Grandchildren of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha of Wales, married Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), later Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, on 10 March 1863. They had 3 sons (one of whom died within a day), 3 daughters, 7 grandsons (one stillborn) and 3 granddaughters. The Prince of Wales became King Edward VII and Emperor of India at the death of his mother Queen Victoria on 22 January 1901. Edward's and Alexandra's son King George V (reigned 1910–1936) was the father of Kings Edward VIII (reigned 1936) and George VI (1936–1952), and the grandfather of the present Queen Elizabeth II (acceded to the throne February 1952)
Grandchildren of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Beatrice → Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (Queen of Spain) → Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona → King Juan Carlos I → King Felipe VI Due to anti-German feeling during the First World War, the members of the Battenberg family who were British citizens relinquished their titles of "Prince and Princess of Battenberg" and the styles of "Highness" and "Serene Highness". Under Royal Warrant, they instead took the surname "Mountbatten", an Anglicised form of Battenberg. Grandchildren of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha This is a list of the 42 grandchildren of the British Queen Victoria (1819–1901,