Arthur I (Arthur William Patrick Albert) was the first King of the independent state of Florida. He was born on 1 May 1850 at Buckingham Palace, London, England, a son of Queen Victoria I of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and Prince consort Albert. King Arthur I, the first Floridan monarch of the house of Wettin, died on 16 January 1942 in the Royal Palace, Tallahassee, and was succeeded by his grandson Alastair I. Crown Prince Arthur (1883-1938), father of King Alastair I. Princess Patricia, Lady Ramsay (1886-1974).