Prince of Wales Island (Nunavut) by Allen Young in 1859. It was named after Albert Edward, eldest son of Queen Victoria, then ten years old and Prince of Wales. He later became King Edward VII. Prince of Wales Island (Nunavut) One of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Prince of Wales Island () is an Arctic island in Nunavut, Canada, lying between Victoria Island and Somerset Island and south of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. For administrative purposes it is divided between Qikiqtaaluk and Kitikmeot regions. There are no permanent settlements. It is a low tundra-covered island with an irregular coastline deeply indented by
Royal descendants of Queen Victoria and King Christian IX cousin, through King Christian IX, of both Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and King Constantine I of Greece. Shortly before the end of the war, Nicholas, his wife and children were executed by the Bolsheviks. Other first cousins of George V, whose countries were neutral during the war, were King Christian X of Denmark, Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain (queen-consort of King Alfonso XIII) and King Haakon VII of Norway (who was also George's brother-in-law via his marriage to George's sister, Maud). The family tree below also attempts to show the relationship between close and extended family members referenced on