Gelardi, Born To Rule - Five Reigning Consorts, The Granddaughters Of Queen Victoria

Abstract

Born to Rule is the story of the lives of five very different women tied together by a single thread, their relationship to Queen Victoria. As granddaughters of the supreme European monarch of the imperial age, these women had upbringings that befitted their station in life. Well aware that their marriages would be of great political benefit, each carried out her dynastic duty with poise and grace. The similarities end there, as Alexandra of Russia, Marie of Romania, Sophie of Greece, Ena of Spain, and Maud of Norway took separate paths that led them away from their grandmother towards very diverse fates.