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Maud of Wales (Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria; 26 November 1869 – 20 November 1938) was Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII.The youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, she was known as Princess Maud of Wales before her marriage, as her father was the Prince of Wales at the time.
The wedding dress of Princess Maud of Wales was worn at her wedding to Prince Carl of Denmark on 22 July 1896 in the Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace.Maud was the youngest daughter of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales; Carl was the second son of Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Louise of Denmark.
On 28 October 1895, at the age of 23, Carl was engaged to his first cousin Princess Maud of Wales. Princess Maud was the youngest daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom). The Princess of Wales was Carl's aunt, being the eldest daughter of King Christian IX and Queen Louise.
The Prince of Wales became King Edward VII and Emperor of India at the death of his mother Queen Victoria on 22 January 1901. Edward and Alexandra's son, King George V , (reigned 1910–1936) was the father of Kings Edward VIII (reigned 1936) and George VI (1936–1952), and thereby the paternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II (reigned 1952 ...
Albert Victor's family illustrated in 1891 (based on a photograph from 1889): (left to right) Prince Albert Victor, Princess Maud, the Princess of Wales, the Prince of Wales, Princess Louise, Prince George and Princess Victoria Alfred Gilbert's design for Albert Victor's tomb in the Albert Memorial Chapel close to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Maud was born at East Sheen Lodge, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, on 3 April 1893.Her father was Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife. [3] He was raised from Earl to Duke of Fife following marriage to Maud's mother, Princess Louise of Wales, the third child and eldest daughter of the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
Maud of Northumbria (1074–1130/1131), Queen of Scotland & Countess of Huntingdon; ... Maud of Wales (1869–1938), Queen of Norway; Places. Queen Maud Gulf, Canada;
Maud of Wales, later Queen Maud of Norway, daughter of Edward VII of the United Kingdom; Maud Carnegie, Countess of Southesk, granddaughter of Edward VII of the United Kingdom; known as "Her Highness Princess Maud" from 1905 to 1923