Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife

British Royalty House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Descendants of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Children    Victoria, Princess Royal    Edward VII    Princess Alice    Alfred, Duke of    Saxe-Coburg & Gotha    Princess Helena    Princess Louise    Arthur, Duke of Connaught    Leopold, Duke of Albany    Princess Beatrice Grandchildren    Alfred of Edinburgh    Marie of Edinburgh    Victoria of Edinburgh    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 & Gotha Edward VII Children    Albert, Duke of Clarence    George V    Louise, Princess Royal    Princess Victoria    Princess Maud    Prince Alexander John Maternal Grandchildren    Alexandra, Duchess of Fife    Maud of Fife

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. She was the younger sister of King George V and the fifth daughter of a British monarch to be styled Princess Royal. Image File history File linksMetadata Louise_Princess_Royal. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Louise_Princess_Royal. ... Capitals Coburg and Gotha Head of State Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-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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Early life

The princess was born Princess Louise of Wales at Marlborough House, the London residence of her parents, the then Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra). She spent much of her childhood at Sandringham House, her parents' country estate in Norfolk. Like her sisters, Princess Maud and Princess Victoria, she received a limited formal education. Marlborough House, London Marlborough House is a mansion in Westminster, London. ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... The Prince of Wales Feathers. This Heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ... Princess of Wales is a courtesy title held by the wife of the Prince of Wales since the first English Prince of Wales in 1282. ... Sandringham House is a country house on 8000 acres (32 km²) of land near the village of Sandringham, Norfolk, which is privately owned by the British Royal Family. ... Princess Maud of Wales (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. ... For other persons known as Princess Victoria, see Princess Victoria (disambiguation) The Princess Victoria (Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary) (6 July 1868-3 December 1935) was a member of the British Royal Family, the fourth child and second daughter of King Edward VII. // Early Life Princess Victoria was born on July...

She was baptised at Marlborough House on 10 May 1867 by Charles Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury. Her godparents were: The King of Greece, The Crown Prince of Prussia, The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Denmark (for whom she was named after), The Tsarina of Russia, Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Friedrich Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Princess Alice, Princess Helena and Princess Louise. May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A photo of Charles Thomas Longley by Lewis Carroll Charles Thomas Longley (1794-1868) was an English churchman, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1862 until his death. ... Arms of the see of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior clergyman of the established Church of England and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... George I (December 24, 1845 – March 18, 1913) was King of the Hellenes (Greece) from 1863 to 1913. ... Friedrich III (October 18, 1831 – June 15, 1888), German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, ruled 1888. ... Princess Augusta of Cambridge (Augusta Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louise) (19 July 1822 – 5 December 1916), was a member of the British Royal Family. ... Louise of Hesse-Cassel, Luise Wilhelmine Friederike Caroline Auguste Julie von Hessen-Kassel (in Danish, Louise Wilhelmine Frederikke Caroline Auguste Julie), b Kassel 7 Sep 1817, d Bernstorff 29 Sep 1898, was a daughter of ancient German princely family, the Landgraves of Hesse, and became Queen of Denmark, being the... 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. ... Princess Alice (Alice Maud Mary), (25 April 1843 – 14 December 1878), was a member of the British Royal Family, the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria. ... The Princess Helena, (Helena Augusta Victoria), (25 May 1846 - 9 June 1923), was a member of the British Royal Family, the fifth-born child and the third daughter of Queen Victoria. ... The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, (Louise Caroline Alberta), (18 March 1848 - 3 December 1939) was a member of the British Royal Family. ...

Marriage

On 27 June 1889, Princess Louise married Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife (11 October 1849-29 December 1912), at the Private Chapel in Buckingham Palace. He was more than twenty-five years her senior. Two days after the wedding, Queen Victoria created him Duke of Fife and Marquess of Macduff in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Letters Patent creating this dukedom contained the standard remainder to "male heirs of the body lawfully begotten." However, it eventually became apparent that the Duke and Duchess of Fife would not have a son. Therefore, on 24 April 1900, Queen Victoria signed Letters Patent creating a second Dukedom of Fife, along with the Earldom of Macduff in the Peerage of the United Kingdom with a special remainder: in default of a male heir, these peerages would pass to the daughters of the 1st Duke and then to their male descendants. June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the Scottish member of parliament. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 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). ... Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from January 1, 1877, until her death in 1901. ... Duke of Fife is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, named after Fife in Scotland. ... The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ...

The Duke of Fife and Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife had three children:

• Alastair Duff, Marquess of Macduff (stillborn 1890).
• Lady Alexandra Duff (17 May 1891-26 February 1959) m. her cousin Prince Arthur of Connaught (13 January 1883-12 September 1938), and had issue.
• Lady Maud Duff (3 April 1893-14 December 1945) m. Charles Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk, and had issue.

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Princess Royal

On 9 November 1905, King Edward VII declared Princess Louise the Princess Royal, the highest honour bestowed on a female member of the royal family. Therefafter, she was styled HRH The Princess Royal. At the same time, the King declared that the two daughters of the Princess Royal would have the titular dignity of Princess of Great Britain and Ireland and the style of Highness, with precedence immediately after all members of the Royal Family. From that point ownward, the Princess Royal's daughters, styled Her Highness Princess Alexandra of Fife and Her Highness Princess Maud of Fife, no longer took their rank from their father, but rather from the will of the Sovereign. November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 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. ... ... Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony Close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom are known by the appellation The Royal Family. ...

In December 1911, while sailing to Egypt, the Princess Royal and her family were shipwrecked off the coast of Morocco. Although they escaped unharmed, the Duke of Fife fell ill with pleurisy, probably contracted as a result of the shipwreck. He died at Assuan, Egypt in January 1912, and Princess Alexandra succeeded to his Dukedom, becoming Duchess of Fife in her own right. It should be noted that Princess Alexandra of Fife, later married Prince Arthur of Connaught, a cfirst cousin of Princess Louise. Alexandra, therefore, became known as HRH Princess Arthur of Connaught. She adopted the style of her husband a Royal Highness, since he was son of The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria. 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 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. ... 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. ... Royal Highness (abbreviation HRH) is a style His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness. ... 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. ...

She is the maternal grandmother of James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife. James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife (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 of succession to the British throne. ...

Later life

Princess Louise of Wales received the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert in 1885 and the Imperial Order of the Crown of India in 1887. She became a Lady of the Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem (LJStJ) in 1888 and a Dame Grand Gross (GCStJ) of that order in 1929. She became colonel-in-chief of the 7th Dragoon Guards (the Princess Royal's Own) in 1914. She later served as colonel-in-chief of the 4th and 7th Dragoon Guards when it was formed in 1921. The Royal Order of Victoria and Albert was a British Royal Family Order instituted in 1862 by Queen Victoria, and enlarged on 10 October 1864, 15 November 1865 and 15 March 1880. ... The Imperial Order of the Crown of India is an order in the British honours system. ... This page deals with the order after its revival in the 19th century. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The Princess Royal died in January 1931, at her home in Portman Square, London and was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Her remains were later removed to the Private Chapel, Mar Lodge Mausoleum, Braemar, Aberdeenshire. Windsor Castle: The Round Tower or keep dominating the castle, as seen from the River Thames. ...

Titles from birth to death

• Her Royal Highness Princess Louise of Wales (20 February 1867-27 June 1889)
• Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, Countess Fife (27-29 June 1889)
• Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife (29 June 1889-22 January 1901)
• Her Royal Highness The Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife (22 January 1901-9 November 1905)
• Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal (9 November 1905-4 January 1931)

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