She was also the granddaughter of Queen Victoria, the daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (who was Queen Victoria’s third child and second daughter), and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and ...

the inspiration behind Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Leopold had plans to marry to escape Queen Victoria's wish to keep him with her at home. In 1882, Leopold married Princess Helen of Waldeck ...

Queen Victoria’s uncle, George IV, who was king from 1820 to 1830, married his cousin Caroline. George IV: George IV was the son of King George III, who was the younger brother of Princess ...

Hemophilia in historical context The most notorious carrier of hemophilia B was Queen Victoria ... two sisters inherited the mutated gene. Princess Alice and Beatrice became wives to members ...

Princess Alice and Princess Helena. A cairn to John Brown, Queen Victoria's servant and a personal attendant, was built after his death but later removed by Edward VII. Two cairns celebrate Queen ...

the then-Duchess of Kent — are on display at a new exhibition at Victoria’s childhood home, Kensington Palace. Among the other guidelines for the future queen: “the Princess is to sleep in ...

Later, they married off their other children (Alice, Beatrice ... married a German princess in 1881. Queen Victoria hoped this would lead Britain with a powerful alliance with Germany.