The suitors of Queen Victoria who were not Albert

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) has been the longest of the European monarchs until her great-great-granddaughter Isabel overcame her in years of reign. Victoria reigned from June 20, 1837 until her death on January 22, 1901. Much is known of her mandate and of everything she did for her country, also of her love for her husband, Albert, but what she did not is so well known is everything that surrounds the pretenders of Queen Victoria before Albert. We explain everything to you.

Suitors of Queen Victoria without any possibility

Victoria acceded to the throne, after the death of her uncle Guillermo IV, with only 18 years. The press praised her beauty, her precocious wisdom, her kindness and self-control. All these praises made many suitors send their love letters to the Palace. And among these, who had no chance of even approaching Victoria, there were people of all types and conditions, many of them with mental problems.

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The beauty of Queen Victoria attracted men of all kinds and conditions

Between the suitors of Queen Victoria madly in love with her but who had no chance are: the Captain John Goode, that stalked the Queen hanging around the gardens of Kensington Palace and that on more than one occasion was expelled from the area for harassment. After being arrested several times, in November of 1837 he was interned in the mental hospital from Bethlem.

Another suitor also belonging to the army was Tom Flower, who tried to infiltrate even the coronation ceremony in Westminster and was arrested for it. Other men tried to get close to Victoria while she rode on horseback Hyde Park , as he did Ned Hayward, who wanted to deliver a letter asking if he would marry him without any success.

Finally, John Stockledge, which the satirical press described as "The Last Mad Lover of the Queen," who tried to reach Windsor Castle several times during the winter of 1837 and was arrested and imprisoned for a good season.

Queen Victoria's suitors belonging to Casas Reales

Although it has always been said that the love destiny of Queen Victoria was written almost from birth and that his union with Prince Albert of Saxony-Coburg was taken for granted among all European royalty, the fact is that before his marriage there was two suitors of Queen Victoria belonging to Casas Reales that it was thought that maybe they had some chance to join her in marriage.

The first and most significant was the Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich , the heir to the throne of Russia. At the beginning of 1839 and when it was almost two years of reign, the young Alexander made a visit to the United Kingdom during which, among other things, he tried to fall in love with the young Victoria by offering expensive gifts, whispering beautiful words in his ear and dancing with her Until sunrise. Victoria was beginning to fall in love with that handsome young man, but the responsibility won over the feelings: neither he was going to renounce the Russian throne nor she, of course, the United Kingdom, and so this beautiful love story ended as it began.

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Grand Duke Alexander was one of the suitors of Queen Victoria with more possibilities

The last "real" suitor before Albert was the Baron Stockmar, who had as a mission to help the young Albert in his role as Victoria's future consort and who fell in love with her thanks to the continued treatment they had, but the Queen, after the disappointment she had felt with Alexander, did not want to know anything about him and A year later he married Albert de Saxony-Coburg, with whom he was happily married for 20 years and with whom he had nine children.

If you want to know more about the intimate life of Queen Victoria and about the ins and outs of her reign, do not stop reading. The Victoria Letters , by Helen Rappaport. You will find it on Amazon.

And to learn more about the Victorian era, 10 Victorian superstitions related to death


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