Princess Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom

Female 1844 - 1925  (80 years)


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  1. 1.  Princess Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom was born 1 Dec 1844, Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark; was christened 7 Feb 1845, Garnisons Church, Copenhagen, Denmark; died 20 Nov 1925, Sandringham House, Norfolk, England; was buried 25 Nov 1925, St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England.

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    Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 ? 20 November 1925) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India from 1901 to 1910 as the wife of King-Emperor Edward VII.

    Alexandra's family had been relatively obscure until 1852, when her father, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, was chosen with the consent of the major European powers to succeed his distant cousin Frederick VII as king of Denmark. At the age of sixteen Alexandra was chosen as the future wife of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the heir apparent of Queen Victoria. The couple married eighteen months later in 1863, the year in which her father became king of Denmark as Christian IX and her brother was appointed king of Greece as George I. She was Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1901, the longest anyone has ever held that title, and became generally popular; her style of dress and bearing were copied by fashion-conscious women. Largely excluded from wielding any political power, she unsuccessfully attempted to sway the opinion of British ministers and her husband's family to favour Greek and Danish interests. Her public duties were restricted to uncontroversial involvement in charitable work.

    On the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, Albert Edward became king-emperor as Edward VII, with Alexandra as queen-empress. She held the status until Edward's death in 1910. She greatly distrusted her nephew Wilhelm II, German Emperor, and supported her son George V during the First World War, in which Britain and its allies fought Germany.

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7467/alexandra_of_denmark

    Alexandra married Edward of United Kingdom, VII 10 Mar 1863, St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. Edward (son of Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Victoria of United Kingdom, I) was born 9 Nov 1841, Buckingham Palace, London, England; was christened 25 Jan 1842, St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England; died 6 May 1910, Buckingham Palace, London, England; was buried 20 May 1910, St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. King George V Frederick Ernest Albert Saxe Couburg Gotha And Windsor was born 3 Jun 1865, Marlborough House, Westminster, Middlesex London, England; was christened 7 Jul 1865, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England; died 20 Jan 1936, Sandringham, Norfolk, England; was buried 28 Jan 1936, St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England.

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