Princess Alexandra … Of DenmarkAge: 801844–1925
- Name
- Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
- Given names
- Alexandra
- Name prefix
- Princess
- Name suffix
- Of Denmark
"Alix" …
- Name
- "Alix" …
- Given names
- "Alix"
| Birth | 1 December 1844 26 27 Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Birth of a brother | 24 December 1845 (Age 12 months) Copenhagen, Denmark
younger brother -
George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
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| Australian History | 1845 (Age 31 days) Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia. |
| Birth of a sister | 1847 (Age 2)
younger sister -
Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 5) Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony. Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded. |
| Australian History | 1851 (Age 6) Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales. Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat. Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine |
| Birth of a sister | 1853 (Age 8)
younger sister -
Princess Thyra … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 8) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 9) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 10) Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 11) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 12) Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote. |
| Birth of a brother | 1858 (Age 13)
younger brother -
Valdemar …
|
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 13) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 14) Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 15) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1861 (Age 16) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 17) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Marriage | Edward VII Wettin King Of England - View family 10 March 1863 (Age 18) St. George Chap., Windsor, England |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 18) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 8 January 1864 (Age 19) Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 1864 (Age 19)
maternal grandmother -
Princess Louise Charlotte … Of Denmark
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| Birth of a son #2 | 3 June 1865 (Age 20) Marlborough Hse, London, England |
| Christening of a son | 7 July 1865 (Age 20) |
| Marriage of a sister | Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark - View family 1866 (Age 21)
brother-in-law -
Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
younger sister -
Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
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| Birth of a daughter #3 | 20 February 1867 (Age 22) Marlborough, House, London, England
daughter -
Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor
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| Marriage of a brother | George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg - View family 1867 (Age 22)
younger brother -
George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
sister-in-law -
Princess Olga Constantinovna …
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| Death of a paternal grandmother | 1867 (Age 22)
paternal grandmother -
Princess Louise Caroline … Of Hesse-Cassel
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| Death of a maternal grandfather | 1867 (Age 22)
maternal grandfather -
William … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 22) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 6 July 1868 (Age 23) Marlborough, House, London, England
daughter -
Victoria Alexandra Olga …
|
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 23) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | 26 November 1869 (Age 24) Marlborough, House, London, England
daughter -
Princess Maude Charlotte Mary …
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| Australian History | 1869 (Age 24) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a son #6 | 6 April 1871 (Age 26)
son -
John Alexander …
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| Death of a son | 7 April 1871 (Age 26)
son -
John Alexander …
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 27) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 28) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 30) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 33) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 34) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 35) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 37) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 38) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 42) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor - View family 27 July 1889 (Age 44) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
son-in-law -
Alexander Duff Duke Of Fife
daughter -
Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 44) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 45) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 1891 (Age 46)
granddaughter -
Alexandra … Duchess Of Fife
|
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 46) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia |
| Death of a son | 14 January 1892 (Age 47) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
| Burial of a son | 20 January 1892 (Age 47) Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Australian History | 1892 (Age 47) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | 1893 (Age 48)
granddaughter -
Lady Maud Carnegie
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| Marriage of a son | George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor - View family 6 July 1893 (Age 48) Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, London, England
daughter-in-law -
Queen Mary … Of Teck
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 48) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | 23 June 1894 (Age 49) White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, England
grandson -
Edward VIII Windsor Duke Of Windsor
|
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 49) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 14 December 1895 (Age 51) York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
grandson -
Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor
|
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 50) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River |
| Marriage of a daughter | Princess Maude Charlotte Mary … - View family 22 July 1896 (Age 51) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
nephew -
Charles Haakon VII … King Of Norway
daughter -
Princess Maude Charlotte Mary …
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| Australian History | 1896 (Age 51) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | 25 April 1897 (Age 52) York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
granddaughter -
Mary Windsor Princess Royal
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| Australian History | 1897 (Age 52) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
| Death of a mother | 29 September 1898 (Age 53) Bernstorff, Germany
mother -
Princess Louise … Of Hesse-Cassel
|
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 53) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 54) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | 31 March 1900 (Age 55) York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
grandson -
Henry William Frederick Windsor Duke
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 55) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 56) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | 20 December 1902 (Age 58) York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
grandson -
George Edward Alexander Windsor Duke Of Kent
|
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 57) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | 2 July 1903 (Age 58) Appleton House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
grandson -
Olav V … King Of Norway
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| Australian History | 1903 (Age 58) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 59) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | 12 July 1905 (Age 60) York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
grandson -
John Charles Francis Windsor Prince
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| Death of a father | 29 January 1906 (Age 61) Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
father -
Christian IX … King Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 61) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 63) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 64) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Death of a husband | 6 May 1910 (Age 65) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
husband -
Edward VII Wettin King Of England
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| Burial of a husband | 20 May 1910 (Age 65) Windsor, Berkshire, England
husband -
Edward VII Wettin King Of England
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| Australian History | 1910 (Age 65) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 66) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed. |
| Death of a brother | 14 May 1912 (Age 67) Hamburg, Germany
elder brother -
Frederick VIII … King Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1912 (Age 67) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra |
| Death of a brother | 18 March 1913 (Age 68) Salonika, Greece
younger brother -
George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
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| Australian History | 1913 (Age 68) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 68) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 69) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 70) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1916 (Age 71) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 72) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 73) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth. |
| Death of a grandson | 18 January 1919 (Age 74) Wood Farm, Wolferton, Norfolk, England
grandson -
John Charles Francis Windsor Prince
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| Australian History | 1919 (Age 74) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. |
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 75) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 76) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Mary Windsor Princess Royal - View family 28 February 1922 (Age 77) Westminster, Abbey, London, England
granddaughter's husband -
Henry George Charles Lascelles Viscount
granddaughter -
Mary Windsor Princess Royal
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| Australian History | 1922 (Age 77) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Marriage of a grandson | Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor - View family 26 April 1923 (Age 78)
grandson -
Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor
grandson's wife -
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon Lady
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| Marriage of a granddaughter | Lady Maud Carnegie - View family 1923 (Age 78)
granddaughter's husband -
Earl XI Charles … Of Southesk
granddaughter -
Lady Maud Carnegie
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| Australian History | 1923 (Age 78) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death | 20 November 1925 (Age 80) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
| Burial | St. George Chap., Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Christian IX … King Of Denmark
Birth 8 April 1818 33 29 Gottorp, Schleswig, Germany Death 29 January 1906 (Age 87) Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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-7 months mother |
Princess Louise … Of Hesse-Cassel
Birth 7 September 1817 30 28 Cassel, Germany Death 29 September 1898 (Age 81) Bernstorff, Germany |
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Marriage: 1842 |
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17 months #1 elder brother |
Frederick VIII … King Of Denmark
Birth 3 June 1843 25 25 Copenhagen, Denmark Death 14 May 1912 (Age 68) Hamburg, Germany |
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18 months #2 herself |
Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
Birth 1 December 1844 26 27 Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark Death 20 November 1925 (Age 80) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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13 months #3 younger brother |
George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Birth 24 December 1845 27 28 Copenhagen, Denmark Death 18 March 1913 (Age 67) Salonika, Greece |
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1 year #4 younger sister |
Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
Birth 1847 28 29 Death October 1928 (Age 81) Copenhagen, Denmark |
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6 years #5 younger sister |
Princess Thyra … Of Denmark
Birth 1853 34 35 Death 1933 (Age 80) |
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5 years #6 younger brother |
Valdemar …
Birth 1858 39 40 Death 1939 (Age 81) |
| Family with Edward VII Wettin King Of England - View family |
| husband |
Birth 9 November 1841 22 22 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 6 May 1910 (Age 68) Buckingham, Palace, London, England |
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3 years herself |
Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
Birth 1 December 1844 26 27 Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark Death 20 November 1925 (Age 80) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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Marriage: 10 March 1863 — St. George Chap., Windsor, England |
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10 months #1 son |
Albert Victor Christian Edward Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth 8 January 1864 22 19 Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England Death 14 January 1892 (Age 28) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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17 months #2 son |
Birth 3 June 1865 23 20 Marlborough Hse, London, England Death 20 January 1936 (Age 70) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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21 months #3 daughter |
Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor
Birth 20 February 1867 25 22 Marlborough, House, London, England Death 4 January 1931 (Age 63) Portman Square, London, England |
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16 months #4 daughter |
Victoria Alexandra Olga …
Birth 6 July 1868 26 23 Marlborough, House, London, England Death 3 December 1935 (Age 67) Coppins, Iver, Bucks, England |
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17 months #5 daughter |
Princess Maude Charlotte Mary …
Birth 26 November 1869 28 24 Marlborough, House, London, England Death 20 November 1938 (Age 68) London, England |
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16 months #6 son |
John Alexander …
Birth 6 April 1871 29 26 Death 7 April 1871 (Age 1 day) |