The Daughters-In-Law of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queen Victoria was known for hating pregnancy and children. Despite this, Queen Victoria had nine children, all of whom married, some into powerful European royal families. This video will focus on the daughters-in-law of Queen Victoria: Alexandra of Denmark, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Louise Margaret of Prussia, and Helene/Helena of Waldeck-Pyrmont.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:16 Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925)
10:16 Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853-1920)
26:06 Louise Margaret of Prussia (1860-1917)
29:58 Helene/Helena of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1861-1922)
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[@richardsmith579]

It’s rich for Queen Victoria to call someone plain.

[@laurielovett8849]

Victoria was very pretty as a young girl,a lot of us age badly,can't be helped.

[@wardarcade7452]

@@laurielovett8849 She was however, very short even for those times (much shorter than her mother and elder half-sister)! Also, she had no illusions of her own appearance one time telling her daughter the Empress Frederick that she didn't think anyone would be inspired by photographs of 'my ugly old person'!

[@theresalaux5655]

I say amen to that!

[@janetsides901]

Princess Beatrice looks just like Queen Victoria, ugly.

[@colormetakenaback]

Yes! 😆 Vicki was as plain as toast. She's lucky she could hide behind her silks and diamonds and crown 😆😆

[@melissasalazar1436]

It seems to me that Queen Victoria was a terrible person to her children and their spouses. But she doted on her favorite grandchild Alix of Hesse and by Rhine. She was a complicated person. Just an opinion.

[@LJB103]

Her grandson George V was not much better with his children.

[@nicoleackerman205]

@@LJB103 I learned that he was like that because he said "I was terrified of my father my father was terrified of this father and so help me my children will be terrified of me." Sort of I got treated bad so you will get treated bad as well.

[@chrissybrown9205]

@@LJB103 it surprises me that he wasn’t a good father, especially as despite all of Edward VII’s faults he was a great father, much better than Prince Albert was for example.

[@lporquai9048]

@@chrissybrown9205 Prince Albert was a good father. Are you saying he wasn't?

[@laurielovett8849]

@@chrissybrown9205 Prince Albert was too soft on his children, he spoiled them. But apart from that he was a very good father. Queen Victoria was an enigma, appeared to be very cold ,but the kaiser who was tortured by doctors as a small child, they were trying to improve movement in his arm that was paralysed at birth due to negligence by the doctor, his mother was in labour for days. Hirrible instruments were used to try and get more movement in the arm.The kaiser adored his granny Victoria, she was so good to him as a child,actually when he heard she was dying in 1901 he travelled to Britain as fast as he could and she died in his arms, she was also good to her daughters little girls who lost both parents very young, she brought them from Germany to live with her. I think she was wronged, she was probably very undemonstrative and that can be taken as being cold, she certainly showed by her actions that she could be very loving to her grandchildren who lost a parent or were disabled in any way. I had a gran like that, very firm, but if you were sick, she was the one to go to.

[@RVChua-js2dw]

Nicholas II was Alexandra's nephew not her grand nephew.

[@grammy965]

I love the twinkle in the eyes of Princess Helena. Just like in her daughter Alice had.❤️

[@linibiography]

I always thought Vicky the most attractive of Queen Victoria's daughters, rather than the least. Her figure was just a little round, but her face was lovely. All the other siblings had those long, hook noses, including the queen. And of course, there was Vicky's amazing intellect, which has been written about many times.

[@cd3694]

She was definitely prettier than Alice

[@jamiemohan2049]

True and she looks more distinct looking when compared to her siblings. She sticks out a lot more then the others who got Victorias features. Louise is very overrated in the looks department. She isn't beautiful. But in saying that it is possible that she just didnt picture well.

[@cacheriprock8060]

It’s interesting to wonder how history would have changed if absolute primogeniture had been in place after Victoria.

[@silvermoontearoom7123]

@@cacheriprock8060 That would have been great! Princess Anne would make a great Monarch as well...

[@paulwaswalrus5956]

@@silvermoontearoom7123we wouldn’t have a Princess Anne if absolute primogeniture was in place during Victoria’s time Edit: sorry I didn’t read right 😂, but we still wouldn’t have Queen Anne bc she wasn’t the eldest child

[@LJB103]

Alexandra also had some dementia before her death. She had a run-in with her son George V and Queen Mary when her sister Dagmar convinced her that as Dowager Queen she should outrank Mary like she did in Russia as Dowager Empress. Alfred's heir to Coburg was his nephew Charles-Edward (son of Prince Leopold) only because neither Alfred's next oldest brother Arthur, Duke of Connaught or Arthur's son wanted it. Helena's daughter, Princess Alice unfortunately was a hemophilia carrier who passed it on to her sons. Helena's son the Duke of Coburg and the Hanoverian Duke of Cumberland were not stripped of their British titles, but the titles are in "abeyance" and could be restored at some point (Prince Ernst of Hanover asked Queen Elizabeth for her permission when he married Caroline of Monaco). Excellent video.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

George V was Alexandra's son not grandson

[@LJB103]

@@pedanticradiator1491 You're correct; my error. Thanks.

[@Patrick3183]

Stop being so gossipy and do not say Alexandra had dementia !!

[@LJB103]

@@Patrick3183 If it's true, it's true.

[@louiseju]

@@Patrick3183 She did not have dementia. She was almost deaf later in life, though.

[@Skarfp]

You have so much unknown information and I find this wonderful. All of your videos are fresh and fascinating.

[@DAVEJJR]

Queen Victoria was a very complicated and fascinating woman. Like most people with these characteristics, Victoria was selfish, bossy, rude, conceited and in all truth, simply not a nice person, but quite interesting.

[@GodisMyNo1]

Queen Elizabeth II was a very fascinating and intriguing woman too, but unfortunately people seem to care more for the celebrity of her ex daughter in law who loved attention

[@zzzbbbooo]

@@GodisMyNo1 Can't you pay a compliment to the late Queen without dragging Diana into it?

[@patti1044]

Thank you - enjoyed this presentation consolidating the wives.

[@danielleporter1829]

One of Queen Elizabeth's middle names was Alexandra, after her great grandmother Queen Alexandra.

[@CaraFay-bf8jk]

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary - after her mother, great grandmother and grandmother, in that order.

[@danielleporter1829]

@@CaraFay-bf8jk Yes I know, I was explaining the provenance of where Alexandra came from.

[@lilypotter9476]

Just found your channel and am really enjoying it. I am now subscribed!

[@carlosaugustodevorik138]

who are this IDIOTS that put such an stupid girl relating w/this tiny voice, plus the person that was in charge w/this strong piano?? I will NOT subscribe under "this conditions"!!!

[@silvermoontearoom7123]

Excellent video in every way! 👏👏👏

[@f.frederickskitty2910]

What contrast in motherhood between Victoria and Alix Tsarina of Russia. One couldn't stand being a mother, the other reveled in it.

[@zzzbbbooo]

Yet Victoria had many more positive qualities to her than Alexandra Feodorovna who, incidentally was not a great mother. She didn't allow her children, even her healthy daughters, to mix with other girls their own age. As teenagers, they were more like 10-year-olds. She did not prepare them for their future.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Alix grew up being loved. Victoria grew up being isolated and pushed to her physical limits with studies (she used to get horrible headaches) Most little girls of Victoria's era were encouraged to play with their dolls and were also, as they got older, expected to help out with younger siblings and cousins. Even it was just to keep an eye on them to not knock over the knick-knacks. A little girl would have seen older women interacting with babies.; perhaps even seeing them draped with a shawl when breastfeeding.

[@annar.5798]

The daughter in law Victoria called plain was very pretty! I wouldn't call her plain at all

[@unionjack84]

I think having Victoria as a mother in law would have been about as awful as having root canal work! Lol! That said, I think Alexandra is the most beautiful queen the British ever had, but I don't like how she tried to prevent her daughters from marrying The one daughter didn't. What was up with that? In that era, it was expected that daughters would marry. I think it was Victoria.

[@LJB103]

Yes, but you don't have to put up with the pain of a root canal for as long as Alexandra had to deal with the pain of Victoria. As to beauty, Alexandra has an edge in that there are photos of her. The descriptions of Elizabeth Woodville (wife of Edward IV and mother-in-law of Henry VII) make her out to have been a great beauty, but that was in the 15th century so we only have iffy pictures of her.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

Yes Princess Victoria (known in the family as Toria) never married and acted as a kind of secretary/dogsbody to her mother. A few years earlier Queen Victoria tried to do the same with her youngest daughter Beatrice but finally let her marry on condition that they carried on living with her

[@lifeissobeautiful6404]

I think Alexandra was the type of person who really valued family above everything else, but she knew her sons were expected to marry in order to continue to carry on the family line but since the daughters didn't have that kind of obligation, she wanted them to remain with her forever which is why both Louise and Maud married in their mid 20s which was considered 'old' for Victorian times. From what I've read, after her 2 daughters married, she would actively discourage and guilt-trip Victoria into feeling she had no choice but to remain by her mother's side since in her eyes, her 2 sisters effectively 'abandoned' their mother. As much as I love Alexandra and I understand her reasoning, Victoria ended up growing very bitter in her later years.

[@LJB103]

@@lifeissobeautiful6404 She also had the unfortunate habit of trying to keep her children as just that "children." She infantilized them, especially her sons. Her daughter Maud, while Queen of Norway, spent much of her time with her birth family in England away from her husband and son.

[@Patrick3183]

@@lifeissobeautiful6404 it was what was done in those days. An extra daughter would stay with her mother. This was common then and before.

[@janisgage9441]

Enjoying your channel immensely

[@eveningstar1]

Interesting - thank you!

[@sissybast3842]

Wow that was really interesting! Thanks! I often wonder why no one would ever smile in those pictures. They all looked miserable when I doubt that was the case. I’m loving hearing about Maria though. She seems extremely interesting.

[@michellejackson1202]

There thought it was undignified . Even her kids thought that when they saw a picture of they're mother smiling . They just didn't think it looked royal .

[@nicoleackerman205]

Queen Victoria apparently hated Alexandra and I find it funny that Alexandra apparently hated Mary her daughter in law and it said that Mary did not like Elizabeth either and Elizabeth did not like Phillip and Phillip hate Sarah the cycle continues.

[@silvermoontearoom7123]

Prince Philip's dislike of Sarah was a result of seeing the tabloid cover photos of her lover sucking her toe while she sunbathed topless with her daughters when Prince Andrew was away serving his country in the military...

[@zzzbbbooo]

Victoria did not hate Alexandra, Alexandra did not hate Mary and Mary did not hate Elizabeth. Family disagreements from time to time is not hatred. Philip to Sarah Ferguson? Probably!

[@wardarcade7452]

Mary never was chummy with Elizabeth (the future Queen Mother) but she appreciated how Elizabeth encouraged Mary's 2nd awkward son 'Bertie' (George VI) come out of his shell - then three years later, Mary and George V were both instantly besotted with their newborn granddaughter 'Lilibet' even more than their own children and since Elizabeth was 'Lilibet's mother, that somewhat gave her even more cred with the in-laws!

[@Recartloaded]

Victoria didn’t hate Alexandra and Alexandra didn’t hate Mary at all and Mary didn’t hate Elizabeth...

[@ohwell94]

Seems to me theres a pattern here With the exception of Alexandra all they patents had a distant relationship with their children but reveled in being grandparents

[@CarolinaFrasineanu-rp3xw]

Thank you very much for this very interesting video. I really like your channel.❤

[@lauradavidson4326]

Well done in every way.

[@darleenhumphrey7461]

Very interesting

[@linibiography]

thanks for sharing, excellent video!

[@hankwilliams150]

Edward Albert almost died in 1871, not 1671.

[@HistorywithMaria]

Sorry about that. I meant 1871, not 1671

[@GavinsMarineMom]

He's was also never called "Albert". He was known as "Bertie" in the family.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

His name was Albert Edward

[@BabuHazra-my6dy]

I like Alexandra of Denmark

[@franmun1688]

❤❤❤The best Queen

[@franmun1688]

Queen Alexandra is my favourite. The most beautiful Queen❤❤❤

[@HORSEYANIME2024]

PLS do the son in laws of queen Victoria

[@andypham1636]

Denmark had semi Salic succession until 1953

[@lindahansen45]

I always thought Helena of Waldeck-Pyrmont looked so cute

[@jolineantheajammer]

At the point of 5:21 it sounds like you are saying “1671” instead of 1871. :-) It could be my ears however.

[@HistorywithMaria]

I meant 1871 - thanks for letting me know

[@jolineantheajammer]

@@HistorywithMaria I thought that’s what you met. :-) regardless it is a lovely video and I enjoyed the details and focus on the daughters-in-law of Queen Victoria. Your videos are great!

[@julesmum9781]

Queen Alexandra truly was a long suffering wife of an unfaithful husband. I'm v grateful that would never fly today. It's hard enough living in the goldfish bowl of royalty. Social and familial support is important

[@franmun1688]

È stata una grande donna, dedicandosi alla famiglia e alle opere caritatevoli.❤❤

[@andrewgibbonwilliams6228]

Not one of Queen Victoria's children enjoyed conventionally happy marriages. Victoria was an interferer. She became obsessed by the memory of her own relatively short marriage. Both her sons and daughters had sexual problems. These poor women were trapped in a dynastic fly-trap. Considering, most of them did their best to make a go of their sorry lot.

[@zzzbbbooo]

Yes, they did! Vicky, Bertie, Alice, Helena, Arthur, Leopold and Beatrice all had good if imperfect marriages! I'm not sure what you mean by 'sexual problems'? Bertie was a serial philander and Arthur had an affair but what is a 'conventionally happy marriage' anyway?

[@feyrol42]

Not true, Vicky had a good marriage so did, Leopold, Beatrice and Alice (although her marriage was short due to early death).

[@feyrol42]

@@zzzbbbooo A happy marriage is one where the couple get along and are loyal to each other. A happy marriage does *not* mean a perfect one. I wouldn't call Bertie's marriage good. He was a persistent cheater. I doubt Alexandra enjoyed that, she put up with it because she had no choice, but consistent adultery is not a good marriage. You'd think one of the key/basic ingredients for a happy marriage is faithfulness.

[@Recartloaded]

@@zzzbbbooo not Bertie he was constantly unfaithful and cheated on his wife with 50 other women...

[@carlosaugustodevorik138]

and this girl is Irish, according w/what I hear??

[@Recartloaded]

Alexandra and Edwards marriage wasn’t happy, edward was unfaithful to her and had numerous affairs with other women..

[@paulwaswalrus5956]

But they were still happy with each other despite that, also Albert Edward was always supportive towards his wife during family disputes, even though that never endeared him to Queen Victoria. Side note: with his unfaithfulness, it has been documented in this video and beyond that she turned a blind eye to it. “He loved me best”

[@theelitemanticore151]

Yeah but regardless…they were still happy with each other. What makes you think that their marriage lasted for more than 40 years.

[@franmun1688]

Alexandra si è dedicata personalmente ai figli, così colmava il vuoto e la distanza del marito. È stata molto dignitosa e forte ❤

[@beckynelson6786]

It was all quite incestuous.

[@lh8593]

Edinburgh is pronounced Ed In Burr Ah.

[@Ater_Draco]

It's pronounced Edin-bruh

[@KrysC-TX]

Alexandra pioneered photoshop.

[@tamaragerasimova2405]

Why Albert?Her husband’s name was EDWARD !!!😢

[@HistorywithMaria]

His name was Albert Edward, nickname Bertie, and he took the regnal name Edward VII when he became king of the United Kingdom in 1901

[@feyrol42]

Bertie said he took the name Edward because he didn't want to overshadow his father. If he had been named King Albert people in our present times (who aren't that interested in royal history) would assume all the buildings, museums etc named after Prince Albert were named after the King. It was great foresight for him to take Edward as his monarch name because now most people instantly know that 'Albert' refers to Victoria's husband. That would not be the case if Bertie had gone as Albert.

[@virtualasylum7013]

I love royal history but the while idea of it is so outdated now...I hope all monarchies collapse. Taxpayers don't need to pay for such nonsense anymore. Great channel. New sub.❤️