Category Archives: Great Britain

Victoria’s Path to the Throne

Posted on April 25, 2022 by reginajeffers

In our last posting of the Line of Succession, we made note that Princess Alexandrina Victoria made an appearance into the world on 24 May 1819, three days before her cousin, Prince George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus (Prince George of Cumberland), giving her … Continue reading →

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A Levirate Marriage? Art Thou Thy Brother’s Keeper?

Posted on April 20, 2022 by reginajeffers

Recently, I listened to a minister discuss what is known as a Levirate Marriage, a marriage between the widow and the husband’s brother. Many Christians, especially those in the Western world, consider this a reprehensible action, but the Bible does … Continue reading →

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The Succession That Led to the Victorian Era

Posted on April 18, 2022 by reginajeffers

The Encyclopedia Britannica defines the Salic Law of Succession as “the rule by which, in certain sovereign dynasties, persons descended from a previous sovereign only through a woman were excluded from succession to the throne. Gradually formulated in France, the … Continue reading →

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The Death of Princess Charlotte, Signaling the End of the Hanoverian Line of Succession Was on the Horizon

Posted on April 11, 2022 by reginajeffers

[Image: Engraving of Princess Caroline from La Belle Assemblée (1806)] Much to the surprise and relief of George III’s England, his son George, Prince of Wales, fulfilled his duty by marrying Princess Caroline of Brunswick on 8 April 1795. Although they were … Continue reading →

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The “Royal” Legacy of the Marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Posted on April 4, 2022 by reginajeffers

Alexandrina Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India  (1819 – 1901) + Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, Prince Albert of Saxe-Colburg and Gotha, Prince Consort (1819 – 1861)              Their Children Were… … Continue reading →

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A Voidable Marriage in History: Marrying the Sister of One’s Late Wife or the Brother of One’s Late Husband

Posted on March 28, 2022 by reginajeffers

A plot we readers often encounter in historical romance set in the Regency Period is when the hero takes up with his late wife’s sister. But was it possible? “For most of the nineteenth century, the question of whether a … Continue reading →

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The Characterization of Elinor Dashwood in Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility”

Posted on March 23, 2022 by reginajeffers

Austen began writing Elinor and Marianne as an epistolary novel in 1795. It was published as Sense and Sensibility in 1811. The novel set the tone for many of Austen’s titles: defiance of the social and economic barriers to marriage and … Continue reading →

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“We All Love to Instruct”: Lessons in “Amiability” in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

Posted on March 4, 2022 by reginajeffers

Is it not odd that Austen chose originally to name her novel First Impressions, when it is not “first impressions,” which bring Elizabeth Bennet “enlightenment”? Initially, Elizabeth finds everyone, but Mr. Darcy, as “amiable.” To prove my point about the … Continue reading →

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Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s “Visionary”

Posted on March 2, 2022 by reginajeffers

To really understand Prince Albert’s role in British history, one must know more of his early life. Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was born on 26 August 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, in Bavaria, the younger son of the duke … Continue reading →

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Turmoil in Europe and Queen Victoria’s England

Posted on February 28, 2022 by reginajeffers

Mourning was one of the great constants in Queen Victoria’s life. The Queen and her beloved Albert lost his maternal step grandmother, Princess Karoline Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, in February 1848. In her journal, Queen Victoria wrote, “My poor Albert is quite … Continue reading →

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