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Alexandra was born in Schloss Johannisburg in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, the eighth child and fifth daughter of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and of his wife, Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. As a girl, her portrait was painted by Joseph Karl Stieler for the Gallery of Beauties , which her father commissioned at Schloss Nymphenburg .
Alexandra of the United Kingdom (disambiguation), various princesses; Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826–1875), youngest daughter of Ludwig I, King of Bavaria; Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830–1911), fifth daughter of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg; Princess Alexandra of Anhalt (1868–1958), youngest child of Frederick I, Duke ...
Maximilian (1811–1864), who married Princess Marie of Prussia (1825–1889); King of Bavaria as Maximilian II from 1848 to 1864. Mathilde Caroline (1813–1862), who married Ludwig III, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1806–1877). Otto (1815–1867), who married Duchess Amalie of Oldenburg (1818–1875); King of Greece as Otto I from 1832 ...
Unlike her husband and mother-in-law, Alexandra was not castigated by the press. [77] Funds that she helped to collect were used to buy a river launch, called Alexandra, to ferry the wounded during the Sudan campaign, [78] and to fit out a hospital ship, named The Princess of Wales, to bring back wounded from the Boer War. [79]
Alexandra aged 11 by Hay Wrightson. Princess Alexandra was born on 25 December 1936 at 3 Belgrave Square, London. [1] [2] Her parents were Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia.
Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Princess of Hohenzollern; Princess Alexandra of Bavaria; Amalia of Oldenburg; Amalie Auguste of Bavaria; Princess Amalie Isabella of Bavaria; Infanta Amalia of Spain; Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont; Princess Antonia of Luxembourg; Princess Augusta of Bavaria; Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of ...
On 9 November 1905, King Edward VII declared his eldest daughter Princess Royal. [4] He further ordered Garter King of Arms to gazette Lady Alexandra Duff and her sister Lady Maud Duff with the style and attribute of Highness and the style of Princess prefixed to their respective Christian names, with precedence immediately after all members of the British royal family bearing the style of ...
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria: 9. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach: 2. Ludwig I of Bavaria: 10. Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt: 5. Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt: 11. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg: 1. Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria: 12. Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe ...