Queen Maud
Queen Maud never had designs on becoming a queen when she was born, a daughter of the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, in 1869. As a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she was raised in splendour, and well-travelled, having visited her mother’s home country, Denmark, many times, where she became acquainted wit her cousin, Prince Carl of Denmark.
The two married in 1896 and settled in Copenhagen with their only child, a son named Prince Alexander. In 1905, the couple were elected to become the new monarchs of a newly-independent Norway; following a plebiscite in November of that year, they were officially consecrated as King Haakon VII and Queen Maud; their son became Crown Prince Olav.