Princess Arthur of Connaught

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

Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife, (Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise Duff) (17 May 1891-26 February 1959), was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of King Edward VII. Alexandra, and her younger sister, Maud, had the distinction of being the only female-line granddaughters of a British Sovereign to receive the title of Princess of Great Britain and Ireland and the style Highness. Image File history File links Her Royal Highness Princess Arthur of Connaught. ... Image File history File links Her Royal Highness Princess Arthur of Connaught. ... Capitals Coburg and Gotha Head of State Duke 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... Image File history File links Royal_Standard_of_England. ... 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Princess Margaret of Connaught, Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah Wettin (January 15, 1882 - May 1, 1920), Crown Princess of Sweden, was the daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and his wife, the Princess Luise Marguerite of Prussia, and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. ... Prince Arthur of Connaught, (Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert) (13 January 1883 - 12 September 1938) was a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Victoria. ... Princess Patricia of Connaught , later Lady Patricia Ramsay (17 March 1886–12 January 1974) was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. ... Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone GCVO GBE VA (née Princess Alice of Albany) (25 February 1883 – 3 January 1981), was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. ... 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Alexandra later married her cousin once removed, Prince Arthur of Connaught and was known as Princess Arthur of Connaught. With her husband, she also carried out royal engagements on behalf of her uncle, King George V and later her cousin, King George VI. She also served as a Counsellor of State between 1937 and 1944. Prince Arthur of Connaught, (Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert) (13 January 1883 - 12 September 1938) was a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Victoria. ... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (3 June 1865–20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917. ... 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. ... In the United Kingdom, Counsellors of State are senior members of the British royal family to whom the Monarch, presently Queen Elizabeth II, delegates certain state functions and powers when she is abroad or unavailable for other reasons (such as short-term incapacity or sickness). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...

Early life

Alexandra was born at East Sheen Lodge, Richmond, London on May 17, 1891. Her father was Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1840 - 1912), the son of James Duff, 5th Earl Fife and his wife, the former Lady Agnes Hay. He was created Duke of Fife following marriage to Alexandra's mother, Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife (née Princess Louise of Wales), the eldest daughter of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and Alexandra of Denmark. Richmond is a suburb in southwest London, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the Scottish member of parliament. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Duke of Fife is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, named after Fife in Scotland. ... Her Royal Highness The Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar) (20 February 1867-4 January 1931), was the third child and the eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. ... 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. ... This page is about the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom. ...

As a female line great-granddaughter of the British monarch, (Queen Victoria), Alexandra was not entitled to the title of a Princess of Great Britain or the style Royal Highness. Instead she was styled Lady Alexandra Duff, as the daughter of a Duke. She was fourth in the line of succession at the time of her birth. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877, until her death. ... This is a list of British princesses from the accession of King George I in 1714. ... HRH is an acronym for His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness. ... The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Portugal, Spain and France (in Italy... The line of succession to the British Throne (and, by extension, the thrones of the fifteen other commonwealth realms) is determined by male primogeniture, whereby the eldest son of the incumbent inherits the throne. ...

Princess Alexandra

Lady Alexandra's father had been created Duke of Fife and Marquess of MacDuff in the peerage of the United Kingdom two days after his marriage to Princess Louise of Wales in 1889. When it became apparent that the couple were unlikely to have a son, Queen Victoria created him Duke of Fife and Earl of MacDuff in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1900. The second dukedom of Fife had a special remainder in default of male issue to the Duke's daughters and their male descendants. 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877, until her death. ...

On 5 November 1905, King Edward VII declared her mother Princess Royal. He further ordered Garter King of Arms to gazette Lady Alexandra Duff and her sister Lady Maud Duff as Princesses of Great Britain and Ireland with the style and attribute of Highness and precedence immediately after all members of the British Royal Family bearing the style of Royal Highness. From that point, Her Highness Princess Alexandra of Fife, held her title and rank, not from her father (a Duke), but rather from the will of the Sovereign (her grandfather). November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... HRH The Princess Anne, the current Princess Royal Princess Royal is a style customarily (but not automatically) awarded by a British monarch to his or her eldest daughter. ... This is a list of British princesses from the accession of King George I in 1714. ... Highness, often used with a personal possessive pronoun (His/Her/Your Highness, the first two abbreviated HH) and/or an adjective referring to the rank of the dynasty (e. ... Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony The British Royal Family is a group of people closely related to the British monarch. ...

Duchess of Fife

In December 1911, the Fife family were shipwrecked off the coast of Morocco. Although they escaped unharmed, Alexandra's father fell ill with pleurisy, probably contracted as a result of the shipwreck. He died at Assuan, Egypt in January 22, 1912, and Princess Alexandra, succeeded to his Dukedom, becoming the Duchess of Fife and Countess of Macduff in her own right. Pleurisy, also known as pleuritis, is an inflammation of the pleura, the lining of the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs, which can cause painful respiration and other symptoms. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Duke of Fife is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, named after Fife in Scotland. ...

Alexandra began a relationship with Prince Christopher of Greece around 1910. He was a son of Olga Konstantinovna of Russia and George I of Greece, and thus, as the son of a younger brother of her maternal grandmother, Alexandra's first cousin once removed. Although Alexandra and Christopher hoped to be married, the engagement was terminated when disapproving parents learned of the liaison. Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (10 August 1888 - 21 January 1940) was a member of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. ... -1... Olga, Queen of Greece Olga Constantinovna of Russia (in Russian Великая Герцогиня Ольга Константиновна) (3 September 1851 - 18 June 1926), born Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess of Russia, was the queen consort of King George I of Greece and in 1920, Regent of Greece. ... George I (December 24, 1845 – March 18, 1913) was King of the Hellenes (Greece) from 1863 to 1913. ... A cousin chart identifies the correct name for the relationship between two people with a common ancestor. ...

Marriage

On 15 October 1913, Princess Alexandra married Prince Arthur of Connaught, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London. Prince Arthur of Connaught was the only son of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, the third eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. As such Alexandra and Arthur were first cousins once removed. October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Prince Arthur of Connaught, (Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert) (13 January 1883 - 12 September 1938) was a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Victoria. ... The Chapel Royal did not originally refer to a building but an establishment in the Royal Household. ... Main entrance of St. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... Dated October 30th, 1869, by Notman His Royal Highness The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert) (1 May 1850 - 16 January 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family, a son of Queen Victoria. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877, until her death. ... Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Francis Charles Augustus Albert Emmanuel, of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha branch of the House of Wettin) (26 August 1819 - 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...

After their marriage, Alexandra was generally referred to as HRH Princess Arthur of Connaught, or in some documents HRH Princess Arthur of Connaught (Duchess of Fife). This followed the tradition of a wife taking the style and title of her husband, even although Alexandra was a peeress in her own right.

Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught had one son, who was named after Alexandra's stillborn elder brother:

• Prince Alastair Arthur of Connaught (August 9, 1914-April 26, 1943), styled Earl of MacDuff (by courtesy) after November 1917 and Duke of Connaught after 1942.

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Career

During World War I, Princess Arthur of Connaught served as nurse at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington. When Prince Arthur was appointed governor general of the Union of South Africa in 1920, she accompanied him to Pretoria and worked on behalf of local hospitals. Upon the couple's return to Britain, she continued to carry out royal duties. She died at her home near Primrose Hill, London in 1959 and was buried at Mar Lodge chapel. Combatants Allies: • Serbia, • Russia, • France, • Romania, • Belgium, • British Empire and Dominions, • United States, • Italy, • ...and others Central Powers: • Germany, • Austria-Hungary, • Ottoman Empire, • Bulgaria Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total: 8 million Full list Military dead: 3 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total: 6 million Full... Governor-General (in Canada and India, Governor General) is a term used both historically and currently to designate the appointed representative of a head of state or their government for a particular territory, historically in a colonial context, but no longer necessarily in that form. ... National motto: Ex Unitate Vires (Latin: From Unity, strength} Official languages Afrikaans, English. ... Primrose Hill. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ...

Her only son and the heir apparent to the dukedom of Fife, Alastair Arthur, died in Ottawa in 1943, a year after succeeding his paternal grandfather as 2nd Duke of Connaught. When Princess Arthur of Connaught died, the dukedom of Fife passed to her nephew, James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, Lord Carnegie, the only son of her late sister Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk. The Most Noble James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, Bt (born 23 September 1929), is a great grandson of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and a member of the extended British Royal Family, 53rd in line to the British throne. ... Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (3 April 1893-14 December 1945) was the younger daughter of Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife and Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife. ...

Titles and honours

Shorthand titles

• The Lady Alexandra Duff (17 May 1891–9 November 1905)
• Her Highness Princess Alexandra of Fife (9 November 1905–22 January 1912)
• Her Highness The Duchess of Fife (22 January 1912–15 October 1913)
• Her Royal Highness Princess Arthur of Connaught (15 October 1913–21 July 1925)
• Her Royal Highness Princess Arthur of Connaught, RRC (21 July 1925–26 February 1959)

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Honours

• Royal Red Cross, 1st Class
• Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem (elevated from Dame of Justice)
• King George V Royal Family Order, 4th Class

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Honourary military appointments

• Colonel-in-chief, Royal Army Pay Corps

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References

• Ronald Allison and Sarah Riddell, eds., The Royal Encyclopedia (London: Macmillan, 1991), ISBN 0333538102
• Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (New York: Atlantic International Publishing, 1987), ISBN 9163059649
• Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: the Complete Genealogy, rev. ed. (London: Pimlico, 1996), ISBN 0712642862