who was queen victoria's parents called?
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
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 During Victoria 's lifetime and after her death in 1901 , there have been rumours that Conroy or someone else , and not the Duke of Kent , was her biological father . Historians have continued to debate the accuracy and validity of these claims . In his 2003 work The Victorians , biographer A. N. Wilson suggests that Victoria was not actually descended from George III because several of her descendants had haemophilia , which was unknown among her recognised ancestors . Haemophilia is a genetic disease that impairs the body 's ability to control blood clotting , which is used to stop bleeding when a blood vessel is broken ; it is carried in the female line but the symptoms manifest mostly in males . Wilson proposes that the Duchess of Kent took a lover ( not necessarily Conroy ) to ensure that a Coburg would sit on the British throne . 

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 Edward , Prince of Wales was a 49 @-@ year @-@ old married father of five at the time he visited Tranby Croft , and had a history of association with scandals . In 1866 he had incurred the censure of his mother , Queen Victoria , when he became involved with " the fast racing set " , and his betting had " harm [ ed ] his reputation and contribute [ d ] to the widespread unpopularity of the monarchy in this period " , according to his biographer , Sidney Lee . 

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 Queen Victoria and her husband , Prince Albert , were already concerned with finding a bride for their son and heir , Albert Edward , the Prince of Wales . They enlisted the aid of their daughter , Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia , in seeking a suitable candidate . Alexandra was not their first choice , since the Danes were at loggerheads with the Prussians over the Schleswig @-@ Holstein Question and most of the British royal family 's relations were German . Eventually , after rejecting other possibilities , they settled on her as " the only one to be chosen " . 

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 The widely publicised arrest of Tawell was one of two events which brought the telegraph to greater public attention and led to its widespread use beyond railway signalling . The other event was the announcement by telegraph of the birth of Alfred Ernest Albert , second son of Queen Victoria . The news was published in The Times at the unprecedented speed of 40 minutes after the announcement . 

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 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 Prince of Leiningen . Her brother Leopold was Princess Charlotte 's widower . The Duke and Duchess of Kent 's only child , Victoria , was born at 4 @.@ 15 a.m. on 24 May 1819 at Kensington Palace in London . 
