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 is descended from King Christian IX but not Queen Victoria, although, he is a descendant of Victoria's maternal uncle (as well as her husband Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha's paternal uncle), Leopold I, King of the Belgians. Philippe's father, King Albert II, who abdicated in the summer of 2013, is a first cousin to Harald V of Norway through their grandfather Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, married to Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, a granddaughter of Christian IX. In summation, the monarchs of Norway, Denmark, Spain and the United Kingdom as well as the consort of the United Kingdom are