Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-21
NORMAN, SAXON AND ENGLISH
Blood of Princes of All Three Races
Riends In Queen NictOria's y
Veins.

In Queen Victoria is blended the blood
OF Norman, Saxon and English princes from
the time Of Alfred the Great. The heart
beating with such feebleness Is the Isle OF
Wight pulsates with the blood OF the Plan
tagenets, the Tudors and the Stuarts.
II is not strange that the Princess Vic
toria has had such a remarkable career.
She inherited the strength of noble women
who stand forth in striking contrast to the
weak men who were among her ancestors.
The wise and good Matilda, wife OF Henry
/. united the Norman and Saxon races. Her
daughter brought in the Plantagenets. The
Tudor marriage with Elizabeth of York
connected the Tudors and the Plantagenets,
and Margaret, sister OF Henry VIII, united
by marriage the Tudors and the Stuarts.
Queen Victoria possesses all the strength
of the Stuarts with none OF their weakness.
Her father was the best of the dissolute
sons OF George III and to the careful train
Ing OF her German mother should be attri-
buted her admirable character and execu-
tive ability.
Edward, duke OF Kent father of Queen
Victoria, was the despised son of George
III. His father and brothers cared but lit
tie for him and he was given such q beg
carly allowance that he did not marry
till late in life He was soldier by nature
and spent much Of his time away from
home. Being the fourth son. 1t was not
thought necessary for him to marry. He
remained single until he was So years old.
Then Charlotte the only daughter OF George
w. died the second and third sons Of
George III were childless, and the duke OF
Kent and two Of his younger brothers were
| urged to marry that the Stuarts might be
| perpetuated.
Romantic Marriage.
| The duke of Kent married Princess Vic
toria Maria Louisa OF Sake Coburg, sister
| OF Prince Leopold and widow OF Prince
| Leiningen. This was romantic marriage.
| The duke had married the princess in Ger
many previously. but the ceremony was re-
peated in England. 1t was well that this
precautioD was taken, for otherwise the
future queen of England might have been
| deprived OF the throne.
The duchess of Kent was a beautiful
woman of 80, the mother of two children,
when Edward married her. May "a, 1919, a
daughter was born to this union and named
Alexandria Victoria. Her German relatives
nicknamed her "Maynower," and from the
day OF her birth the idea prevailed In
| England that she would one day be made
queen.
| a short time after Victorias birth her
father died, Instead of returning to Ger
many and spending the rest OF her days
with her friends and relatives the duchess
of Kent remained at Kensington. She felt
that her daughter would one day ascend
the throne and refused to leave England
| In spite of the fact that she was a stranger
in strange land and spoke English Sc
badly that she was the laughing stock o.
her royal associates.
Daughters Kept from Court.
The Princess Fedora, half sister to tn,
future queen, and Princess Victoria wer,
brought up with great care by the duchess
of Kent. She did not approve OF the royster
ing crowd that made up fashionable so
ciety in the London of those days an,
kept her daughters away from the court al
much as possible. Fedora, who was sew
eral years older than Victoria, was mar
. ried when quite young. Little Victori;
never liked the country and longed for lif
in London.
No children were born to William Nv an,
, Queen Adelaide The king and queen vel
, coined Victoria to the court and Away
spoke OF her as the future ruler. Jun
, 90 1887, Queen Adelaide wrote to the littl
princess and notified her of the death o
the king. In replying to the note Yictori
addressed the bereaved wife as Queen Ade
laide. One OF her attendants protested
saying, But you are the queen now, sine
the death Of your uncle"
u may be queen. but ] am not ene VIII