Search results
Fact or Fiction: The Duke of Monmouth's grandmother, caught in a scandalous affair, committed suicide after her children were taken away from her.
- Lord Palmerston
- Princess Feodora of Leiningen
- Bertie – King Edward VII
- The Duke and Duchess of Monmouth
- Florence Nightingale
- George Hudson
- Cultural and Historical References and Treats
- Places
Affectionately nicknamed “Pam” by the British public, this British statesman had a long career in the United Kingdom. His social set dubbed him dubbed Lord Cupid for his multitude of mistresses – some notorious in their own rights – including all the hostesses at Almack’s social club, later to be known as Boodles (which Downton Abbeyfans would reco...
Victoria and her older half-sister Feodora had the same mother, the German Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After she was widowed, she married Victoria’s father, the Duke of Kent. When the baby race for the British throne began, the whole family moved from Germany to England for Victoria’s birth. Feodora grew up in Kensington Palace along...
Bertie’s rebellious streak that we see in Victoria Season 3 never ended. Like Prince Albert’s father and brother, Bertie was a prolific womanizer. Among his many mistresses were Winston Churchhill’s Brooklyn-born mother Lady (Jennie) Randolph Churchill and Alice Keppel, the great-grandmother of Camilla Parker Bowles. (It has been widely reported th...
Don’t fret too much about the unhappily married couple in Victoria Season 3: there were no Duke and Duchess of Monmouth titles during Queen Victoria’s reign, so they are entirely a fiction. The first Duke of Monmouth, who was the illegitimate son of King Charles II, lost the title, along with his head, in 1685 after leading a rebellion to depose Ki...
Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910) is considered to be the founder and icon of modern nursing and is a well known icon of the Victorian age itself. She came from an upperclass family who initially opposed her choice of profession, but she persisted. She became famous during the Crimean War (1853 – 1856). She observed that more soldiers died from in...
George Hudson and his wife are seen dancing merrily at the christening ball in Episode 6. They bought their invitations from Feodora and Queen Victoria is much displeased. Hudson (1800-1871) was a railway financier known as the railway king when he and his partner controlled more than a quarter of the U.K.’s rail lines. For a time he was the riches...
Marron Glace
Marron glace, Queen Victoria’s favorite treat (or maybe just her favorite pregnancy craving) is mentioned in every Victoriaseason. I had never heard of them before and considering that there’s sugar involved, it’s actually quite shocking it’s taken me this long to investigate. They are candied chestnuts. The confection originated in Italy and France and is made by poaching chestnuts in sugar syrup and vanilla for two days before cooling and glazing. If you’re in London you can pick up a box o...
The Chartist Movement 1838 – 1857
Working class Chartists get a lot of screen time in the Season 3 premiere of Victoria. Chartism was a movement for political reform in Britain – named after the People’s Charter of 1838 – and active from 1838 to 1857. Support for the movement was at its highest in 1839, 1842, and 1848, when petitions signed by millions of workers were presented to the House of Commons. The main aim was to win suffrage for all men, regardless of property ownership. That right to vote for men wasn’t gained unti...
The Great Exhibition
The Great Exhibition (May 1 – October 15, 1851) in London’s Hyde Park was also known as The Crystal Palace Exhibition because of its temporary glass building, designed by Joseph Paxton. The structural marvel was made of cast iron, wood and plate glass, three times the size of St. Paul’s Cathedral and over 1848 feet long (more than five football fields). It was the first World’s Fair, and was organized primarily by Albert and inventor Henry Cole (who later received a knighthood for it). Under...
Claremont Country House
Claremont Country House is an 18th century mansion in Surrey, designed by legendary country house and garden designer Capability Brown (who you know – if you watch any country house documentaries on PBS – really got around!) In the 18th century it was possible to see both Windsor Castle and St. Paul’s Cathedral from Claremont. In 1816, in an act of Parliament, it was purchased as a wedding gift for George IV’s daughter, the ill-fated Princess Charlotte and (then) Prince Leopold. She died at C...
Osborne House
A scene of Episode 2 takes place here. Prince Albert designed the royal summer home Osborne House and its gardens on the Isle of Wight (off the southern coast of England). After he died in 1861, Victoria had it preserved to stay just as Albert had created it. In her will she stipulated it stay in the family, but none of the children wanted it, so when she died, Bertie, now the newly crowned King Edward VII, gifted it to the state. Today it is held in private trust, open to the public and run...
Waterloo Bridge and Somerset House
These two landmarks appear in Episode 2 of Season 3. Originally built to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo, Waterloo bridge opened in 1817. After decades of structural problems, it was demolished and a modern version rebuilt in 1942. The original is immortalized in more than 40 paintings by Impressionist Claude Monet. If you are familiar with London, you might recognize the buildings around the bridge in Episode 2’s standoff scene, including the prominent Somerset House on the right. Somerse...
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685) was a Dutch-born English nobleman and military officer. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of England with his mistress Lucy Walter .
The Monmouth Rebellion, also known as the Pitchfork Rebellion, the Revolt of the West or the West Country rebellion, was an attempt to depose James II, who in February 1685 succeeded his brother Charles II as king of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- May-July 1685
- Government victory
May 29, 2018 · Monmouth, James Scott, 1st duke of (1649–85). Charles II's eldest and most favoured illegitimate son, Monmouth gained experience with the French army in 1672–4. Becoming an English general in 1678, he defeated the Scottish rebels in 1679.
James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleugh (1649-1685), was the natural son of Charles II of England. He was an important political pawn in the reigns of Charles II and James II.
People also ask
Why did the first Duke of Monmouth lose his title?
Who was involved in the Monmouth Rebellion of June-July 1685?
What was the Monmouth Rebellion?
How did Monmouth defeat the Scots?
Sep 6, 2022 · The Monmouth Rebellion of 1685 involved the Duke of Monmouth trying and failing to take the throne of his uncle James II of England. Why did the Duke of Monmouth gain support against James II of England?
