ヴィクトワール・コンロイ

ヴィクトワール・ハムナー
誕生
ヴィクトリア・マリア・ルイザ・コンロイ
1819年8月12日1819年8月12日
死去1866年2月9日(1866年2月9日)(46歳)
知られているヴィクトリア女王の幼少期の伴侶
配偶者
( 1842年生まれ )子供たち
第5代準男爵サー・エドワード・ハンマー両親
サー・ジョン・コンロイ・エリザベス・フィッシャーSir John ConroyElizabeth Fisher

Victoire Maria Louisa Hanmer (néeConroy; 12 August 1819 – 9 February 1866) was a childhood companion of the future Queen Victoria. She was born the youngest daughter of SirJohn Conroy, who served as the comptroller of the household of the Duchess of Kent and the young princess.

Life

Victoire and her siblings were among the few companions the young princess Victoria was allowed. The princess grew up in the controlling Kensington System, managed by John Conroy and the Duchess of Kent.[1] Victoire saw Victoria most often.[2] The Conroy children came to Kensington Palace, or Victoria was taken to visit the siblings at their home.[1]

Victoire was a few months younger than Victoria, with dark, hazel eyes, and small regular features.[3] Victoria disliked her, suspecting that Victoire reported their activities to John Conroy.[1][3] Victoria soon began referring to Victoire as "Miss. V. Conroy" in her journals, a sign of displeasure. Victoria was aware that Conroy intended her to reward Victoire and her sister Jane with positions once she became queen. The princess also felt insulted that Conroy often boasted that his daughters "were as high as her".[4]

Victoire appears in the princess' journals and watercolours as a person "frequently noted but never analyzed," in contrast with Victoria's writings of her governess Louise Lehzen, for instance.[5] Carolly Erickson conjectures that had Victoire been "warm and friendly" to the princess, the "lonely" Victoria would have liked rather than disliked and distrusted her. Erickson does acknowledge however that Victoire was placed in an awkward position: while she was the daughter of Victoria's hated enemy, Victoire was still forced into contact with the princess.[3]

ヴィクトワールについては他にほとんど知られていない。[ 3 ] 1837年の戴冠式の少し後、新女王はコンロイの未亡人と子供たちへの経済的支援を許可した。[ 6 ]ヴィクトワールは1842年3月10日に第4代準男爵サー・ウィンダム・エドワード・ハンマーと結婚した。2人の間には第5代準男爵サー・エドワード・ジョン・ヘンリー・ハンマー(1843年4月15日 - 1893年5月3日)という息子が一人いた。[ 7 ]

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