Queen Victoria married her German cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha of February 10th, 1840. While this was a political marriage in that it kept the crown within the Hanover family, Victoria adored Albert, and they were very much in love. They would go on to have nine children between 1840 and 1857, years in which Victoria was nearly always pregnant or recovering from pregnancy. The current Queen Elizabeth II is a direct descendant of Victoria and Albert. However, Victoria's grandson, King George V, changed the family name from "Saxe-Coburg and Gotha" to "Windsor" after the First World War to distance the British monarchy from their German heritage.
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10 Feb 1840
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