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Fun Trivia: R : Royal Houses

Special Sub-Topic: The Royal House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha


What was the name of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's first child?

    Victoria. Her Royal Highness Princess Royal Victoria Adelaide Mary was born on the 21st November 1840. She married His Royal Highness Emperor Frederick III Hohenzollern of Germany on 25 January 1858 and is the mother of Kaiser William II of Germany.

Who did Princess Victoria Adelaide's daughter, the Princess Sophie Dorothea Ulrica Hohenzollern of Germany marry?
    King Constantine I Schleswig-Holstein of Greece. Princess Sophie Dorothea Ulrica Hohenzollern of Germnay was born on 14 June 1870 in Neues, Palais, Potsdam, Germany. She married King Constantine I Schleswig-Holstein on 27 October 1889 in Athens, Greece. She saw three of her sons become Kings of Greece - King George II, King Alexander I and King Paul I.

Who did Princess Victoria Adelaide's other daughter, the Princess Margaret Beatrice Feodora Hohenzollern of Germany marry?
    Landgrave Frederick Charles Hesse-Darmstadt. Margaret Beatrice Feodora Hohenzollern was born on 22 April 1872 in Neues, Palais, Potsdam, Germany. She married Landgrave Frederick Charles Hesse-Darmsdart of Hesse on 25 January 1893 in Friedenskirche, Potsdam. She gave her husband six sons, a worthy feat in their time. Duke Bernard III Saxe-Meningen of Saxe-Meningen married Margaret's sister, Princess Charlotte Hohenzollern of Germany. Prince Adolf Schaumburg-Lippe of Lippe married Margaret's other sister, Princess Victoria Hohenzollern of Germany.

What is significant about King Edward VII's time as the Prince of Wales?
    Longest Serving Prince of Wales. King Edward VII Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Great Britain was the Prince of Wales for a record 61 years before be was finally crowned King on 9 August 1902.

Who did King Edward VII's daughter, Princess Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Great Britain marry?
    King Charles Haakon VII Glucksburg of Norway. Princess Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Great Britain married Prince Charles Haakon Schleswig-Holstein of Denmark in 22 Jul 1896. In 1905 after Norway declared its independence from Sweden, the people of Norway invited him to undertake the throne of Norway. Only after a referrendum, requested by Prince Charles, supported the appointment did he accept. King Frederick VIII Schleswig-Holstein of Denmark was King Charles Haakon VII's father and he had married Princess Louise Josephine Eugene Bernadotte of Sweden. King William George I Schleswig-Holstein of Greece married Princess Olga Constantionova Romanov of Russia. Tsar Alexander II Romanov married Princess Marie 'Dagmar' Schleswig-Holstein of Denmark.

What scandal was Prince Albert Victor Christian Saxe-Cobrug-Gotha of Great Britain suspected in?
    Jack the Ripper. Although there were suspicions of a Catholic marriage, he was also suspected of the Ripper murders. For the victims of those murders were witnesses to his supposed marriage to Alice Crook, a catholic commoner.

Princess Alice Maud Mary Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Great Britain was which child of order?
    Third. Princess Alice Maud Mary Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Great Britain was the third child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

What was Queen Victoria's full name?
    Alexandrina Victoria. Her original intended name was Charlotte Georgia Alexandra. However King George IV Hanover of Great Britain refused the use of his daughter's name as well as that of her own. He allowed Alexandrina to be used as her godfather was Tsar Alexander II Romanov of Russia. However when it appeared that she was going to be christened with only one name, King George IV allowed her to have her mother's name, but it must not preceede the name of the Tsar.

Princess Alexandra 'Alix' von Hesse-Darmsdart of Hesse was not the only grand-daughter of Queen Victoria to marry into the Russian Royal Family. Who was the other grand-daughter?
    Princess Elizabeth von Hesse-Darmstadt. Princess Elizabeth von Hesse-Darmsdart of Hesse was born on 1 November 1864 to Grand Duke Louis IV von Hesse-Darmsdart of Hesse and Princess Alice Maud Mary Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Great Britain. She married Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovich Romanov on 15 June 1884 in the Winter Palace of St Petersburg, Russia. She was murdered by the Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918 in the Ural Mountains of Russia.

Princess Irene Marie Louise Anna von Hesse-Darmsdart married Prince Henry Hohenzollern of Prussia. What was their relation besides Husband and Wife?
    1st Cousins. Prince Henry Hohenzollern's mother was Princess Royal Victoria Adelaide Mary and Princess Irene von Hesse-Darmsdart's mother was Princess Alice Maud Mary.

Princess Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Edinburgh married her cousin, Grand Duke Ernest Louis von Hesse-Darmsdart on 19 April 1894. After their divorce, Victoria married her cousins on the other side of the family. Who was he?
    Grand Duke Krill Vladimirovitich Romanov of Russia. Grand Duke Krill Vladimirovitich Romanov of Russia was born on 12 October 1876 to Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovitch of Russia and Princess Marie Pavlovna von Mecklenburg of Mecklenburg. It is through this marriage and their son, Grand Duke Vladimir Krillovitch Romanov of Russia that Grand Duchess Maria Romanov claim the Russian throne.

Princess Marie Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Edinburgh married which Balkan King?
    King Ferninand I Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen of Romania. King Ferninand I Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen of Romania was born 24 August 1865 in Sigmaringen, Germany. He became King of Romania on 10 October 1914 shortly after the outbreak of World War I.

Princess Helena Augusta Victoria Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Great Britain was married to Prince Frederick Christian Schleswig-Holstein. Of which branch of this family does he belong to?
    Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein. Prince Frederick Christian Schleswig-Holstein is related to all of these Kingdoms, however the direct descentant is from the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.

What is so significant about Princess Louise Caroline Alberta Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Great Britain?
    She never had any children. Princess Louise Caroline Alberta Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Great Britain was born on 18 March 1848 in Buckingham Palace, St James Park, London, England. She married Duke John Douglas Sutherland Campbell of Argyll on 21 March 1871 in St George's Chapel, Winsdor Castle.

Duke Arthur William Patrick Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Connaught married Princess Louise Margaret Hohenzollern of Prussia. Their daughter, Princess Margaret Victoria Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Connaught married which King?
    King Gustaf VI Bernadotte of Sweden. Princess Margaret Victoria Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Connaught married Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf on 15 June 1905 in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, London, England. The couple were blessed with five children before she died of an ear infection before her husband became King.

Prince Arthur Frederick Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Connaught married Duchess Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina of Fife. What is there relationship besides Husband and Wife?
    1st Cousins Once Removed. Prince Arthur Frederick Saxe-Coburg-Gotha's father was Duke Arthur Williams Patrick Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Connaught and Duchess Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina's mother was Princess Royal Louise Victoria Alexandra Windsor, the daughter of King Edward VII Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Princess Alexandra Schleswig-Holstein of Denmark.

What title did Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Great Britain have?
    Duke of Albany. The Duke of Kent was Victoria's father and she was reluctant to re0issue the title. The Duke of Edinburgh was Leopold's brother and the Duke of York reminded Victoria of her Uncle, whom she disliked.

Princess Alice Mary Victoria Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Great Britain married Earl Alexander George von Teck of Athlone. Who is his more famous sister?
    Queen Mary von Teck of Great Britain. Princess Mary is his mother. Princess Augusta is his grand-mother. Princess May is his daughter.

Name the Crown Prince that suffered Haemophilia, passed on from his mother?
    Tsarevich Alexei Nicholvitch Romanov of Russia. All are Great-Grandsons of Queen Victoria.

Which country does not have a descendant of Queen Victoria on its throne or in its modern family?
    Portugal. Although the Royal House of Portugal was once Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, it was stemed from Queen Victoria's first cousin, Duke Ferninand Saxe-Coburg-Gotha who married Queen Maria II de Braganca of Portugal. Norway, Russia and Sweden all have descendants in their modern royal family.


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