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- Birth nameMarie Luise Viktoria
- Duchess of Kent and Strathearn was born on August 17, 1786 in Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Holy Roman Empire [now Bavaria, Germany]. She was a writer, known for Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled (2014), Network First (1994) and Kings and Queens (2002). She was married to Duke of Kent and Strathearn Prince Edward and Prince Emich Carl of Leiningen. She died on March 16, 1861 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- SpousesDuke of Kent and Strathearn Prince Edward(May 29, 1818 - January 23, 1820) (his death, 1 child)Prince Emich Carl of Leiningen(December 21, 1803 - July 4, 1814) (his death, 2 children)
- ChildrenKarl, Prince of LeiningenPrincess Feodora of Leiningen
- RelativesPrince Albert(Niece or Nephew)King Leopold II(Niece or Nephew)King George V(Great Grandchild)Prince Albert Victor(Great Grandchild)Princess Louise(Great Grandchild)Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom(Great Grandchild)Dronning Maud(Great Grandchild)Queen Victoria Eugenia(Great Grandchild)King Edward VII(Grandchild)Princess Royal Victoria(Grandchild)Kaiser Wilhelm II(Great Grandchild)Princess Charlotte of Prussia(Great Grandchild)Prince Henry of Prussia(Great Grandchild)Princess Irene of Prussia(Great Grandchild)Grand Duchess Alice(Grandchild)Victoria Mountbatten(Great Grandchild)Elizabeth Feodorovna(Great Grandchild)Ernest Louis(Great Grandchild)Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna of Russia(Great Grandchild)Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine(Great Grandchild)Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine(Great Grandchild)Tsarina Alexandra(Great Grandchild)Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alfred(Grandchild)Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alfred(Great Grandchild)Queen Marie of Romania(Great Grandchild)Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg(Great Grandchild)Helena of Schleswig-Holstein(Grandchild)Duchess of Argyll Princess Louise(Grandchild)Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught(Grandchild)Princess Margaret of Connaught(Great Grandchild)Princess Patricia of Connaught(Great Grandchild)Prince Leopold of Duke of Albany(Grandchild)Princess Alice(Great Grandchild)Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Charles Edward(Great Grandchild)Princess Henry of Battenberg(Grandchild)
- After the death of her first spouse, she served as regent of the Principality of Leiningen during the minority of their son, Carl.
- John Röhl's book, Purple Secret, documents evidence of porphyria in Victoria, Princess Royal's daughter Charlotte, and her granddaughter, Feodora. It goes on to say that Prince William of Gloucester was diagnosed with porphyria shortly before he died in a flying accident.
- Mother of Queen Victoria.
- On 21 December 1803 at Coburg, she married Charles, Prince of Leiningen (1763-1814), whose first wife, Countess Henrietta of Reuss-Ebersdorf, had been her aunt. The couple had two children, Prince Carl, born on 12 September 1804, and Princess Feodora of Leiningen, born on 7 December 1807.
- Portrayed by Alison Leggatt in the ATV drama Edward the Seventh, by Penelope Wilton in the 2001 television serial Victoria and Albert, by Miranda Richardson in the 2009 film The Young Victoria, and by Catherine Flemming in the 2016 ITV series Victoria.
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