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Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse (‹See Tfd› German: Christina Margarethe Prinzessin von Hessen; 10 January 1933 – 22 November 2011) was a German princess. A first cousin of King Charles III of the United Kingdom, she was the wife, from 1956 to 1962, of Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, a son of Alexander I of Yugoslavia.
Apr 6, 2023 · Born in the presence of Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on 5 April 1863, Princess Victoria was also christened in the arms of the Queen on 27 April and spent her early life at Bessungen, a small suburb of Darmstadt in Southern Germany.
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The eldest daughter of Princess Alice (the third child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert) and Louis IV, the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, Victoria was born in Windsor Castlein April 1863. Throughout her life, Victoria was presented with many hard challenges. The first came in 1873 when her younger brother Friedrich fell to his death from a wi...
Born in the German state of Hesse in November 1864, Princess Elisabeth was fondly known as Ella. After being sent away at the beginning of the diphtheria outbreak, she managed to avoid the disease that would rob her of a mother and a sister. As she grew older, Ella blossomed and was soon considered one of the most beautiful women in Europe. Her fea...
Born in 1866, Irene was known for her quiet, unassuming manner and never shared the same limelight as her sisters when it came to beauty. Nor do the history books remember her story quite so vividly. However, being overlooked by the annals of history is not something Irene would have been particularly fussed about as she cared little for the spotli...
Perhaps the most famous of the Hesse sisters, Princess Alix was born in 1872 at the New Palace at Darmstadt, in the state of Hesse. The favourite granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Alix was a noted beauty but also a carrier of the haemophilia gene. At the wedding of her elder sister Ella and Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, she met her future husband...
Nov 16, 2022 · Cecilie was buried with her husband and three of her children, including her stillborn son, in Darmstadt at the Rosenhöhe, the traditional burial place of the Hesse family. Photos from their funeral shows Prince Philip flanked by grieving relatives, all wearing distinctive Nazi uniforms.
Aug 3, 2021 · Princess Christina Louise Helena was born on 3 August 1943, three years before Carl Gustaf. Like the King, she was born in Solna’s Haga Palace, which is now home to Christina’s niece, Crown...
Dec 13, 2011 · For many years, Princess Christina lived in Gersau, Switzerland, with her sister, Princess Dorothea, the widow of Prince Friedrich of Windisch-Graetz. She is survived by her daughters, Princess Maria Tatiana of Yugoslavia, Mrs Thune-Larsen and Helen van Eyck and her younger son, Mark van Eyck, and four grandchildren.
Victoria lived most of her married life in various parts of Europe at her husband's naval posts and visiting her many royal relations. She was perceived by her family as liberal in outlook, straightforward, practical and bright. The couple had four children: Alice, Louise, George, and Louis.
