Queen V: The Life of Queen Victoria by Donnie Hazel
Donnie Hazel
The Life of Queen Victoria - Victoria's father was Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of the reigning King of the United Kingdom, George III. Until 1817, Edward's niece, Princess Charlotte of Wales, was the only legitimate grandchild of George III. Her death in 1817 precipitated a succession crisis that brought pressure on the Duke of Kent and his unmarried brothers to marry and have children. In 1818 he married Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, a widowed German princess with two children—Carl (1804–1856) and Feodora (1807–1872)—by her first marriage to the Pri Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifeofqueenvictoria/support
Categories: Education
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Letters 34 through 43 - Elizabeth Bancroft went to England with her husband, historian George Bancroft, for three of the most dynamicy years in European history. As Ambassador to England from the United States, George moved in the highest circles. In his wife's letters to their sons, her uncle, her brother, and Mrs. Polk (the President's wife), we see glimpses not only of early Victorian English life, but also of Queen Victoria herself! Mrs. Bancroft speaks of dinners with Benjamin Disraeli, visits to Wordsworth, weekends in the country with Louis Napolean and Sir Robert Peel with such matter of fact aplomb that one cannot help being impressed. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifeofqueenvictoria/support
Previous episodes
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32 - Episode 32 - Queen Victoria - Letters From England 1846-1849 - Part VI - Windsor Family BiographySat, 16 Nov 2019
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31 - Episode 31 - Queen Victoria - Letters From England 1846-1849 - Part V - British Royal FamilySat, 16 Nov 2019
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30 - Episode 30 - Queen Victoria - Letters From England 1846-1849 - Part IV - Royal Family BiographySat, 16 Nov 2019
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29 - Episode 29 - Queen Victoria - Letters From England 1846-1849 - Part III - Royal Family DocumentarySat, 16 Nov 2019
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28 - Episode 28 - Queen Victoria - Letters From England 1846-1849 - Part II - Royal Family BiographySat, 16 Nov 2019
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27 - Episode 27 - Queen Victoria - Letters From England 1846-1849 - Part I - British Royal Family BiograpSat, 16 Nov 2019
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26 - Episode 26 - Queen Victoria's Children - Part III - Princes Will Be Princes - Britain Royal FamilySat, 16 Nov 2019
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25 - Episode 25 - Queen Victoria's Children - Part II - A Domestic Tyrant - British Royal Family DocumentSat, 16 Nov 2019
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24 - Episode 24 - Queen Victoria's Children - Part I - The Best Laid Plans - British Royal Family BiograpSat, 16 Nov 2019
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23 - Episode 23 - Queen Victoria's Letters - Part II - British Royal Family BiographySat, 16 Nov 2019
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22 - Episode 22 - Queen Victoria's Letters - Part I - British Royal Family DocumentarySat, 16 Nov 2019
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21 - *Episode 21 - Young Victoria - Part X - Death of Prince Albert - British Royal Family BiographyFri, 15 Nov 2019
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20 - *Episode 20 - Young Victoria - Part VIII - Marriage of True Minds - British Royal Family BiographyFri, 15 Nov 2019
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19 - *Episode 19 - Young Victoria - Part VIII - Albert's Achievement - British Royal Family DocumentaryFri, 15 Nov 2019
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18 - *Episode 18 - Young Victoria - Part VII - The Family - British Royal Family BiographyFri, 15 Nov 2019
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17 - *Episode 17 - Young Victoria - Part VI - The Newlyweds - British Royal Family DocumentaryFri, 15 Nov 2019
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16 - *Episode 16 - Young Victoria - Part V - The Wedding - British Royal Family DocumentaryFri, 15 Nov 2019
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15 - *Episode 15 - Young Victoria - Part IV - The Learning Process - British Royal Monarchy DocumentaryFri, 15 Nov 2019
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14 - *Episode 14 - Young Victoria - Part III - The Young Victoria - British Royal Family DocumentaryFri, 15 Nov 2019
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13 - *Episode 13 - Young Victoria - Part II - Looking for Love - British Royal Family BiographyFri, 15 Nov 2019
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12 - *Episode 12 - Young Victoria - Part I - Clipped Wings - British Royal Family BiographyFri, 15 Nov 2019
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11 - *Episode 11 - An Evening With Queen Victoria - British Royal Family PlayThu, 14 Nov 2019
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10 - Episode 10 - Children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert - British Royal Family BiographyThu, 14 Nov 2019
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9 - Episode 09 - Queen Victoria's Empire - Part IV - Scramble For Africa - British Royal Family DocumentThu, 14 Nov 2019
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8 - Episode 08 - Queen Victoria's Empire - Part III - The Moral Crusade - British Royal DocumentaryThu, 14 Nov 2019
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7 - Episode 07 - Queen Victoria's Empire - Part II - Passage to India - Britain Royal Monarchy DocumentaThu, 14 Nov 2019
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6 - Episode 06 - Queen Victoria's Empire - Part I - Engines of Change - British Monarchy DocumentaryThu, 14 Nov 2019
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5 - Episode 05 - Royal Diseases - Haemophilia and Porphyria - Queen Victoria and her DescendantsThu, 14 Nov 2019
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4 - Episode 04 - The Story of Queen Victoria Through Her Letters - British Royal Family BiographySun, 10 Nov 2019
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3 - Episode 03 - Queen Victoria's Last Love Abdul Karim - British Royal Family BiographySun, 10 Nov 2019
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2 - Episode 02 - Queen Victoria and Prince Albert - Part 02 - British Royal Family BiographySun, 10 Nov 2019
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1 - Episode 01 - Queen Victoria and Prince Albert - Part 01 - British Royal Family BiographySun, 10 Nov 2019
