Trivia

Great-grandmother of Juan Carlos de Borbón, Gonzalo de Borbón, Pilar de Borbón, and Alfonso de Borbón Dampierre.

Died one day before the 30th Anniversary of the death her son, Prince Maurice, who was killed in Ypres, Belgium on October 27, 1914 while serving in the King's Royal Rifle Corps during the First Battle of Ypres (World War I).

Grandmother of Alfonso de Borbón, Beatriz de Borbón y Battenberg, and Juan de Borbón.

3rd great-grandmother of Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y Borbón, Victoria Federica de Marichalar y Borbón, Juan Urdangarín Borbón, Pablo Urdangarín Borbón, and Miguel Urdangarín Borbón.

Aunt of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Prince Henry of Prussia, Prince Albert Victor, Princess Alice, King George V, Tsarina Alexandra, Dronning Maud, and Queen Marie of Romania.

Extremely close to her mother, when Beatrice told the Queen she planned to marry Prince Henry of Battenberg, Victoria was so upset, she refused to speak to Beatrice for seven months. Prodded gently by the Princess of Wales, Victoria finally consented to the union on condition that Henry give up his German commitments, and that he and Beatrice live with her permanently. Beatrice wore the wedding veil Victoria wore when she married Prince Albert.

Mother of Queen Victoria Eugenia. Mother-in-law of King Alfonso XIII.

2nd great-grandmother of Simoneta Gómez Acebo, Cristina de Borbón, Elena de Borbón, King Felipe VI of Spain, and María Zurita.

Youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and sister of King Edward VII.

Grandmother of Lady Iris Mountbatten.