Alexandra of Denmark

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Alexandra of Denmark

Consort of King Edward Vii

Female

Born Dec 1, 1844

Hometown Copenhagen

Died Nov 20, 1925

Death Place Norfolk

Other Names Queen Alexandra

Alexandra of Denmark was the wife and queen-empress consort of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Emperor of India. Her family had been relatively obscure until her father, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg… Read More

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Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Married 1863 - 1910

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Alexandra of Denmark

d.1925

parents

Christian IX of Denmark
Father, d.1906
Louise of Hesse-Kassel
Mother, d.1898

children

George V
Son, d.1936
Maud of Wales
Daughter, d.1938
Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom
Daughter, d.1935
Princess Louise
Daughter, d.1931
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
Son, d.1892
Prince Alexander John of Wales
Son, d.1871

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CHILDHOOD

1844 Birth Born on December 1, 1844.

TEENAGE

1863 18 Years Old 3 More Events

They married eighteen months later in 1863, the same year her father became Christian IX of Denmark and her brother, George, was appointed King of Greece.

A few months later, Alexandra travelled from Denmark to Britain aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert II and arrived in Gravesend, Kent, on 7 March 1863. Sir Arthur Sullivan composed music for her arrival and Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson, wrote an ode in Alexandra's honour: The couple were married on 10 March 1863 at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, by Thomas Longley, the Archbishop of Canterbury. … Read More

1864 19 Years Old Alexandra's first child, Albert Victor, was born two months premature in early 1864. … Read More

TWENTIES

1867 22 Years Old During the birth of her third child in 1867, the added complication of a bout of rheumatic fever threatened Alexandra's life, and left her with a permanent limp. … Read More

1868 23 Years Old 1 More Event

Albert Edward and Alexandra visited Ireland in April 1868. … Read More

The royal couple undertook a six-month tour taking in Austria, Egypt and Greece over 1868 and 1869, which included visits to her brother King George I of Greece, to the Crimean battlefields and (for her only) to the harem of the Khedive Ismail. In Turkey she became the first woman to sit down to dinner with the Sultan (Abdülâziz). The Waleses made Sandringham House their preferred residence, with Marlborough House their London base. Biographers agree that their marriage was in many ways a happy one; however, some have asserted that Albert Edward did not give his wife as much attention as she would have liked and that they gradually became estranged, until his attack of typhoid fever (the disease which was believed to have killed his father) in late 1871 brought about a reconciliation. … Read More

THIRTIES

Queen Alexandra with Queen Louise and the Duchess of Fife

1875 30 Years Old For eight months over 1875–76, the Prince of Wales was absent from Britain on a tour of India, but to her dismay Alexandra was left behind. … Read More

1877 32 Years Old Alexandra spent the spring of 1877 in Greece recuperating from a period of ill health and visiting her brother King George of the Hellenes. … Read More

1881 36 Years Old In 1881, Alexandra and Albert Edward travelled to Saint Petersburg after the assassination of Alexander II of Russia, both to represent Britain and so that Alexandra could provide comfort to her sister, who was now the Tsarina. … Read More

FORTIES

1885 40 Years Old Crowds usually cheered Alexandra rapturously, but during a visit to Ireland in 1885, she suffered a rare moment of public hostility when visiting the City of Cork, a hotbed of Irish nationalism. … Read More

1892 47 Years Old The death of her eldest son, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, in 1892 was a serious blow to Alexandra, and his room and possessions were kept exactly as he had left them, much as those of Prince Albert were left after his death in 1861. … Read More

FIFTIES

1901 56 Years Old With the death of her mother-in-law, Queen Victoria, in 1901, Alexandra became queen-empress consort to the new king. … Read More

1903 58 Years Old Despite now being queen, Alexandra's duties changed little, and she kept many of the same retainers. Alexandra's Woman of the Bedchamber, Charlotte Knollys, served Alexandra loyally for many years. On 10 December 1903, Charlotte, the daughter of Sir William Knollys, woke to find her bedroom full of smoke. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

1905 - 1907 2 More Events

1910 65 Years Old In 1910, Alexandra became the first queen consort to visit the British House of Commons during a debate. … Read More

1911 66 Years Old Alexandra did not attend her son's coronation in 1911 since it was not customary for a crowned queen to attend the coronation of another king or queen, but otherwise continued the public side of her life, devoting time to her charitable causes. … Read More

1916 71 Years Old On 17 September 1916, she was at Sandringham during a Zeppelin air raid, but far worse was to befall other members of her family. … Read More

1919 74 Years Old Her sister the Dowager Empress was rescued from Russia in 1919 by and brought to England, where she lived for some time with Alexandra. … Read More

1920 75 Years Old In 1920, a blood vessel in her eye burst, leaving her with temporary partial blindness. … Read More

1925 81 Years Old She died on 20 November 1925 at Sandringham after suffering a heart attack, and was buried in an elaborate tomb next to her husband in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

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