IRENE.
Offspring. Grandmother of Europe.
Queen Victoria and his husband have 9 children; 4 sons and 5 daughters. Her many children had married into many of Europe's royal families, and her numerous grandchildren, once grown, did the same. Victoria had 42 grandchildren across Europe. For that reason they were named Grandmother of Europe. Finally, her sons were killed by the Bolchevics in 1917. One of her grandchildren was the future Queen Victoria of Spain.
A curiosity of the royal family is, the father of Queen Victoria had hemophilia, and some of his descendants who are: Leopold, Alice, Beatriz, Alekséi and the brothers Alfonso and Gonzalo de Borbón, they have it.
Hemophilia is a hereditary disease, your blood is very liquid and any part of your body can bleed and you can die.
PAULA
Queen Victoria and prince Albert.
The couple first met at Victoria's 17th birthday when she was heir to the British throne. They were cousins and were introduced by their uncle, king of the Belgians. On February 10, 1840, Queen Victoria married Albert at the Chapel Royal in London. This was the first marriage of a reigning English queen since Queen Mary in 1554.
As Victoria's father had died when she was a child, hers was gifted by her favorite uncle, Prince Augustus Frederick.
After the wedding, the couple traveled to the Queen's residence at Windsor Castle.
Victoria and Albert were married for 21 years, remaining together until the death of Albert on 14 December 1861. After his death, the Queen wore black in mourning for the rest of her life, earning the nickname the 'widow of Windsor'.
For her wedding, Victoria chose to wear a white dress, which was unusual at the time. It was more common for brides to wear gowns of rich colours which could be used again for other occasions. This made the tradition of wearing white dresses at weddings popular.
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