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     Brinsley Butler, 1st Viscount Lanesborough was the son of Francis Butler and Judith Jones.¹ He married Catharine Pooley, daughter of Neville Pooley, circa 1700.¹ He died on 6 March 1735.¹
     He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Newtown Butler [I., 1715] on 11 March 1723.¹ He was created 1st Viscount Lanesborough [Ireland] on 12 August 1728.¹ He held the office of Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.¹ He had 23 children, although only five survived infancy.

     Catharine Pooley was the daughter of Neville Pooley.¹ She married Brinsley Butler, 1st Viscount Lanesborough, son of Francis Butler and Judith Jones, circa 1700.¹ She died on 13 December 1759.¹
     Her married name became Butler. After her marriage, Catharine Pooley was styled as Baroness Newtown Butler on 11 March 1723. After her marriage, Catharine Pooley was styled as Viscountess Lanesborough on 12 August 1728. She had 21 other children, although only three of these survived infancy.

     Humphrey Butler, 1st Earl of Lanesborough was born circa 1700.¹ He was the son of Brinsley Butler, 1st Viscount Lanesborough and Catharine Pooley.¹ He and Mary Berry obtained a marriage license on 14 May 1726.¹ He died on 11 April 1768.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Belturbet between 1725 and 1735.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Lanesborough [I., 1728] on 6 March 1735.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Baron Newtown Butler [I., 1715] on 6 March 1735.¹ He was created 1st Earl of Lanesborough [Ireland] on 20 July 1756.¹

     Mary Berry was the daughter of Richard Berry.¹ She and Humphrey Butler, 1st Earl of Lanesborough obtained a marriage license on 14 May 1726.¹ She died on 19 December 1761.¹
     Her married name became Butler. After her marriage, Mary Berry was styled as Viscountess Lanesborough on 6 March 1735. After her marriage, Mary Berry was styled as Countess of Lanesborough on 20 July 1756.

     Richard Berry lived at Wardenstown, County Westmeath, Ireland^G.¹

     Gottfried von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim was born before 1294.¹ He was the son of Kraft I von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim and Margareta von Truhendingen.¹ He married Elisabeth von Eberstein, daughter of Boppo I Graf von Eberstein, before 3 November 1319.¹ He died on 4 August 1339.¹
     He was also known as Gottfried zu Möckmuhl as of 1338.¹

     Agnes von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim was born in 1290.² She was the daughter of Kraft I von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim and Margareta von Truhendingen.¹ She married Ulrich II Herr von Hanau between 16 January 1310 and 5 June 1310.¹ She died on 1 November 1342.¹

     Victoria Alexandrina Hanover, Queen of the United Kingdom was born on 24 May 1819 at Kensington Palace, Kensington, London, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Augustus Hanover, 1st Duke of Kent and Marie Luise Victoire Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld. She married Albert Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, son of Ernst I Anton Karl Ludwig Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha and Luise Pauline Charlotte Friedrike Auguste Prinzessin von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg, on 10 February 1840 at St. James's Palace, Chapel Royal, St. James's, London, England^G.⁵ She died on 22 January 1901 at age 81 at Osborne House, Osborne, Isle of Wight, England^G.¹ She was buried on 4 February 1901 at Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.⁵
     She gained the title of HM Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom on 20 June 1837.¹ She was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom on 28 June 1838 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England^G, and styled 'By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith.^1,6' She gained the title of HM Empress of India in 1877.¹
     Victoria's father died when she was eight months old, and his place was filled by her uncle Leopold of Saxe-Coburg (later King of the Belgians). She married her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and they had nine children. She and Albert set a moral example to the nation at a time when morality was lax and restored the monarchy's dignity. They were both moved by the exploitation of children by industry and the pressing need for relief of poverty. Inheriting the throne at only 18, she learned statecraft from Prime Minister Lord Melbourne and later from Albert, her husband. His early death in 1861 deeply distressed her and she was grief stricken for a number of years, wearing only black and living in seclusion. She took some comfort from her Scottish servant John Brown. Victoria was the longest lived, 81 years 243 days, and longest reigning, 63 years 216 days, of any English monarch.⁷ She has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁸
     

     Albert Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha was born on 26 August 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Bayern, Germany^G.³ He was the son of Ernst I Anton Karl Ludwig Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha and Luise Pauline Charlotte Friedrike Auguste Prinzessin von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg. He married Victoria Alexandrina Hanover, Queen of the United Kingdom, daughter of Edward Augustus Hanover, 1st Duke of Kent and Marie Luise Victoire Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, on 10 February 1840 at St. James's Palace, Chapel Royal, St. James's, London, England^G.⁴ He died on 14 December 1861 at age 42 at Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G, from typhoid fever.³ He was buried at Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.⁵ He was buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.⁵
     He was given the name of Franz August Karl Albrecht Emanuel von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha at birth.³ He gained the title of Herzog von Sachsen (styled as Duke of Saxony.) He gained the title of Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (styled as Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) in 1821. He was appointed Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) on 16 December 1839.⁶ He gained the title of HRH Prince Albert of the United Kingdom on 6 February 1840.³ He gained the title of Prince Consort Albert of the United Kingdom (styled as HRH The Prince Consort) on 26 June 1857.³
     After a careful domestic education, the Prince, along with his elder brother, studied at Brussels and Bonn, where, in addition to the sciences connected to state-craft, he devoted himself with ardour to natural history and chemistry and displayed a great taste for the fine arts, especially painting and music. Gifted with a handsome figure, he attained expertness in all knightly exercises. Queen Victoria and he met first in 1836, and fell in love like ordinary mortals, though the marriage had long been projected by King Leopold and Baron Stockmar. The title of Consort of Her Most Gracious Majesty was formally confered in 1842, and that of Prince Consort in 1857. He abstained, with prudence and tact, from undue meddling with state affairs, whilst opening for himself an influential sphere of action in the encouragement and promotion of science and art. The Exhibition of 1851 owed much to him. He held strongly that Prussia should be supreme in Germany.⁷

     Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom was born on 21 November 1840 at Buckingham Palace, St. James's, London, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Albert Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha and Victoria Alexandrina Hanover, Queen of the United Kingdom. She was baptised on 10 February 1841 at Throne Room , Buckingham Palace, St. James's, London, England^G.⁴ She married Friedrich III, Deutscher Kaiser, König von Preußen, son of Wilhelm I Ludwig, Deutscher Kaiser, König von Preußen and Marie Luise Auguste Catherine Prinzessin von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, on 25 January 1858 at St. James's Palace, Chapel Royal, St. James's, London, England^G.¹ She died on 5 August 1901 at age 60 at Schloss Friedrichshof, Krönberg, Taunus, Germany^G, from cancer.^1,5 She was buried at Friedenskirche, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany^G.⁴
     She gained the title of HRH Princess Royal Victoria of the United Kingdom on 19 January 1841.¹ After her marriage, Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom was styled as Victoria Deutscher Kaiserin (styled as HIM Kaiserin of Germany) on 9 March 1888.¹