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Why is Queen Victoria called "the grandmother of Europe"?
Because Queen Victoria gave birth to nine children in her life, including four sons and five daughters, all these children intermarried with the royal families of various European countries, and then the descendants continued to intermarry, so many members of the European royal family are her descendants now, and she deserves to be called "the grandmother of Europe".

Princess Marie-Louisa, the eldest daughter of Victoria, married the Prince of Prussia, the future German monarch Frederick III. Their son is the famous German emperor William II, one of the initiators of the First World War.

Queen Victoria's eldest son, Edward VII, married Princess Alexandra of Denmark. They have no son, only one daughter, now Queen Elizabeth.

Victoria's third child, alice maud mary, married Hesse and Ludwig IV, Duke of Rhine, and their children got married in Russia.

The fourth child, Prince Alfred, married Princess Mary of Russia, and their daughter married King Ferdinand I of Romania.

The fifth child, Princess Helena, married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and has been living in England.

The sixth child, Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar. Her husband is John George Campbell, Duke of argyle IX, and Duke of argyle IX became the Canadian Governor-General on 1878.

The seventh child, Prince Arthur, married Princess Margaret of Prussia, and their eldest daughter, Augusta Bella, married Gustav VI of Sweden. He is an old China hand.

The eighth child, Prince Leopold, married Princess Helena, daughter of Georg Victor, and the ruling prince of Waldeck-Pimont. Their daughter alice maud mary's husband is the brother-in-law of King George V of England, and the posthumous son Edward gave birth to a daughter, Princess Sibila, who is the mother of King Carl XVI of Sweden today.

The ninth child is Princess Beatrice, and her husband is Prince Henry. They only have one daughter, Princess Victoria Eugenia, who married King Alfonso XIII of Spain, and their grandson is former King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

Are you a little dizzy looking at these nine children? Is it true that all the royal families in Europe are descended from Queen Victoria? As the longest reigning monarch in British history, Queen Victoria has devoted her life to the British Empire for 64 years, and almost all her children are politically married.