Victoria's daughters

Description:

Packard closely examines a generation of royal women who were dominated by their mother, married off more for political advantage than for love, and finally passed over entirely with the accession of their brother to the throne.

subjects: History,  Biography,  Family,  Princesses,  Mothers and daughters,  Women,  Marriages of royalty and nobility,  Victoria, empress, consort of frederick iii, german emperor, 1840-1901,  Victoria, queen of great britain, 1819-1901,  Alice, grand duchess, consort of ludwig iv, grand duke of hesse-darmstadt, 1843-1878,  Great britain, history, victoria, 1837-1901,  Princesses, great britain,  Beatrice, princess henry of battenberg, 1857-1944,  Families,  Prinsessen,  Vorstenhuizen,  Tochter,  Familie,  Marriage,  Mother-daughter relationship

People: Beatrice consort of Prince Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944),  Victoria Empress, consort of Frederick III, German emperor (1840-1901),  Alice Grand Duchess, consort of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt (1843-1878),  Helena Augusta Victoria Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1846-1923),  Louise Princess, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939),  Victoria Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901)

Places: Great Britain

Times: 19th century,  Victoria, 1837-1901