((Joined a few days ago...i'm Innocent))

Victoria was married to the old Earl on her 28th birthday. He died shortly after, without ever having consumated the marriage. It wouldn't have made a difference had no one made claim to the dead Earl's title and his new fortune. The man's family challenged it though. They did not want any children Victoria might later bare, to carry the title of Earl if they weren't deserved. A doctor's examination concluded she was still 'intact' and Victoria was placed out of her own home and left penniless.