Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom

Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore was born on 14 April 1857, the fifth daughter and last child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. After Albert's death in 1861, the Queen grew increasingly dependent on her youngest, whom she called "Baby" well into adulthood, and raised her with the expectation she would never leave. Victoria opposed Beatrice's marriage outright. Beatrice was drawn to Louis Napoléon, Prince Imperial, but he died in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879. She eventually fell for Prince Henry of Battenberg and, after a year of persuasion, the Queen consented - on condition the couple live with her and Beatrice continue as her unofficial secretary. They married on 23 July 1885 at Whippingham and had four children, but Henry died of malaria on 20 January 1896 during the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War. Beatrice remained at her mother's side until Victoria's death on 22 January 1901, then spent the next 30 years as her literary executor, editing the royal journals. She died in 1944 at 87, the last of Victoria's children, outliving her mother by 43 years.