Queen Victoria with Relatives

Her majesty Queen Victoria and the members of the royal family, unbekannter Künstler, Holzschnitt, 1877; Bildquelle: Library of Congress, Digital ID: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.02489

Her majesty Queen Victoria and the members of the royal family, identification key, unbekannter Künstler, 1877; Bildquelle: Library of Congress, Digital ID: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.02489

This image shows Queen Victoria (1819–1901) surrounded by relatives. She bore her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819–1861), nine children. Their children had many offspring of their own, thus explaining how Victoria came to be called the "grandmother of Europe".

Her majesty Queen Victoria and the members of the royal family, woodcut, 1877, unknown artist; source: Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003679744.