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

Female 1844 - 1925  (80 years)


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  • Name Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg  
    Title Princess  
    Suffix Queen Consort of the United Kingdom 
    Born 1 Dec 1844  Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 7 Feb 1845  Garnisons Church, Copenhagen, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 20 Nov 1925  Sandringham House, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 25 Nov 1925  St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14373  OGrady Family Tree
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2021 

    Family Edward of United Kingdom, VII,   b. 9 Nov 1841, Buckingham Palace, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1910, Buckingham Palace, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 10 Mar 1863  St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. King George V Frederick Ernest Albert Saxe Couburg Gotha And Windsor,   b. 3 Jun 1865, Marlborough House, Westminster, Middlesex London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1936, Sandringham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F5765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 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