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Queen Victoria may have been the “Grandmother of Europe,” but her own mother was a titan on the home front. Believe me, just like her daughter, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld was no slouch in the drama department. From her scandalous romances to her disturbingly mommie dearest ways, this is one historical figure worth knowing about. 1. She Was Born Into PrivilegeAlthough our girl eventually gave birth to one of the most quintessentially British monarchs the world had ever seen, Princess Victoria wasn’t British in the slightest—she was German. Born in 1786, her father Franz Frederick…