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Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, 23 January 1874, (1900). Queen Victoria's son, Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, married the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, at the Winter Palace, St Petersburg. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, Volume IV, (Cassell and Company, London, Paris, New York, Melbourne, 1900). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, 23 January 1874, (1900). Queen Victoria's son, Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, married the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, at the Winter Palace, St Petersburg. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, Volume IV, (Cassell and Company, London, Paris, New York, Melbourne, 1900). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)