Victoria's Descendants

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1. Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, are both descendants of Victoria, and are related to her in the same way. But in what way are they related to their ancestor? Great great grandchildren. Great grandchildren. Great great great grandchildren. Third cousins.

2. Queen Victoria's descendants have sat on most of Europe's thrones. Which one of the following countries however, was NEVER ruled by one of her descendants? Russia. Norway. Denmark. Spain.

3. As Victoria's family was so large, and due to the fact that so many descendants shared the same first name most of her relatives were given nicknames. Which member of her family the daughter of Alfred Duke of Edinburgh and Coburg was known as "Missy"? Victoria Melita. Marie. Alexandra. Beatrice.

4. Which member of Victoria's family was known as "Ducky"? Alexandra. Marie. Beatrice. Victoria Melita.

5. All nine of Victoria's and Albert's children married, but only one of them failed to produce any offspring. Which one? Leopold. Arthur. Helena. Louise.

6. Princess Alice of Hesse, Victoria's daughter gave birth to seven children. Only three however, survived into adulthood AND died of natural causes. One was Victoria, Prince Philip's (husband of Elizabeth II) maternal grandmother, who were the other two? Princess Irene and Prince Ernest Grand Duke of Hesse Prince Frederick and Princess Mary Princess Mary and Princess Irene Prince Ernest Grand Duke of Hesse and Prince Frederick

7. Which one of these married couples were NOT both descendants of Victoria? Arthur of Connaught and Alexandra Duchess of Fife. Henry of Prussia and Irene of Hesse. Gustav VI of Sweden and Louise Mountbatten. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Sofia of Greece.

8. Only two grandchildren of Victoria were born during the lifetime of her consort Prince Albert. One was Charlotte of Prussia, who, the first grandchild to be born was the other? Kaiser Wilhelm II. Prince Albert Victor of Wales. Princess Victoria of Hesse.Prince Princess Margaret of Connaught.

9. Which one of the following, a grandchild of Britain's longest reigning monarch, committed suicide? Charles Edward Duke of Albany, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein. Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg. Alexander Marquess of Carisbrooke.

10. Since Queen Victoria's death, five of her descendants have sat on the British throne. How many of them however, at birth were never expected to succeed to as the British sovereign? 4. 1. 3. 2.

11. Queen Victoria referred to her ever increasing family as what? The royal mob. The royal mass. The royal playground. The royal horde.

12. Queen Victoria, was a carrier of haemophilia, and passed it to her son Prince Leopold. Which two of her daughters were also carriers of the disease? Helena and Victoria. Helena and Beatrice. Alice and Beatrice. Alice and Victoria.

13. Which of Victoria's nine children married the child of Tsar Alexander II? Alfred. Arthur. Helena. Leopold.

14. Which set of royal grandchildren had a tutor whom they detested so much they would later refer to him only as Dr. X? The children of Vicky the German Empess. The children of Princess Helena. The children of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. The children of Edward VII.

15. When Queen Victoria died in 1901 aged 81, three of her brood of 9 children were already dead, and her eldest child Vicky was herself dying of cancer. Which three children however predeceased their mother? Helena, Arthur and Louise. Helena, Alfred and Leopold. Alice, Helena and Arthur. Alice, Alfred and Leopold.

16. Which of Victoria's children famously hated Scotland, especially Balmoral? Edward VII. Princess Alice. Prince Leopold. Princess Louise.

17. Prince Albert, Victoria's beloved husband died on the December 14, 1861, exactly 17 years later to the day their daughter Alice also died. Which future monarch and descendant of the Queen was born on the 'terrible 14th'? Olav V of Norway. George VI of England. George II of Greece. Carol II of Romania.

18. Which of the following descendants of Victoria was NOT brutally murdered? Ella Grand Duchess of Russia. Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia. Alexander I of Greece. Lord Louis Mountbatten.

19. Which royal residence was purchased during Queen Victoria's reign, specifically as a country house for The Prince of Wales? Osbourne. Claremount. Sandringham. Bagshot Park.

20. The last grandchild of Queen Victoria died in 1981, eighty years after the death of their grandmother, who was it? Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone. Prince Leopold of Battenburg. Lady Patricia Ramsay. Sophie of Prussia and Queen of Greece.