Queen Victoria was undoubtedly one great World leader. She had NINE children. She had a very ill son, Leopold. Leopold was a hemophiliac and was always at risk for bleeding to death. He did as a young adult. Her son, Bertie, Prince of Wales was a wild man. He had the habit of sleeping with married women from his teens on. In times when sleeping with a married woman could get you killed. Victoria was always saving him from messes. Her husband died when her youngest was only 4 and several children were under 13. She raised them just fine....