The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-23
Her Children and Grandchildren.

OCEAN Victoria was maid twenty
o,e vears n wife for twcnty-one years
and she had been ae widow for thirty"
nine years. Her widomhood was az
most as long as the other two PERIODS
of her life put tosether'
II would be almost impossible 10 emu
merate all OF the grandchildren ana
great grandchildren of this illustrlous
old woman Certainly their matrlmo-
NAL alliances can not be counted one
grandchild occupies a scat on the throne
of Russia; another will be the queen OF
Roumania; one grandson is emperor Of
Germany. and there is scarcely throne
in Europe which has not grand
child of queen Victoria looking forward
to It,
During her twenty-one years CT mar
ried life queen Victoria was not dead
TO the duties Of wife. She had nine
children in such quick succession that
loyal Britishers found themselves un-
able ITO keep track Of them, and the
school children of England between the
years OF 1s40-61 got many taste OF
the birch because they could not tell
the number and age Of their queens
children.
In 1910 late In the same year in the
spring OF which the queen was married,
Victoria Adelaide, Princess Royal, was
born The next year, ls4l, appeared
Albert Edward, Prince OF Wales. who at
once became the crown prince. In lsi3.
Alice Maud. Duchess OF Hesse. was
born In 1874 Alfred. Duke Of Sake
Coburg Gotha and Duke OF Eainb1rg APP
peared In 1886 eHlene, Princess Chris
tian was born and in Is4S Louise, Mar
chioness Of Lorne was heralded to the
British people. Arthur. Duke Of Con-
guard made his appearance in 1850. and
Leopold Duke Of Albany. was born three
years later. Beatrice Mary Victoria
Feodore came four years later, and dur
ing theae three years Of chi,dless inter
val Queen Victoria fretted Ike Rachael
for moro children because they were
not" She had no intention Of lesy-
ing the British throne insecure IN the
succession.
bcNenty-niHe children. grandchildren
and grandchildren but there are
really more Of them.
Victoria the first child born to the
queen. married the Grown Prince OF
Germany in 1858 and mmeiiately fol-
lower her mothers example In the mat
ter of raising family. She had a son
in 1859 and other children in 1860. 1864.
1866. 1858. 1870 and 1879 Two OF them
died in childhood. and Victoria OF Ger
many mourned for them as her mother
Victoria Of England. mournei for her
lott children.
The children OF the Prince of Wales
are the Duke OF Clarence. who died in
1892 and whose unhappy taking away as
he was about 10 marry the Princess May
will be remembered by all. The living
children are the Duhe Of Yorx, the
Duchess OF Fife the Princess Carl Of
Denmark and Victoria Alexandra. an I'M
married daughter. The Duke OF York
has two sons and one daughter, so secur-
ing the succession.
The Princess Alice married the Grand
Duke OF Hesse and had several children.
among whom was u Princess Victoria
Alice. who married Emperor Nicholas
IT, CT Russia. and who Is now the Gar
ina. other children Of the Princess Al
ice are the Princess Louise OF Batten-
berg the Grand Duchess Sergius of Rus
eia. Princess Irene Marie OF Prussia and
the Grand Duke Of Hesse. The bet
knewn Of tine children OF Prince Albert.
Duke Of SAKE Dburg- Gothic and Duke
OF Edinburgh, is Marie Alexander Vic