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2. King George IV

A postage stamp with a portrait of King George IV | PictureLake/ iStock Unreleased

Another one of Queen Victoria’s uncles, King George IV, was also married to his first cousin, Caroline of Brunswick. George and Caroline’s union was a very unhappy one. George was a notorious womanizer and was in a mountain of debt — not to mention in the middle of an illegal marriage — when he was set up to marry his cousin. Their union was so disastrous, they were legally separated one year after getting married.

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