She'll be Queen Yet

Impression of Edward, Duke of Kent showing off his baby daughter, Alexandrine Victoria, later Queen Victoria. After the death of King George IV, his brother, King William IV, succeeded the throne but remained childless. There was a very public race among the remaining sons of George III to marry and produce a legitimate heir (many had mistresses and countless illegitimate children). First past the post was the Duke of Kent who married the widowed HSH Marie Luise Victoire of Saxe-Coburg

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