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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

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.

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