weak" by that I mean, she was really girly and yet died so young... Its so sad

Good job--pretty music and great photos. I've been reading about the children of the Queen and Prince Albert for 40 years and most of these photographs are completely new to me.

Wonderful piece - thanks so much for posting. Since I've joined RU-vid, I've gotten to see so many pictures of the royal family I had never seen before. Such a treat - Diane.

Yes , she wasn’t called the grandmother of Europe for nothing.

Queen Victoria ascended to the throne in 1837 and was crowned in 1838. In February of 1840 she married the charming and charming Prince Albert who became the consort.They had nine children from 1840 to 1857. But the eldest of the two children had a significant impact on history. Princess Victoria born in 1840 was the mother of Kaiser Wilhelm William II of Germany who started World War One in 1914 and later exiled to Holland. Whereas Bertie born in 1841 was the father of King George V.Bertie became King Edward VII in 1902 and dying in 1910.

Fantastic collection. Thank you for identifying them by name.

Beautifully done, HopeSwe. Thank you for posting.

Such lovely photos. Thank you.

What a beautiful tribute! The ladies, poised & lovely! The men strikingly handsome! I didn't know all 9 children lived! That's a feat in & of itself! Sturdy stock, Queen Victoria & Albert. And I mean that in the best sense. Captivating!

They sure do resemble one another. Very enjoyable. Thank-you so much!!

My great grandmother (Jane) worked in the Queens Court. And while accompanying a royal sickly child to Florida for health reasons. Met my great~grandfather. Whom she returned to and married.

This was a wonderfully put together.

The story of Queen Victoria and her life & family is fascinating.

Excellent video! I have been studying Queen Victoria and her descendants for fifty years. Many of these photographs were new to me.

They all had thier mother's eyes .

Just a comment on the photos and the music used. They are a perfect match. Very nicely done. Thank you for an up lifting experience .

Beautiful images & music - thankyou for carefully identifying each one.

Very beautiful music to put to photographs of Queen Victoria's children. They were very nice looking. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful display and lovely music. Thank you so much for sharing.

They looked so sad and solemn looking

That was a beautiful presentation. I am always looking out for new videos on the old royal families. Thank you so much

Beautifully done.Thank you so much!

Those eyes... Some of them could pass for twins.

I am watching “ Victoria “ on PBS . It’s a very good show

Liked this video because of the choice of music alone. Five Variants is my favorite. But this is really nicely done. Her daughters ALWAYS look miserable except Princess Helena.

Fantastic ! Thank you I enjoyed it so very much

Lovely video with gorgeous music. I always felt so sorry for Alice. Haunting face ( and those eyes!)

Lovely presentation. Thank you.

Beautiful children. Outstanding eyes.

Truly appropriate music and these pictures really capture what there thoughts may have been with what things may have been going on at the time. Very well taken photos and I thought I saw a very good drawing of one of the girls.

Wonderfully put together! Thank you!

I love the music. Bring me back to their life

when i see victorian era pictures i think how much harder life was then. even the science was cruel. daily life even for monarchs was closer to the stone age. imagine all the horses and horse poop. the flies. the filfth. the stink. you want a glass of milk? drink it before it turns to cottage cheese. tuberculosis was so common, it was a major factor in world affairs. but they were a vigorous people. the desire to live burned brightly in them.

Queen Victorias granddaughter Maud married Prince Carl of Denmark. They became king Håkon VIi and Queen Maud of Norway in 1905

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

All nine of them 0:08. Vicky the Princess Royal Victoria, looks so very daring to hope here 0:16, before she married and experienced the hostility of Germany due to her being English! Funny, her father had faced the same for being German, and yet he was a first cousin of Victoria and the whole Hanover royal family was German too, which only changed slightly with Alexandra but turned back with Mary the next queen consort after Alexandra. Vicky had an unhappy life, on the whole, her husband died as Kaiser before coronation and never was in charge until too sick, and her son (cousin Willy to his cousins the other grandchildren of Queen Victoria) was much too abrasive to put it mildly. Bertie the upright Prince of Wales 0:30 changes with years, to Bertie the sprightly young Prince of Wales 0:32, to Bertie the chafing at bit Prince of Wales 0:35, to Bertie the slightly frustrated for doing nothing while waiting as Prince of Wales 0:38, to Bertie the by now patient and resigned Edward VII finally 0:41. Alice the delicate one who married into the Hesse and Darmstadt ruling Battenberg relatives and had children who were to go on to have such key positions in the tragic events to come and further, but didn't even survive to see them grow up! Her daughter Vicky, Princess Victoria of Hesse and Darmstadt, married her first cousin Louis Battenberg from the morganatic marriage of her uncle, and was to be the maternal grandmother to Philip via her daughter Alice whose own life was quite sad. Another daughter Ella, Princess Elizabeth of Hesse and Darmstadt married Sergei Romanov, uncle of Tsar to be Nicholas II who married the youngest one Alexandra, and the third daughter Irina married the brother of Kaiser Wilhelm and a cousin - all married their cousins, all married for love. As WWI came, the first casualty was the cutting off of the usual rounds of visits and other constant communications between various siblings and cousins across Europe, especially those living in England - which included the Battenberg clan members - severing connections with relatives in Germany, and then of course the gruesome murders of Ella, Alexandra and her family, and other Romanov cousins and relatives. Mother of Tsar Nicholas II, the dowager Empress Maria Fedorovna who survived, was a sister of Queen Alexandra of England, while grandmother empress Maria Fedorovna was a Battenberg Princess of Hesse and Darmstadt, sister of this Princess Alice's father in law. Alfred 1:06 who married the Tsar's daughter Marie, a cousin through German relatives, thus making a trio of sibling pairs from royals of England, Russia and Denmark who intermarried each other and were three couples, Edward VII and Alexandra, Princess Dagmar 'Maria Fedorovna' and Tsar Alexander II, and Prince Alfred and Princess Marie of Russia. Alfred was duke of Edinburgh 1:16, later Admiral of the Royal Navy at Malta. His daughter Marie was to be Queen of Romania, after her marriage with another German cousin. In August 1893, he inherited the duchy on the death of his childless uncle, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His wife the Russian princess Marie had, from 1893 until her death, the distinction of being an Imperial Russian grand duchess (by birth), a British royal Duchess (by marriage), and the consort (and later widow) of a German sovereign Duke. Helena 1:34 the good-looking one. Louise 1:41 had the most beautiful tiara especially designed and ordered for her by her husband at the wedding, the Fife tiara, that rivals the Russian and English royal tiaras in beauty and more. Wish the video had included a photograph of her wearing it. Arthur 1:53 - 2:07. Leopold 2:11 - 2:24. Beatrice 2:25 - 2:40 the youngest married another Battenberg who was the younger brother of her niece Victoria's husband (son in law of the then late Princess alice who was her sister), and a first cousin of the Hesse and Darmstadt cousins. These intermarriage of the various royal clans of Europe, not only amongst cousins but across generations and often with a sister marrying the nephew of a brother in law or an aunt marrying the younger brother of her sister's son in law, not to mention several intermarriage generation to generation so that people are simultaneously first cousins, second cousins, and more, are hard to keep track of without a 3D graph with multicolour threads to define relationships! All five daughters of Victoria 2:43 - 2:48, and 2:48 - 2:52 all four sons. The sons together are all grown, while the daughters together are various ages, perhaps because once they began to marry and disperse across Europe and get busy with their own families, it was difficult to get them together in such a photograph. If one didn't know, this could be any relatively well off family of the time 3:10 - 3:18! This 3:35 is titled Leopold, Louise and Arthur - but obviously they are standing behind, with the group seated in front including their mother, the presumably new sister in law Alexandra, and a few of the grandchildren of Queen Victoria. Alice and Bertie 3:51 - Alice the great-grandmother of Philip with Bertie the great-grandfather of Elizabeth, the current royal couple descended from Queen Victoria through these two siblings. Bertie and Alfred 3:55 - the father in law of the younger one was the Tsar, and found it inappropriate that his daughter took second place at various English royal events from everyday dinner to more elaborate events such as weddings, the first place after the Queen being given to the Princess of Wales Alexandra who was Princess from Denmark, tiny compared to his Russia. Louise and Helena 4:00 - 4:06, quite a transformation here from sullen little girls to pleasant, lovely young women! Without more information this one at 4:12 - 4:16 titled Vicky and Beatrice is slightly confusing, because Vicky here looking so young couldn't be the first daughter of Queen Victoria, is this Vicky the Princess of Hesse and Darmstadt the daughter of Alice, making this the photograph of two women who were aunt and niece before Beatrice married the niece's brother in law, making them sisters in law? At 4:18 - 4:23 though, Beatrice does look younger, but not by much, so the confusion stays. Alice and Vicky here 4:37 - 4:51 are presumably daughters of Queen Victoria, both unhappy in their life in different ways, their children and grandchildren going on to play major roles in events to come! Nice 6:19. Before WWI, of course! Wonder how often they met after the war.

Thanks. this is su beautifully done. respect

Albert and Victoria were cousins, hence the genetic problems. Then, the descendants of their children also intermarried - like Phillip and Elizabeth.

One of her granddaughters was Alexandra Feodrovena Romanov.🥰

It would interesting to see each child's descendants and who they are today. We know the Queen is from Edward's line. But what about the other offspring?

The life Is very short 😭😭😭😭, born , creces AND died 😭😭😭 , now Im 31 years old 😭😭😭

Wow, this is the very first time I have ever seen a photo of the Queen smiling !!

Wish Alice lived longer though :(

Lovely and so right to have Vaughan Williams' music playing so English (albeit that Victoria''s mother was German and her husband (who was also her first cousin) was also German. It was quite a strict family upbringing but they were able to give a good example of family coherence in a very traditional Victorian way which probably ultimately was to the good of the nation. She was one of the first people to use anaesthetic to help with the pain of childbirth.

Have never seen most of these pictures thanks for sharing.

Beautiful. Thank you.

Very strong resemblance to each other

It is said that Queen Victoria was the grandmother of Europe because her children married royals of other countries. Wish you could have included who all her children married.

What is amazing is that she was the 5th Queen Regnant of England, after Mary I, Elizabeth I, Mary II, and Anne and yet the first to produce an heir, only Anne had a child, who died at 11 before his mother died. Both Mary I and II were succeeded by their younger sisters and Elizabeth I and Anne were succeeded by distant cousins, James I and George I, descended from prior Kings' daughters, thus the change in the Royal family name.

What a beautiful family. I too would love to know more about each of the children. Time to do some research.

Very interesting to see all the children and to think about what became of them and their mark on the world. Thank you

One can see that inbreeding played a part in their appearance . I could swear I heard duelling banjos ...

Really enjoyed this, and adore the music of Vaughan Williams. The photo of the children playing "campfires" was enchanting. They were most definitely loved... Did anyone else notice that one of the girls, Alice I think, didn't seem to like looking at the camera? Very shy perhaps. This video has made me want to learn more. Thankyou indeed!

It creates a soul emotion, when I observe past life in Victorian time. Mostly her family and children. But it's a wonderful soul experiences that are very unique.

All eerily beautiful people especially Leopold. Alice always had a look of sadness.

Lovely photographs.

Beautiful photos....

All her children were beautiful.

Lovely, Thank you.

Wonderful❤ Time travelling, love it❤❤

Gorgeous photo of families.

So serious! Wonderful to have these pieces of history

Wonderful collection and accompanying music. Thank you. Vicky's, Helena's and Beatrice's features have always struck me as being different from the ones of Bertie, Alice, Alfred, Louise, Arthur and Leopold.

I watched a documentary recently and it stated Victoria absolutely detested her son Bertie and would say so to his face ,how awful that must have been for him ,imagine detesting your own child AND showing it ,UNNATURAL!!

Well done video. Thankyou.please do one on the grandchildren and their marriages and children. They were connected to the 9 kings at the start of the Great war I believe.

Kinda scares me how my mom named me after queen Victoria and nearly all the significant people in my life have names that correspond to those of the people (like children )that where part of queen Victoria's life...idk seems a bit of a stretch but I just think that it really is true when they say that when u name someone after someone else they carry that significance of the person that they were named after and the name itself, I'm just using myself as an example, I just thought it was cool to share idk

In the photos they all looked so sad.

Oh! Their children are beautiful

The close eyes of the Windsor came from other branches..this family are better looking. Came from Albert

beautiful video

Das muss eine tieftraurige Zeit gewesen sein.

It was lovely seeing them from young children to old men and women except Leopold who died youn fantastic video.

they had a very loving and not distant father in prince albert.

Having nine babies led to Victoria having a prolapsed uterus and hernia discovered at her death. Her doctor said she must have been in great pain for most of her life.

I find greater magic and tenderness in the face of the humble.

A good eye for photos!

Their eyes.. so intense and captivating.

Poor Leopold - I think he was only 29 when he died after a life of suffering.

Hermosas fotos, gracias 😊, uno persona no elige a sus padres y que familia te gustaría ser.

between 5.19 and 5.27....children wore indian attire may be due to the influence with maharaja duleep sings

Omg the clothing is amazing, that's all a dream come true that none of us will never know about.

Beautiful photo s

5:22 kids clothes were inspired by queen victoria adopted son maharaja dalip singh

Appreciation and Salutes from India.

Prince Andrews dtrs, Eugenie & Beatrice bears Great resemblance to Queen Victoria & her Children.

The most astounding fact about this family is that all 9 of them lived to adulthood (barely half of babies born in the mid 19th century survived to adulthood, even in wealthy families, and 8 out of the 9 of them went on to have children themselves). Louise, the most beautiful artistic one, remained childless, though rumours swirled about an illegitimate pregnancy, but marrying a homosexual kind of hampered her chances of legitimately procreating. Vicky and Leopold were both highly intelligent and Alice was the embodiment of kindness, gentleness and humility. Arthur was Victoria’s favourite child because he was nice looking (she esteemed good looks even though she lacked them herself) well behaved and very biddable. Helena and Beatrice were worthy enough but dull and Alfred was a raging alcoholic trapped in a loveless marriage. Bertie took everyone by surprise that after a fairly aimless, dissolute life, lived in his mother’s shadow, he had a short but successful reign and was a very popular king.

Thank you

A nice looking family from the beginning to end.

Queen Victoria is really the Mother of Europe. She populated the royal houses of many European countries including Russia.

Prince Charles could stand in between and he wouldn't stand out, the resemblance is amazing.

They all look identical. Strong genes.

3:20 Alice looks just like queen Elizabeth!

Sad when you hear in her bios that she did not really like pregnancy or much of motherhood, which she was also not good. I love motherhood and am that sad that at 3 kids I am done, due to both personal and planetary resources, but am glad that women who don’t want motherhood aren’t forced into it by culture, which is bad for all.