The ancestry of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and of His Royal Highness Prince Albert . h must belong to her as the headof a mighty nation, upon whose empire the sun neversets, and which, constantly increasing, still enlargesthe reign of true liberty and Christianity, to this gloryQueen Victoria adds the love of her subjects, and thecomfort of domestic happiness shared with the augustconsort of her choice. For the Prince it mav be AND PRINCE ALBERT. 349 permitted to indulge a wish in the language of Shak- speare: May he liveLonger than I have time to tell his years! Ever belovd and loving, And,
The ancestry of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and of His Royal Highness Prince Albert . h must belong to her as the headof a mighty nation, upon whose empire the sun neversets, and which, constantly increasing, still enlargesthe reign of true liberty and Christianity, to this gloryQueen Victoria adds the love of her subjects, and thecomfort of domestic happiness shared with the augustconsort of her choice. For the Prince it mav be AND PRINCE ALBERT. 349 permitted to indulge a wish in the language of Shak- speare: May he liveLonger than I have time to tell his years! Ever belovd and loving, And, when old time shall lead him to his end,Goodness and he fill up one monument! And for the illustrious lady for whose welfare thepulse of a great nation throbs with the affectionateand heartfelt interest of personal solicitude and loyalty,still may the words of Englands poet be employed: May many years of happy days befallMy gracious sovereign, my most loving liege ; Each day still better others happinessUntil the heavens, envying earths good hap,Add an immortal title to her GENEALOGICAL TABLES OF THE ANCESTRY OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND PRINCE ALBERT. *jy* *\jy» «^jv» CAD CXO QX*>GYD GYDGYD«Aft» «aTU «Aft» A A CONTENTS OF TABLES. I. The Pedigree of Egbert from Cerdic. II. The Pedigree of Henry II. from Egbert. III. The Descent of Henry II. from Rollo. IV. The Family of Charlemagne and Counts of Flanders to Henry The Descent of Edward IV. in male line from Henry The Descent of Edward IV. from Lionel, Duke of The Descent of Edward IV. from John, Duke of The Descent of James I. of England from Edward III.,and from Henry VII., and Elizabeth of The Pedigree of the House of Tudor to Henry The Pedigree of the Kings of Scotland to King Robert the * The same continued to James The Descent of Queen Victoria from James The Pedigree of the House of Stuart to James VI. XIII. The Pedigree of the Hou
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