This is a biography of Queen Victoria as well as a reference to her sense of fashion throughout her life.
Queen Victoria was born was born in 1819. She was the daughter of Victoire of Saxe-Coburn-Saalfeld (17 August 1786 – 16 March 1861)and Edward, Duke of Kent.
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (Edward Augustus; 2 November 1767 – 23 January 1820) was the fourth son and fifth child of King George III and Queen Charlotte.
George III was the king. George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820.
The heir of George III was Princess Charlotte but she died in childbirth. Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (7 January 1796 – 6 November 1817) was the only child of George, Prince of Wales, and Caroline of Brunswick. She was expected to ascend the British throne after the deaths of her grandfather, George III, and her father, but died in childbirth at the age of 21, predeceasing them both.
One of the most important women in Victoria's life was her governess, Louise Lehzen (3 October 1784 – 9 September 1870) . Lehzen was strongly protective of Victoria, and encouraged the princess to be strong, informed, and independent.
Later Victoria had another governess, Charlotte Percy, the Duchess of Northumberland (12 September 1787 – 27 July 1866) . In 1831, being a friend of King William IV, she was appointed governess of his niece and heir presumptive, Princess Victoria of Kent, who ascended the British throne in 1837. The role was mostly ceremonial, and Victoria continued to rely mostly on Baroness Louise Lehzen. The Duchess was dismissed in 1837 by the Princess's mother, the Duchess of Kent, for attempting to become more influential in the girl's education.
Victoria was contolled by the Kensington system. The Kensington System was a strict and elaborate set of rules designed by Victoria, Duchess of Kent, along with her attendant, Sir John Conroy, concerning the upbringing of the Duchess's daughter, the future Queen Victoria. The young Victoria was never allowed to be apart from her mother, her tutor or her governesses. She was kept isolated from other children, and her mother and Conroy strictly monitored and recorded her every action and entirely controlled whom she was allowed to meet.
Sir John Conroy had a big influence on the Duchess of Kent, and it was believed that they were lovers. Victoria hated him. Sir John Ponsonby Conroy (21 October 1786 – 2 March 1854) was a British military officer best known for serving as comptroller to the Duchess of Kent and her young daughter, the future Queen Victoria.
Victoria loved her half-sister Feodora, but she married Prince Enst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and left England. Princess Feodora of Leiningen (7 December 1807 – 23 September 1872) was the only daughter of Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen (1763–1814) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786–1861, future Duchess of Kent). Feodora and her older brother Carl, Prince of Leiningen, were maternal half-siblings to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Victoria was forced to be friends with Conroy's daughters, Victoire and Jane.
Ernst Christian Carl, 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (7 May 1794 – 12 April 1860) married Princess Feodora of Leiningen, on 18 February 1828 at Kensington Palace in London.
George III, who died six days after Victoria's father, was succeeded by his son, George IV. George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830.
George IV took Elizabeth Conyngham as his mistress in his declining years. Elizabeth Conyngham , Marchioness Conyngham (29 March 1770 – 11 October 1861), was an English courtier and noblewoman. She is thought to be the last mistress of George IV of the United Kingdom.
George IV died and was succeeded by his brother, William. William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837.
George IV was married to Queen Adelaide, who was very fond of Victoria. Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (13 August 1792 – 2 December 1849) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Queen of Hanover from 26 June 1830 to 20 June 1837 as the wife of King William IV.
William had a lifelong lover, Dorothea Jordan, and he had a brood of illegitimate children by her. Dorothea Jordan (née Bland; 22 November 1761 – 5 July 1816) was an Anglo-Irish actress, as well as a courtesan. She was the long-time partner of Prince William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV), and the mother of 10 illegitimate children by him, all of whom took the surname FitzClarence.
Victoria was fond of Uncle Leopold, the Duchess of Kent's brother and Princess Charlotte's widower.
He was so fond of his late wife that he took Karoline Bauer as his lover because he looked like Charlotte. Caroline Bauer (29 March 1807 – 18 October 1877) was a German actress of the Biedermeier era who used the name Lina Bauer. She was during a short time in 1828-1829 the mistress of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. It was said that she bore a close physical resemblance to Leopold's late wife, Princess Charlotte of Wales.
Then Leopold married Louise of Orleans, the daughter of King Louis Philip of France.Louise of Orléans (Louise-Marie Thérèse Charlotte Isabelle; 3 April 1812 – 11 October 1850) was the first Queen of the Belgians as the second wife of King Leopold I from their marriage on 9 August 1832 until her death in 1850.
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