Who had been Queen Victoria's father's French mistress before he married Queen Victoria's future German mother?

JaneofGaunt

Adelaide Dubus The Duke of Kent had a number of mistresses, most notably Adelaide Dubus (with whom he may have had an illegitimate daughter Adelaide Victoria Augusta Dubus 1789–1790) and later Julie de St Laurent. However, he remained single until 1818 when, following the death of the only legitimate grandchild of George III, Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, the succession began to look uncertain. The Duke of Kent became engaged to Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (17 August 1786 – 16 March 1861), the daughter of Duke Franz Friedrich of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and the widow of Emich Karl, Prince of Leiningen. She was also the sister of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, the widower of Princess Charlotte Augusta. The couple married on 29 May 1818 at Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg and again on 11 July 1818 at Kew Palace, Richmond Park, Surrey. They had one child, Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901). http://www.google.ca/search?q=Duke+of+Kent%2C+victoria%27s+father&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Mar 19 10, 12:53 PM