In 183r Victoria became sick when she was spending some time in Ramsgate. Ramsgate is a seaside town and civil parish in the district of Thanet in eastern Kent.
Dr Clark, the royal doctor, was called, but Conroy and Victoire sent him away because they thought that Victoria was not really sick. Sir James Clark (14 December 1788 – 29 June 1870) was a Scottish physician who was Physician-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria between 1837 and 1860.
It seems that Victoria was suffering from typhoid fever. Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection that can spread throughout the body, affecting many organs.
When Victoire realised that her daughter was truly sick, she called the local doctor, Dr Plenderleath. Dr. David Plenderleath (died c. 1851/1852) was a Scottish physician. He practiced in Reading, then established himself in London, and eventually moved to Ramsgate.
In 1836 Victoria met Albert for the first time when he visited her with his father Ernest and his brother, also called Ernest.
Ernest I (2 January 1784 – 29 January 1844) served as the last sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld from 1806 to 1826 and the first sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1826 to 1844. He was the father of Prince Albert, who was the husband of Queen Victoria.
Ernest II (21 June 1818 – 22 August 1893) was Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 29 January 1844 to his death in 1893.
Albert's mother, Louisa, was forced to abandon them when she had an affair. Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (21 December 1800 – 30 August 1831) was the wife of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and the mother of Duke Ernst II and Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. The marriage was unhappy because of Ernst's infidelities and the couple separated in 1824. Sankt Wendel, in the Principality of Lichtenberg, was assigned as her new residence (it was an exclave of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha; see Sotnick on this period), and Louise was forced to leave her two sons behind.
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