Princess Louise … Of Hesse-CasselAge: 811817–1898
- Name
- Princess Louise … Of Hesse-Cassel
- Given names
- Louise
- Name prefix
- Princess
- Name suffix
- Of Hesse-Cassel
| Birth | 7 September 1817 30 28 Cassel, Germany |
| Australian History | 1817 Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982). Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland' |
| Australian History | 1818 (Age 3 months) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 1823 (Age 5)
paternal grandmother -
Princess Caroline … Of Nassau-Usingen
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| Australian History | 1824 (Age 6) Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed. Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia' Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River |
| Australian History | 1825 (Age 7) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 10) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 11) Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain. |
| Australian History | 1830 (Age 12) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 13) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 14) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 15) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 17) Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1836 (Age 18) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 1837 (Age 19)
paternal grandfather -
Frederick … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel
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| Australian History | 1838 (Age 20) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 21) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 22) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 23) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Marriage | Christian IX … King Of Denmark - View family 1842 (Age 24) |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 24) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 3 June 1843 (Age 25) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 25) Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property). |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 1 December 1844 (Age 27) Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark
daughter -
Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
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| Birth of a son #3 | 24 December 1845 (Age 28) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 27) 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 daughter #4 | 1847 (Age 29)
daughter -
Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 32) 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 33) 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 daughter #5 | 1853 (Age 35)
daughter -
Princess Thyra … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 35) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 36) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 37) 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 38) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 39) 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 son #6 | 1858 (Age 40)
son -
Valdemar …
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| Australian History | 1858 (Age 40) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 41) 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 42) 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 43) 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 44) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark - View family 10 March 1863 (Age 45) St. George Chap., Windsor, England
son-in-law -
Edward VII Wettin King Of England
daughter -
Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1863 (Age 45) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 8 January 1864 (Age 46) Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Death of a mother | 1864 (Age 46) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 3 June 1865 (Age 47) Marlborough Hse, London, England
grandson -
George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor
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| Christening of a grandson | 7 July 1865 (Age 47)
grandson -
George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor
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| Marriage of a daughter | Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark - View family 1866 (Age 48)
son-in-law -
Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
daughter -
Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
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| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 20 February 1867 (Age 49) Marlborough, House, London, England
granddaughter -
Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor
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| Marriage of a son | George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg - View family 1867 (Age 49)
daughter-in-law -
Princess Olga Constantinovna …
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| Death of a father | 1867 (Age 49)
father -
William … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 49) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 18 May 1868 (Age 50) Tsarskoye Selo, Pushkin, Russia |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | 6 July 1868 (Age 50) Marlborough, House, London, England
granddaughter -
Victoria Alexandra Olga …
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| Birth of a grandson #6 | 2 August 1868 (Age 50) Athens, Greece
grandson -
Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1868 (Age 50) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | 26 November 1869 (Age 52) Marlborough, House, London, England
granddaughter -
Princess Maude Charlotte Mary …
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| Birth of a grandson #8 | 1869 (Age 51)
grandson -
George Oldenburg
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| Birth of a grandson #9 | 1869 (Age 51)
grandson -
Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov
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| Australian History | 1869 (Age 51) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | 26 September 1870 (Age 53) Charlottenlund, Nr: Copenhagen, Denmark
grandson -
Christian X … King Of Denmark
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| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | 1870 (Age 52)
granddaughter -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
|
| Death of a grandson | 1870 (Age 52)
grandson -
Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov
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| Birth of a grandson #12 | 6 April 1871 (Age 53)
grandson -
John Alexander …
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| Birth of a grandson #13 | 1871 (Age 53)
grandson -
George Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
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| Death of a grandson | 7 April 1871 (Age 53)
grandson -
John Alexander …
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| Birth of a grandson #14 | 1872 (Age 54) Charlottenlund, Denmark
grandson -
Charles Haakon VII … King Of Norway
|
| Birth of a grandson #15 | 1872 (Age 54)
grandson -
Prince Nicholas … Of Greece
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 54) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 55) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #16 | 1875 (Age 57)
granddaughter -
Louise …
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| Birth of a granddaughter #17 | 1875 (Age 57)
granddaughter -
Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 57) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Birth of a grandson #18 | 1876 (Age 58)
grandson -
Harold …
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| Birth of a granddaughter #19 | 1876 (Age 58)
granddaughter -
Mary …
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| Birth of a granddaughter #20 | 1878 (Age 60)
granddaughter -
Ingeborg … Of Denmark
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| Birth of a grandson #21 | 1878 (Age 60) |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 60) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #22 | 1879 (Age 61)
granddaughter -
Marie Louise Hanover
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 61) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #23 | 1880 (Age 62)
granddaughter -
Thyra …
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| Birth of a grandson #24 | 1880 (Age 62)
grandson -
George William Hanover
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| Australian History | 1880 (Age 62) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Birth of a grandson #25 | 1882 (Age 64)
grandson -
Prince Andrew … Of Greece
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| Birth of a granddaughter #26 | 1 June 1882 (Age 64)
granddaughter -
Olga Alexandrovna Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Birth of a granddaughter #27 | 1882 (Age 64)
granddaughter -
Alexandra Hanover
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 64) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 65) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a granddaughter #28 | 1884 (Age 66)
granddaughter -
Olga Hanover
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| Birth of a grandson #29 | 1885 (Age 67)
grandson -
Christian Hanover
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| Birth of a grandson #30 | 1887 (Age 69)
grandson -
Gustav …
|
| Birth of a grandson #31 | 1887 (Age 69) |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 69) 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #32 | 1888 (Age 70)
grandson -
Christopher Oldenburg
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| Marriage of a granddaughter | Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor - View family 27 July 1889 (Age 71) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
granddaughter's husband -
Alexander Duff Duke Of Fife
granddaughter -
Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor
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| Marriage of a grandson | Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece - View family 27 October 1889 (Age 72) Athens, Greece
grandson -
Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece
grandson's wife -
Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
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| Marriage of a granddaughter | Princess Alexandra … Of Greece - View family 1889 (Age 71)
granddaughter's husband -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
granddaughter -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 71) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #33 | 1890 (Age 72)
granddaughter -
Dagmar …
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| Australian History | 1890 (Age 72) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Death of a granddaughter | 1891 (Age 73)
granddaughter -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
|
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 73) 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 grandson | 14 January 1892 (Age 74) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
| Burial of a grandson | 20 January 1892 (Age 74) Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Australian History | 1892 (Age 74) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Marriage of a grandson | George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor - View family 6 July 1893 (Age 75) Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, London, England
grandson -
George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor
grandson's wife -
Queen Mary … Of Teck
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 75) 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. |
| Marriage of a grandson | Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia - View family 26 November 1894 (Age 77) Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
grandson's wife -
Alexandra Fedorovna "Alix" … Tsarina
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| Marriage of a granddaughter | Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess - View family 1894 (Age 76)
granddaughter's husband -
Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) Romanov Grand Duke
granddaughter -
Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1894 (Age 76) 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. |
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 77) 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 grandson | Charles Haakon VII … King Of Norway - View family 22 July 1896 (Age 78) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
grandson -
Charles Haakon VII … King Of Norway
granddaughter -
Princess Maude Charlotte Mary …
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| Marriage of a granddaughter | Louise … - View family 1896 (Age 78)
granddaughter's husband -
Prince Frederick … Of Schaumburg -Lippe
granddaughter -
Louise …
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| Marriage of a granddaughter | Princess Maude Charlotte Mary … - View family 22 July 1896 (Age 78) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
grandson -
Charles Haakon VII … King Of Norway
granddaughter -
Princess Maude Charlotte Mary …
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| Australian History | 1896 (Age 78) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Ingeborg … Of Denmark - View family 1897 (Age 79)
granddaughter's husband -
Prince Charles … Of Sweden
granddaughter -
Ingeborg … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1897 (Age 79) 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. |
| Marriage of a grandson | Christian X … King Of Denmark - View family 1898 (Age 80)
grandson -
Christian X … King Of Denmark
grandson's wife -
Alexandrine … Of Mecklenburg- Schwerin
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| Australian History | 1898 (Age 80) 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. |
| Death | 29 September 1898 (Age 81) Bernstorff, Germany |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
William … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel
Birth 1787 40 25 Death 1867 (Age 80) Loading...
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2 years mother |
Princess Louise Charlotte … Of Denmark
Birth 1789 Death 1864 (Age 75) Loading...
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Marriage: 1810 |
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8 years #1 herself |
Princess Louise … Of Hesse-Cassel
Birth 7 September 1817 30 28 Cassel, Germany Death 29 September 1898 (Age 81) Bernstorff, Germany Loading...
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Other Issue …
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| Family with Christian IX … King Of Denmark - View family |
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Christian IX … King Of Denmark
Birth 8 April 1818 33 29 Gottorp, Schleswig, Germany Death 29 January 1906 (Age 87) Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark Loading...
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Princess Louise … Of Hesse-Cassel
Birth 7 September 1817 30 28 Cassel, Germany Death 29 September 1898 (Age 81) Bernstorff, Germany Loading...
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Marriage: 1842 |
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17 months #1 son |
Frederick VIII … King Of Denmark
Birth 3 June 1843 25 25 Copenhagen, Denmark Death 14 May 1912 (Age 68) Hamburg, Germany Loading...
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18 months #2 daughter |
Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
Birth 1 December 1844 26 27 Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark Death 20 November 1925 (Age 80) Sandringham, Norfolk, England Loading...
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13 months #3 son |
George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Birth 24 December 1845 27 28 Copenhagen, Denmark Death 18 March 1913 (Age 67) Salonika, Greece Loading...
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1 year #4 daughter |
Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
Birth 1847 28 29 Death October 1928 (Age 81) Copenhagen, Denmark Loading...
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6 years #5 daughter |
Princess Thyra … Of Denmark
Birth 1853 34 35 Death 1933 (Age 80) Loading...
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5 years #6 son |
Valdemar …
Birth 1858 39 40 Death 1939 (Age 81) Loading...
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Princess Louise … Of Hesse-Cassel has 3 first cousins recorded
Father's family (3)
Parents Duke Adolphus Hanover Of Cambridge + Princess Augusta … Of Hesse-Cassel
Mother's family (0)
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