Queen Maud of Norway

British Royalty House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Descendants of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Children    Princess Victoria, Princess Royal    Edward VII    Princess Alice    Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha    Princess Helena    Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll    Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught    Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany    Princess Beatrice Grandchildren    Prince Alfred of Edinburgh    Princess Marie of Edinburgh    Princess Victoria of Edinburgh    Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh    Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh    Prince Arthur of Connaught    Princess Margaret of Connaught    Princess Patricia of Connaught    Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha    Princess Alice of Albany Great Grandchildren    Prince Alastair of Connaught Edward VII Children    Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence    George V    Princess Louise, Princess Royal    Princess Victoria    Princess Maud Grandchildren    Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife    Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk

Princess Maud of the United Kingdom (Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria) (26 November 1869 – 20 November 1938) later Queen Maud of Norway was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and later Queen consort of Norway, as the wife of King Haakon VII of Norway. She was the first queen consort of Norway since 1319 who was not also queen consort of Denmark or Sweden. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Arms of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg-Gotha or Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (German: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) served as the name of the two German duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha in Germany, in the present-day states of Bavaria and Thuringia, which were... 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Early life

Born as Princess Maud of Wales at Marlborough House, London as the daughter of The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), the eldest son of Queen Victoria and heir apparent to the British throne. Her mother was the then Princess of Wales, Princess Alexandra of Denmark. Marlborough House, London Marlborough House is a mansion in Westminster, London. ... Jump to: navigation, search The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Edward VII (Albert Edward) (9 November 1841–6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth Realms, and the Emperor of India. ... Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was a Queen of the United Kingdom, reigning from 20 June 1837 until her death. ... This page is about the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom. ...

Princess Maud was christened at Marlborough House on Christmas Eve, and her sponsors included her aunts, Empress Marie of Russia and the then-Crown Princess Louise of Denmark (the mother of her future husband). She was a high-spirited child, a quality that earned her the nickname Harry. Princess Maud of Wales took part in almost all the annual visits to the Princess of Wales' family in Denmark and later accompanied her mother and her sisters on cruises to Norway and the Mediterranean. She, along with her sisters Princess Victoria and Princess Louise, received the Imperial Order of the Crown of India from Queen Victoria on 6 August 1887. Like her sisters, Princess Maud also held the First Class of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert and a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Princess Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar (November 26, 1847 - October 13, 1928) was born as the second daughter of Louise of Hesse and Christian of Glucksburg. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (6 July 1868-3 December 1935) was the fourth child and second daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Queen Alexandra. ... Her Royal Highness The Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Duff, née Wettin) (20 February 1867-4 January 1931), was the third child and the eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. ...

Marriage

On 22 July 1896, Princess Maud married her first cousin, prince Carl of Denmark, in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace. Prince Carl was the second son of King Frederick of Denmark, Queen Alexandra's elder brother, and Princess Louise of Sweden. The bride's father, the Prince of Wales, gave her Appleton House on the Sandringham Estate, as a country residence for her frequent visits to England. It was there that the couple's only child, Prince Alexander (later King Olav V of Norway), was born on 1903-07-02. 22 July is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial. ... Jump to: navigation, search Frederick VIII (June 3, 1843 – May 14, 1912), was King of Denmark from 1906–1912. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... His Majesty King Olav V (July 2, 1903 - January 17, 1991) reigned as King of Norway from 1957 to 1991. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ...

Prince Carl was an officer in the Danish navy and he and his family lived mainly in Denmark until 1905. In June of that year, the Norwegian parliament, Storting, dissolved Norway's one hundred year-old union with Sweden and voted to offer the throne to Prince Carl. Following a plebiscite in November, Prince Carl accepted the Norwegian throne, taking the name of Haakon VII, while his young son took the name of Olav. King Haakon and Queen Maud were crowned at the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim on 1906-06-22; the last coronation of a Scandinavian monarch. This article is part of the Politics of Norway series. ... Picture of the Nidarosdom in 1857. ... County Sør-Trøndelag Landscape Municipality NO-1601 Administrative centre Trondheim Mayor (2005) Rita Ottervik (A) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 258 342 km² 322 km² 0. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... A coronation is a ceremony in which a monarch is adorned with a coronation crown as a symbol of monarchy. ...

Royal life

The coronation of Haakon VII and Queen Maud

Queen Maud never lost her love of Britain, but she quickly adapted to her new country and duties as a queen consort. She supported charitable causes, particularly those associated with children and animals, and gave encouragement to musicians and artists. She learned to ski and arranged for an English garden at Kongsseteren, the Royal lodge overlooking the nation's capital Oslo. Queen Maud's last public appearance in Britain was the coronation of her nephew, King George VI, in May 1937. She sat in the royal box at Westminster Abbey next to her sister-in-law Queen Mary and her niece the Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood. The Coronation of Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Coronation of Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Jump to: navigation, search King George V of the United Kingdom and his consort, Queen Mary A queen consort is the wife and consort of a reigning king. ... Skiing by free technique/skating Cross-country skiing (aka XC skiing) is an adventure and fitness activity as well as a competitive winter sport popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily in Europe and Canada. ... Jump to: navigation, search County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... Jump to: navigation, search George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor) (14 December 1895–6 February 1952) was the third British monarch of the House of Windsor, reigning from 11 December 1936 until his death. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Abbeys western facade The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ... HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, London. ... HRH The Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary (25 April 1897 - 28 March 1965) was a member of the British Royal Family. ...

Death

Queen Maud died of heart failure in London, only weeks before her sixty-ninth birthday, three days after an operation. Her body was returned to Norway on board the HMS "Royal Oak", the flagship of Second Battle Squadron of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet. Queen Maud was buried in the royal mausoleum at the Castle of Akershus. HMS Royal Oak was a Revenge-class battleship of the Royal Navy, sunk early in World War II. She was laid down at Devonport, Devon on 15 January 1914 and launched on 17 November of that year. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... Akershus Fortress (Akershus Festning) is the old castle built to protect Oslo, the capital of Norway. ...

Titles from birth to death

Here is a list of the styles Queen Maud bore from birth to death in chronological order:

• Her Royal Highness Princess Maud of Wales
• Her Royal Highness Princess Maud of Denmark
• Her Majesty The Queen of Norway

Queen Maud Land, Antarctica and Queen Maud Secondary School is named for her. Dronning Maud Land (or Queen Maud Land) is the part of Antarctica lying between 20°W and 45°E, with a land area of approximately 2,500,000 km². This territory was claimed by Norway on January 14, 1939, but this claim, like all others in the Antarctic, is not... The school logo Queen Maud Secondary School (Q.M.S.S.) is located at Hau Tak Estate, Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong. ...