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Some of Queen Victoria&#;s children are burned into history books via their dynastic importance. Others are referenced as mere links between Britain and the continent, becoming the parents of later European rulers who were key to World War I. The middle of these nine children, Princess Helena, was not one such person. To me, she stands out as the child who looks the most like her mother.

Helena was born on May 25, at Buckingham Palace, her parents&#; third daughter and fifth child. Her birth was one of the most difficult her mother endured, which is saying something given the extent to which Victoria loathed pregnancy, childbirth and babies. She was christened that July and given the Duchess of Orleans, the Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz as godparents. She quickly became known by &#;Lenchen,&#; a play off of the Germanic version of her name.

Helena was described as a confident and outgoing child with keen interests in science, boating and physical activity and considerable talent in music and art. Unfortunately for her, she ended up in a bit of a stereotypical middle child scenario in which she was easily overshadowed by her siblings. She was intelligent, but not as academically inclined as Vicky. She was a good drawer, but not as talented as talented as Louise. And as for her athletic abilities, she was quickly put to shame for her military-inclined brothers.

In , a man named Carl Rutland joined the royal household as a German tutor and Helena became romantically interested in him. Given her age it&#;s certain it was nothing more than a teenage infatuation, but given his employment by the family until , her attachment grew concerning enough to Victoria for him to be dismissed as a &#;better safe than sorry&#; measure.

When Prince Albert died on December 14, , Helena was The following summer her elder sister, Alice, married Prince Louis of Hesse and moved to Germany, leaving Helena as the eldest unmarried daughter.

British princess, daughter of Queen Victoria (–)

For her daughter with the same name, see Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.

Princess Helena (Helena Augusta Victoria; 25 May – 9 June ), later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, was the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Helena was educated by private tutors chosen by her father and his close friend and adviser, Baron Stockmar. Her childhood was spent with her parents, travelling between a variety of royal residences in Britain. The intimate atmosphere of the royal court came to an end on 14 December , when her father died and her mother entered a period of intense mourning. Afterwards, in the early s, Helena began a flirtation with Prince Albert's German librarian, Carl Ruland. Although the nature of the relationship is largely unknown, Helena's romantic letters to Ruland survive. After her mother discovered the flirtations, in , she dismissed Ruland, who returned to his native Germany. Three years later, on 5 July , Helena married the impoverished Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. The couple remained in Britain, in calling distance of the queen, who liked to have her daughters nearby. Helena, along with her youngest sister, Princess Beatrice, became the queen's unofficial secretary. However, after Queen Victoria's death on 22 January , Helena saw relatively little of her surviving siblings.

Helena was the most active member of the royal family, carrying out an extensive programme of royal engagements. She was also an active patron of charities, and was one of the founding members of th

Princess Helena

Appearance[]

Princess Helena has dark hair and like most of her siblings. She has been described as plump and some consider her the least attractive of Victoria's daughters. Her daughter recalls her amber eyes and lovely, auburn hair.

Personality[]

She is very talented: plays the piano exquisitely, has a distinct gift for drawing and painting in water-colours. She is brilliantly clever and has a wonderful head for business.

History[]

Helena was born the middle of Victoria and Albert's nine children. She was an active tomboy and loved the outside. She was very physical and often played outside with her best friend, her brother Affie.

Helena, or "Lenchen", was often compared to her sister Louise, who was much more beautiful in their mother's opinion. Helena was an excellent piano player.

She was there when her father died in and Helena, an emotional teenager often cried alone. From to Helena had an affair with Carl Ruland, the german teacher of her brother Bertie, who was banished when the Queen discovered it.

Later, the elderly Prince Christian was called to court. He at first assumed the Queen wished to marry him and was surprised at the option of marrying Helena.

Marriage[]

Helena and Christian courted one another and got along great. Still, the marriage between them was controversial. Partly because Helena had loved another, partly because of the age difference (Christian was 35, Helena only 20) and also because Christian's family was an enemy of Denmark, and Helena's sister-in-law (Bertie's wife Alexandra) despised the both of them. The two lived near the Queen, in Frogmore House. They had four children

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Consort of Queen Victoria from to

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August – 14 December ) was the husband of Queen Victoria. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February until his death in Victoria granted him the title Prince Consort in

Albert was born in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to a family connected to many of Europe's ruling monarchs. At the age of 20, he married Victoria, his first cousin, with whom he had nine children. Initially, he felt constrained by his role as consort, which did not afford him power or responsibilities. He gradually developed a reputation for supporting public causes, such as educational reform and the abolition of slavery worldwide, and he was entrusted with running the Queen's household, office and estates. He was heavily involved with the organisation of the Great Exhibition of , which was a resounding success.

Victoria came to depend more and more on Albert's support and guidance. He aided the development of Britain's constitutional monarchy by persuading his wife to be less partisan in her dealings with the British parliament, but he actively disagreed with the interventionist foreign policy pursued during Lord Palmerston's tenure as Foreign Secretary. Albert died in at the age of 42, devastating Vict