Princess Alexandra of Denmark

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HM The Dowager Queen of the United Kingdom
Titles Dowager Queen of the United Kingdom

Princess of Denmark

Reign 22 January 1901 – 6 May 1910
Coronation 9 August 1902
Predecessor Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Successor Princess Mary of Teck
Biographical Information
Born 1 December 1844

Copenhagen, Denmark

Died 20 November 1925 (aged 80)

Sandringham, England, United Kingdom

Spouse King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

(m. 1863; w. 1910)

Issue Prince Albert Victor

George V

Louise, Princess Royal

Princess Victoria

Princess Maud

Prince Alexander John

Name Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise

Julia

House Glucksburg (by birth)

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (by marriage)

Father King Christian IX of Denmark
Mother Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel
Religion Anglican

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Prince Albert Victor 8 January 1864 14 January 1892 (aged 28) Princess Mary of Teck (e. 1891); died before marriage
George V 3 June 1865 20 January 1936 (aged 70) Princess Mary of Teck (m. 1893); had issue
Louise, Princess Royal 20 February 1867 4 January 1931 (aged 63) Duke Alexander of Fife (m. 1889); had issue
Princess Victoria 6 July 1868 3 December 1935 (aged 67) Died unmarried and without issue
Princess Maud 26 November 1869 20 November 1938 (aged 68) King Haakon VII of Norway (m. 1896); had issue
Prince Alexander John 6 April 1871 7 April 1871 (aged 1 day) Died shortly after birth

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1844-1853 Princess Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein
  • 1853-1863 Princess Alexandra of Denmark
  • 1863-1901 Alexandra, Princess of Wales
  • 1901-1910 Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom
  • 1910-1925 Alexandra, Dowager Queen of the United Kingdom

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
King Christian IX of Denmark Duke Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel

Duke Frederick Louis Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Countess Friederike of Schlieben

Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Louise of Denmark

Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Countess Charlotte of Dohna-Leistenau

Count Karl Leopold of Schlieben

Countess Marie Eleonore of Lehndorff

Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Mary of Great Britain

King Frederik V of Denmark

Princess Louisa of Great Britain

Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Charlotte of Denmark

Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen

Hereditary Prince Frederik of Denmark

Princess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Mary of Great Britain

Charles William, Prince of Nassau-Usingen

Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

King Frederik V of Denmark

Princess Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Prince Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld