Claim: Queen Victoria's son failed to be King of the United Kingdom.
Evidence: Her son and successor , Edward VII , belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , the line of his father.
Edward VII -LRB- Albert Edward ; 9 November 1841 -- 6 May 1910 -RRB- was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.