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GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
(United Kingdom of Great Bkitaix and Ireland.)
Reigning Sovereign and Family.
Victoria I., Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, born at Ken- sington Palace, London, May 24, 1819, the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George III. and of Princess Vic- toria of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg, widow of Prince Emich of Leiningen. Ascended the throne at the death of her uncle, King William IV., June 20, 1837 ; crowned at Westminster Abbey, June 28, 1838. Married, Feb. 10, 1840, to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ; widow, Dec. 14, 1861. Issue of the union are: — 1. Princess Vic- toria, born Nov. 21, 1840; married, Jan. 25, 1858, to Prince Fried- rich Wilhelm, eldest son of King Wilhelm I. of Prussia. There are offspring three sons and two daughters (see Prussia : Reigning Sove- reign and Family). 2. Prince Albert Edward, heir-apparent, born Nov. 9, 1841 ; married, March 10, 1863, to Princess Alexandra, eldest daughter of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg- Gliicksburg, present King Christian IX. of Denmark. Issue, two sons and three daughters: — Albert Victor, born Jan. 8, 1864; George, born June 3, 1865 ; Louise, born Feb. 20, 1867; Alexandra, born July 6, 1868 ; and Maud, born Nov. 26, 1869. 3. Princess Alice, born April 25, 1843 ; married, July 1, 1862, to Prince Ludwig of Hesse. Issue, three daughters and one son (see Hesse — Germany). 4. Prince Alfred, born Aug. 6, 1844; entered the royal navy, Aug. 31, 1858; created earl of Kent, eai-1 of Ulster, and duke of Edinburgh, by letters patent of May 24, 1866. 5. Princess Helena, born May 25, 1846 ; married, July 5, 1866, to Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Aiigustenburg, born Jan. 22, 1831, formerly captain in the 3rd Regiment of Lancers of the Prussian army. Issue, two sons, and one daughter, Christian, born April 14, 1867, Albert John, born Feb. 26, 1869, and Victoria, born May 3, 1870. 6. Princess Louise, born March 18, 1848. 7. Prince Arthur, born May 1, 1850. 8. Prince Leopold, born April 7, 1853. 9. Princess Beatrice, born April 14, \>'u .
Covsins of the Queen. — 1. Georf/e V., ex-King of Hanover, born at London, May 27. LS19, the son of Duke Ernest Augustus of Cumber- land, fifth son of King George III. 2. Prince George, Duke of Cam- bridge, born at Hanover, March 26, 1819, the son of Duke Adolphus
