Veteran of 5 Coronations! After such a very long reign as the one just ended, not many of us can remember even one Coronation and are beginning to get excited… Continue reading Pocket Profile – Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone
Tag: Granddaughters of Queen Victoria
Pocket Profiles – Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
Today is Queen Victoria's 203rd birthday, so let's check in on one of her granddaughters. This is a long one, but I just couldn't find a way to shorten such… Continue reading Pocket Profiles – Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
Pocket Profile – Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (Louie)
Is the name Franziska Josepha Louise Augusta Marie Christina Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg too much to trip off your tongue? Let's just call her Louie, like her family did. Princess Louie… Continue reading Pocket Profile – Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (Louie)
Spam the Granddaughters – Queen Victoria’s Birthday
Note: Since we have the Cambridge Open Post, a new(er) Bits, and are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday today, we are pushing this week’s Bits to the middle of the week.… Continue reading Spam the Granddaughters – Queen Victoria’s Birthday
Pocket Profile – Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
Princess Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice was born in 1872, the sixth child of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine, and… Continue reading Pocket Profile – Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
