Queen Victoria's family tree, from Kew to Windsor.

Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace on 24 May 1819, the only child of Edward, Duke of Kent, and Victoria Mary Louisa of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Her father was a son of King George III and Queen Charlotte; her mother was a daughter of Francis Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She reigned from 1837 and died at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight on 22 January 1901, at 81.

Everything on this page comes from a published family tree of 4,683 ancestors of Elizabeth II, compiled by M M Wardle. Each picture is what AncestralFire shows when you ask about them.

Fourteen months, 1818 to 1820.

1818Kew PalaceHer parents marry in July. Her grandmother, Queen Charlotte, dies there in November.
1819Kensington PalaceVictoria is born on 24 May.
1820Sidmouth, DevonHer father, Edward, dies on 23 January.
1820Windsor CastleHer grandfather, George III, dies six days later.

Her grandmother died six months before she was born. Her father died when she was not yet eight months old, and her grandfather six days after him. Read one person at a time, each date is ordinary. Read together, they are a baby born to be queen and three deaths around her in fourteen months.

From George III to Victoria, two generations.

George III Hanover, born 1738, is Victoria Hanover's grandfather, through her father Edward Augustus Hanover. — **Where the line runs.** George III was born in 1738, 81 years before Victoria: about 41 years a generation.

**Where the line runs.** George III was born in 1738, 81 years before Victoria: about 41 years a generation.

Victoria's ancestors, three generations up.

The ancestors of Victoria Hanover: her parents, four grandparents and eight great-grandparents, with the Hanover line highlighted from Frederick Louis to Victoria. — **Fourteen people across three generations,** the Hanover line lit from Frederick Louis, born in Hanover in 1701, to Victoria. Queen Charlotte's parents have no dates in the file, so their names stay plain.

**Fourteen people across three generations,** the Hanover line lit from Frederick Louis, born in Hanover in 1701, to Victoria. Queen Charlotte's parents have no dates in the file, so their names stay plain.

Her father, Edward, in one card.

Edward Augustus Hanover, 1767 to 1820: born at Buckingham House, died at Sidmouth, married Victoria Mary Louisa at Kew Palace in 1818, father of Victoria. — **Married at 50 to Victoria Mary Louisa, 19 years younger. He had a child at 51.** The card opens on what his own dates say, then his parents, his marriage and his daughter.

**Married at 50 to Victoria Mary Louisa, 19 years younger. He had a child at 51.** The card opens on what his own dates say, then his parents, his marriage and his daughter.

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