Kensington Palace is a royal residence in Kensington Gardens, London, England. It was originally a two-story Jacobean mansion built in the village of Kensington in 1605, and, in 1689, King William III of England and Queen Mary II of England purchased the palace from the Earl of Nottingham, as William needed a palace better suited for his asthma; Whitehall Palace was too close to the River Thames and its fog and floods. The King and Queen expanded the palace, which became Queen Anne's residence after William's death in 1701. King George I of Britain spent lavishly on new royal apartments, and his son George II was the last monarch to use Kensington Palace as a royal residence. When his wife Queen Caroline of Ansbach died, George II fell into a depression and ordered that much of the palace remain untouched, and it soon fell into disrepair. After George's death in 1760, Kensington Palace was only used for minor royalty. During her youth, the future Queen Victoria resided there with her mother Victoria, Duchess of Kent, and she moved to Buckingham Palace upon becoming Queen in 1837. During the 20th century, Kensington Palace became a popular tourist destination.