Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg - A MISERABLE Queen

Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria and expected to be a grand lady herself someday. Her love marriage turned sour because of something completely out of her control. She lost her throne but was at least able to have some peace towards the end of her life.
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[@Dulcimertunes]

Interesting how Alphonso’s Catholicism and Edward’s Protestantism didn’t prevent them from womanizing.

[@daya820]

Poor Ena, she had a miserable marriage , loosing two of her sons . Her portraits are beautiful!

[@TheRoyalWomen]

She didn't deserve to be that unhappy. She was stunning, though!

[@plamenivanov92]

@@TheRoyalWomen in my personal opinion she is the most beautiful out of Victoria's granddaughters although Victoria's favorite was Alix (Alexandra Feodorovna) she tried to encourage a romance between Alix and Albert Victor but Alix wanted to marry Nikolai she met him juring the wedding of her sister and Nikolai's brother Sergey Victoria allowed the marriage because Alix decisiveness impressed her

[@plamenivanov92]

@@TheRoyalWomen Queen Victoria considered Alix (Alexandra Feodorovna) her favorite granddaughter because well.... she used the girl as an emotional crutch after the death of Prince Albert

[@agushll74]

When she momentaneously returned to Spain there was a big crowd welcoming her. She returned as a Queen in the middle of Franco’s dictatorship.

[@Darrigrande]

Victoria Eugenia was not a miserable queen, she had a miserable life what is quite different.

[@beth7935]

Well, the nicest thing I can say about Alfonso as a husband is, he wasn't as bad as Henry VIII... & even then, Bloody Henry was arguably actually nicer overall to Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves & Katherine Parr than Alfonso was to Ena! I have to agree with the title; she had a miserable life & none of it was her fault. Even before Victoria & haemophilia, women in the Hanoverian dynasty seemed to luck out in life- George I & George IV were also _spectacularly_ awful husbands- & even Victoria's female descendants who weren't carriers often had horrible lives, like her eldest daughter Vicky: she, her daughter Charlotte & granddaughter Feodora all had porphyria like George III, but that's another long & tragic story... I dunno, I think some Mediaeval royal women had better & happier lives, or at least they were no worse off- some actually had decent husbands, if nothing else. Very interesting tho, sad as Ena's story is.

[@TheRoyalWomen]

When I first started researching Ena, I thought he was much worse than Henry VIII. At least Henry had the decency to get rid of his wives, Alfonso just kept Ena with him and assumed she'd always be a great ally, which she was. Truly a very sad story, if they'd divorced like Ernst Louis of Hanover and Victoria Melita, who knows what kind of life Ena might have had. I don't think she'd be the type to leave Alfonso, though.

[@vickyland6558]

Poor woman, not her fault. Great video as always

[@TheRoyalWomen]

Her life truly was unfortunate.. Thank you!!

[@vickyland6558]

@@TheRoyalWomen you're most welcome. I agree with you, not her fault what genes she got

[@hepsabaptron00]

Contemporary reports remark that Alfonso was good looking and "handsome". I fail to see it! In fact I find him unattractive and sickly looking himself (not that I'm suggesting he was unwell)

[@TheRoyalWomen]

I have the same opinion, he just looks ugly and just kind of.. looks off in a way lol

[@plamenivanov92]

Actually Ena's Godmother Eugenia de Montiho (she was named after her) was not even at the baptism in person she was represented by Frederica of Hanover plus Ena herself was known as The Jubilee Baby because she was born in the 50th year of Queen Victoria's reign

[@robertpizor577]

Awesome vid! I guess when a marriage starts off with a terrorist bombing, that's never a good sign for the marriage. Just to add that "The Kings of France" sent me here and I've binge watched several of your vids already. Keep up the good work!

[@TheRoyalWomen]

Thank you! A bombing is really a bad omen. Glad you decided to come and check out my channel, I hope you'll enjoy my videos! :)

[@zahrael-kawni2189]

True but not always. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko's marriage began with an assassination attempt on the wedding day but the mariage was very successful till that day.

[@MrNatethraB]

It wasn’t just because of possible hemophilia it was because of Ena lineage. She may have been Queen Victoria granddaughter but she was a Battenberg. A morganatic and broke family who were royally connected and handsome. German Royals were really snobbish about that because when your the Broke prince of what’s essentially a small town, your title is all you have.

[@plamenivanov92]

The church Alphonso pointed out to Ena was called Santa Maria

[@plamenivanov92]

A personal favorite of mine Victoria Eugene Julia Ena princess Beatrice wanted to name her Eua a Welsh name but the guy ho wrote her name down misspelled Eya for Ena so they all started calling her Ena her family and the common people alike she was named after her grandmother and Eugenia de Montiho Empress of France Ena's mother-in-law and biggest enemy's name is Maria Christina Henrietta Desideria Felicitas Reineria Infant Gonsallo died in a car crash he would have survived if not for his Hemophilia his wounds themselves were not life threatening but he died from excessive blood loss plus the anarchist ho tried to kill her and Alphonso was named Matthew Morall plus a bit more info on Eugenia de Montiho she went to Turkey and met the current Valide Pertevniyal Sultan ho actually for some reason slapped her across the face plus Ena's brother Leopold died from while fighting in Africa he died because of his Hemophilia Ena's best friend was her cousin Beatrice ho was actually married to Alphonso's cousin Alphonso de Orléan 5th Duke of Galeria Beatrice was younger sister to Maria Queen of Romania Alphonso actually had 4 illegitimate kids 2 boys and 2 girls from 3 different ladies his kids were named Roger de Vilmolline (from the French aristocrat Mellanie de Dorthan) Anna Maria Teresa Ruiz Moragas and Leandro Alphonso Ruiz Moragas (from the Spanish actress Carmen Ruiz Moragas and lastly he had a daughter Juanna Alphonsa Milan y Quinoness de Leon from Beatrice Noone plus Alphonso's full name was Alphonso Maria Jaime Isidro Pascual Anthonio plus when he was younger Juan Carlos was known as The Idiot Prince and one last thing the next Spanish monarch will be Felippe's only daughter Infanta Leonor she will be the first Spanish Queen since Isabella II

[@TheRoyalWomen]

I never knew about the spelling mistake! Thank you for the information!

[@plamenivanov92]

@@TheRoyalWomen my pleasure

[@plamenivanov92]

@@TheRoyalWomen the correct Welsh name is Eua but the guy misspelled it Ena

[@2604ernesto]

Poor woman, she even had to sell some jewels At least she gave new blood to the Spanish crown, they have had been only Bourbon+Bourbon, well her mother in law was an Habsburg-Lorrain but, you know what I mean haha Thanks for this video

[@TheRoyalWomen]

Yep, the fact that her mother was a Habsburg keeps the gene pool even shallower. It's a really sad story. Thank YOU for watching!

[@hepsabaptron00]

I don't believe you're trying to be funny but having to sell jewellery is hardly a privation by anyone's standard. Hehe

[@2604ernesto]

@@hepsabaptron00 for me it's genuinely sad

[@hepsabaptron00]

@@2604ernesto and I'm sure she'd have expressed the same concerns for your personal jewellery collection heh

[@2604ernesto]

@@hepsabaptron00 ohhh hahaha, now i get what u mean LOL

[@royaltyfandomx]

Nice!!!

[@TheRoyalWomen]

Thanks!!

[@wendyqallab6906]

She was very beautiful and I loved her clothes.

[@mariojrsalvador6430]

Queen Ena died in San Leonardo Nueva Ecija.on August 16 1975.but in the history she died in Scotland.beforw she died she gave me a casket box.but get mad of his youngest daughter.name is Trinidad garcia mateo

[@Heothbremel]

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[@salwayassin]

😎🤩

[@franciscomartinezaledo3552]

La suerte que tienes es que no entiendo el ingles ........

[@TheRoyalWomen]

😂

[@JuanPerez-il9ou]

Did she try to learn to speak Spanish ? I know! I know! ….. “una mesa para cuarto por favor”