Princess May of Teck, later Lady May Cambridge (23 January 1906 – ) married Sir Henry Abel Smith in 1931, had issue.
Alice and her husband were both descended from King George III. Alice was attended by five bridesmaids, all cousins: Princesses Margaret and Patricia of Connaught, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Princess Mary of Wales and Princess Mary of Teck (the latter two also the groom's nieces). On 10 February 1904, at St George's Chapel, Windsor, Princess Alice of Albany married her second cousin once removed Prince Alexander of Teck, the brother-in-law of the Prince of Wales (later George V). Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, with her children May and Rupert, c. Princess Alice inherited the gene from her father, who died from the disease when she was one year old. Princess Alice was one of the carriers of the gene for haemophilia which originated with Queen Victoria. She was confirmed at the Royal Memorial Church of St George, Cannes, in 1898 with Queen Victoria present. Her godparents were: Queen Victoria (her paternal grandmother) the German Empress, for whom Alice's paternal aunt Princess Beatrice stood proxy the King of the Netherlands (her mother's brother-in-law), for whom the Dutch Ambassador Count Charles van Bylandt stood proxy the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (her paternal aunt's widower), represented by his brother-in-law Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh the Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont (her maternal grandmother) the Prince of Wales (her paternal uncle) the Princess Royal (the German Crown Princess) (her paternal aunt) represented by her sister-in-law the Princess of Wales Prince Wilhelm of Württemberg (her mother's brother-in-law), represented by his cousin the Duke of Teck the Hereditary Princess of Bentheim and Steinfurt (her maternal aunt), for whom her paternal aunt Princess Christian stood proxy and the Duchess of Cambridge (her grandmother's aunt), represented by her daughter the Duchess of Teck. She was christened in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle on 26 March 1883, and named Alice after her late paternal aunt Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse.
Her younger brother and only sibling, Prince Charles Edward (later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), was born on 19 July 1884. Princess Alice was born on 25 February 1883 at Windsor Castle, the only daughter of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (the youngest of the four sons of Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort) and his wife Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Princess Alice was the chatelaine of Rideau Hall in Ottawa from 1940 until 1946, while her husband Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, served as Governor General of Canada. She is the longest-lived British princess of royal blood, and was the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone VA GCVO GBE GCStJ (Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline 25 February 1883 – 3 January 1981) was a member of the British royal family.
0 kommentar(er)
