Monday 25 February 2013

HM Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, daughter of King Edward VII

Second daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom


Date & place of birth July 6 1868 Marlborough House, London
Born as HRH Princess Victoria of Wales
Names Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary

Father King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (then Prince Albert Edward of Wales)
Mother Princess Alexandra of Denmark (Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom)





Royal house Saxe Coburg and Gotha later changed to Windsor





Siblings (5)
Third of six children (three brothers, two sisters)
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
King George V of the United Kingdom
Princess Louise, Princess Royal
Princess Maud (Queen Maud of Norway)
Prince Alexander John of the United Kingdom





Died December 3, 1935 Coppins, Iver, Buckinhamshire (age 67)
Place of burial St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor





Titles
HRH Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
HRH Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (from July 17, 1917)





Paternal grandparents
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Prince consort)
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Paternal great-grandparents
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Prince Edward of the United Kingdom, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld





Maternal grandparents
King Christian IX of Denmark
Princess Luise of Hesse-Kassel (Queen Louise of Denmark)

Maternal great-grandparents
Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark

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