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The Duchess of Kent, Marie Victoria, (1786-1861), 1900. Princess Victoria Mary Louisa von Saxe-Coburg was the mother of Queen Victoria. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, (1900). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Duchess of Kent, Marie Victoria, (1786-1861), 1900. Princess Victoria Mary Louisa von Saxe-Coburg was the mother of Queen Victoria. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, (1900). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)