Queen Victoria's nine children, from portraits by the German painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter. From left to right: Princess Vicky of Great Britain(1840-1901, later Victoria, Empress of Germany), eldest daughter of Queen Victoria.Princess Alice(1843-78, later Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt), third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria. Prince Alfred 'Affie',(1844-1900, later Duke of Edinburgh), second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria. Princess Helena 'Lenchen' (1846-1923, later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein), third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria. Edward Prince of Wales,(1841 - 1910, later King Edward VII). Princess Louise, (1848-1939, later Duchess of Argyll). sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria.Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), fourth son and seventh child of Queen Victoria. Prince Leopold(1853 - 1884, later Duke of Albany), fourth son of Queen Victoria. Princess Beatrice(1857-1944, later Princess Henry of Battenberg), youngest child of Queen Victoria.