Royal families of Europe gathered in Coburg

 

Royal families of Europe gathered in Coburg on the occasion of wedding of Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita, 1894.

Top row, l-r: Prince Louis of Battenberg, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Count Mensdorff, Queen Maria of Romania, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, and Prince Alfred (Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha).

Second row: Prince Henry of Battenberg, Princess Louise of Belgium (wife of Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia,   King Ferdinand I of Romania  , Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, and Prince Arthur (Duke of Connaught).

Third row: King Edward VII, Princess Beatrice of Battenberg, Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh,  Princess Charlotte of Prussia (Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen), Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (Duchess of Connaught).

Fourth row: Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, Empress Alexandra of Russia, Princess Victoria of Battenberg (Marchioness of Milford-Haven), Princess Irene of Hesse (Princess Henry of Prussia), Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrova of Russia (Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha).

Sitting: Emperor Wilhelm II, Queen Victoria, Dowager Empress Victoria.

Sitting on the floor: Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh and Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen.

Balmoral, 1882

 

Queen Victoria with Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and two of his children: Princess Alix of Hesse (later Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia) and Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, Princess Beatrice (Princess Henry of Battenberg), and Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught with her baby daughter Princess Margaret (later Crown Princess of Sweden).

In mourning of their mother Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, January 1879.

 

Hessian Princesses Victoria (later Marchioness of Milford-Haven), Elizabeth (later   Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia), Irene (later   Princess Henry of Prussia) and Alix (later   Empress Alexandra of Russia) in mourning of their mother Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, January 1879.

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia and her sister Dowager Queen Alexandra of United Kingdom

 Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia and her sister Dowager Queen Alexandra of United Kingdom (consorts of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and King Edward VII of United Kingdom) in their house in   Hvidovre, Denmark, ca. 1910. 

Four generations

 Four generations: Queen Louise of Denmark (born Princess of Hesse-Kassel) with her eldest daughter Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (consort of King Edward VII, at the time of taking the picture she was the Princess of Wales) and Alexandra’s eldest daughter Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife. Queen Louise is holding Princess Louise’s eldest daughter Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife, 1893

Daughters of Grand Duke Louis IV and Princess Alice

 Grand Duchess of Hesse - Princess Alix of Hesse (later Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia), Princess Victoria, Marchioness of Milford Haven, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia and Princess Irene, Princess Henry of Prussia on the occasion of Princess Alix' engagement to Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, 1894.

Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse with his surviving children

 Princess Victoria of Battenberg, Marchioness of Milford-Haven, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, Princess Irene of Prussia, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia and Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, 1884.

Darmstadt 1894

 Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, Princess Victoria, Marchioness of Milford Haven, Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, Princess Irene of Prussia, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, Princess Victoria Melita, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Darmstadt 1894.he