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1863 Marriage of the future King Edward VII and Alexandra
On 10th March 1863 [his father] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and [his mother] Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England were married at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. She the daughter of [his grandfather] King Christian IX of Denmark and [his grandmother] Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark. He the son of [his grandfather] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and [his grandmother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 3rd June 1865 King George V of the United Kingdom was born to [his father] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and [his mother] Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England at Marlborough House.
On 1st December 1871 George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope 7th Earl Chesterfield died of typhoid unmarried. George Philip Stanhope 8th Earl Chesterfield succeeded 8th Earl Chesterfield, 8th Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire. He had been staying at Londesborough Lodge Scarborough with the [his father] Prince of Wales who also contracted typhoid but survived.
In 1884 King George V of the United Kingdom was appointed 782th Knight of the Garter by [his grandmother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
In 1889 [his future brother-in-law] Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife was created 1st Duke Fife. [his sister] Louise Windsor Duchess Fife by marriage Duchess Fife.
On 27th July 1889 [his brother-in-law] Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife and [his sister] Louise Windsor Duchess Fife were married. She the daughter of [his father] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and [his mother] Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England. He the son of James Duff 5th Earl Fife and Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay Countess Fife.
Life's Ebb And Flow Chapter IV. [Around September 1891]. In the autumn of 1891 the Duke and Duchess of Teck, with Princess May, were our guests at Easton. I remember that among the party were Lord Sandwich, Lord Richard Nevill, Count Albert Mensdorff, the Hon. Sidney Greville (my husband's brother, who was then equerry to the [his father] Prince of Wales), my sister-in-law, Lady Eva Greville, the lifelong friend and companion of Queen Mary, Lord Chesterfield, Lord and Lady Alington, Lord Chelsea, Lord and Lady Bradford, Colonel Brabazon, Lady Dorothy Nevill, Colonel Stanley Clarke, and Lady Sophia Macnamara, who was in waiting on the Duchess of Teck.
At that house party the Prince of Wales gave his consent to the engagement of his son, [his brother] Prince Eddy, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, to Princess May. The prophecy of the Duchess of Teck that such an alliance would be popular was more than justified, but, to the great sorrow of all, the young prince died shortly after.
In her bereavement Princess May showed those gifts of character which have always distinguished her attitude to life and its responsibilities, and when some two years later sorrow was merged in the happiness of union with Prince George, now our King, all the world rejoiced with her.
In 1892 King George V of the United Kingdom was created 1st Duke York.
In 1893 Derek William George Keppel was appointed Equerry to the Duke of York.
On 6th July 1893 King George V of the United Kingdom and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England were married at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She by marriage Duchess York. He the son of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England.
The photograph by from left to right:
Alexandra Windsor Princess
Princess Alice of Battenburg
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain
Beatrice Windsor Duchess Galliera
King George V of the United Kingdom
Margaret "Daisy" Windsor
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England
Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway
Victoria Patricia "Patsy" Windsor
Helena Victoria Oldenburg
In 1894 [his brother-in-law] Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck and Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck were married at Eaton Hall, Cheshire. She the daughter of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke Westminster and Constance Leveson-Gower Duchess Westminster.
On 23rd June 1894 [his son] King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom was born to King George V of the United Kingdom and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England. He married 3rd June 1937 Wallis Warfield aka Simpson Duchess of Windsor.
On 14th December 1895 [his son] King George VI of the United Kingdom was born to King George V of the United Kingdom and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England at York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. The second son at birth he became King when his elder brother [his son] King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom Abdicated. He married 26th April 1923 Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England, daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and had issue.
In 1896 [his brother-in-law] Haakon VII King Norway and [his sister] Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway were married. She the daughter of [his father] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and [his mother] Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England. He the son of [his uncle] Frederick VIII King Denmark and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark.
On 25th April 1897 [his daughter] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood was born to King George V of the United Kingdom and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England. She married 28th February 1922 Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood, son of Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood and Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood, and had issue.
On 21st January 1900 [his father-in-law] Francis Teck died. [his brother-in-law] Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck succeeded Duke Teck. Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck by marriage Duchess Teck.
On 31st March 1900 [his son] Henry Windsor 1st Duke Gloucester was born to King George V of the United Kingdom and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England at York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. He married 6th November 1935 Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott Duchess Gloucester, daughter of John Scott 7th Duke Buccleuch 9th Duke Queensberry and Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury, and had issue.
In 1901 Derek William George Keppel was appointed Equerry to the Prince of Wales.
In 1901 Alice Maude Olivia Montagu Countess Derby was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to [his mother] Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England.
On 22nd January 1901 [his grandmother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom died at Osborne House, Isle of Wight. [his father] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom succeeded VII King of the United Kingdom.
Around 4th February 1901 Wilfred William Ashley 1st Baron Mount Temple and Amalia Mary Maud Cassel were married. The [his father] Prince of Wales attended some eighteen days before he acceeded the throne.
In July 1901 Bishop Charles Gore was appointed Chaplain in Ordinary to [his father] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.
On 9th August 1902 [his father] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom was crowned VII King of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey. [his mother] Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England was crowned Queen Consort by Archbishop William Dalrymple Maclagan.
Winifred, Duchess of Portland, wearing the Portland Diamond Tiara, commissioned esppecially for the event, served as a canopy bearer to Queen Alexandra.
On 20th December 1902 [his son] Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent was born to King George V of the United Kingdom and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England at York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. He married 29th November 1934 Princess Marina Glücksburg Duchess Kent and had issue.
On 10th February 1904 [his brother-in-law] Alexander Teck 1st Earl Athlone and Princess Alice Countess Athlone were married at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. She the daughter of [his uncle] Leopold Saxe Coburg Gotha 1st Duke Albany and Helena Waldeck Duchess Albany.
In 1905 the union of Sweden and Norway was dissoved. [his brother-in-law] Haakon VII King Norway succeeded VII King Norway. [his sister] Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway by marriage Queen Consort Norway.
On 12th July 1905 [his son] John Windsor was born to King George V of the United Kingdom and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England.
The Times. 2nd February 1907.
Their Majesties the [his father] King and [his mother] Queen, attended by the Countess of Gosford, the Hon. Charlotte Knollys, Captain the Hon. Seymour Fortescue, R.N, and Major F. Ponsonby, left the Palace this morning for the British Embassy, Paris.
[his sister] Her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria accompanied Their Majesties to Calais, and proceeded to Christiania on a visit to Their Majesties the [his brother-in-law] King and [his sister] Queen of Norway.
Lady Eva Dugdale and Colonel Sir Henry Knollys (Comptroller and Private Secretary to Her Majesty the Queen of Norway were in attendance upon Her Royal Highness. The King and Queen are travelling u the Duke and Duchess of Lancaster. The Countess of Gosford has succeeded Lady Alice Stanley as Lady in Waiting to Her Majesty.
The Prince of Wales, accompanied by [his son] Prince Edward of Wales, was present at Victoria Station, and took leave of the King and Queen on Their Majesties' departure for Paris. The Hon. Derek Keppel was in attendance.
On 6th May 1910 [his father] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom died. King George V of the United Kingdom succeeded V King of the United Kingdom. [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England by marriage Queen Consort England.
1911. Luke Fildes. Coronation Portrait of King George V of the United Kingdom.
On 22nd June 1911 King George V of the United Kingdom was crowned V King of the United Kingdom. [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England was crowned Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland.
Dorothy Margaret Browne bore Queen Mary's train.
Edward Knollys 2nd Viscount Knollys carried the King's train
The Thistle Chapel, Edinburgh Cathedral was completed by autumn of 1910 with funding provided by John Leslie-Melville 12th Earl of Leven 11th Earl of Melville in time for the first St Andrew's Day gathering of the Knights. The Chapel was formally opened amidst much ceremony on 19 July 1911 by King George V.
In 1912 George Holford and Susannah West Wilson were married at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. [his son] King George VI of the United Kingdom, [his future daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England, [his mother] Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England and [his sister] Princess Victoria Windsor were present. The Times reported ... "The aisle was lined by non-commissioned officers of the bridegroom's old regiment the 1st Life Guards. The bride who was given away by her two sons, wore a gown of old Point d'Alençon lace with a train of gold brocade veiled in chiffon. Instead of a hat she wore a headdress of gold lace and pink roses and she carried a bouquet of orchids ... The King and Queen gave Sir George Holford a pair of sleeve links bearing the Royal monogram in diamonds and rubies."
On 4th June 1913 Emily Wilding Davison was hit by the King's horse Anmer after she had stepped into its path at Tattenham Corner during the Derby at Epsom Racecourse. The jockey Herbert Jones was injured. The King and [his wife] Queen were present. The King recorded in his diary "a most regrettable and scandalous proceeding". She was operated on two days later, but she never regained consciousness.
On 9th August 1914 Alastair Windsor 2nd Duke Connaught and Strathearn was born to Prince Arthur of Connaught and [his niece] Princess Alexandra Duff Duchess Fife at 54 Mount Street Grosvenor Square. He was baptised on 1st September 1914 at his parent's home. His godparents were his maternal great-uncle King George V of the United Kingdom, Alfonso XIII King Spain, his maternal great-grandmother [his mother] Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England, his grandfather [his uncle] Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn, his great-aunt [his aunt] Princess Louise Caroline Alberta Windsor Duchess Argyll and his cousin [his daughter] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood.
On 17th July 1917 [his brother-in-law] Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck was created 1st Marquess Cambridge. Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck by marriage Marchioness Cambridge.
On 7th November 1917 [his brother-in-law] Alexander Teck 1st Earl Athlone was created 1st Earl Athlone. Princess Alice Countess Athlone by marriage Countess Athlone.
On 18th January 1919 [his son] John Windsor died.
On 28th February 1922 [his son-in-law] Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood and [his daughter] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood were married at Westminster Abbey. His best-man was Major Victor Mackenzie 3rd Baronet. Her bridesmaids included Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox, Mary Cambridge Duchess Beaufort, [his future daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, [his niece] Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk, Rachel Cavendish, Helen Diana Bridgeman, Mary Beatrice Thynne Baroness Nunburnholme and Princess May of Teck. The wedding was attending by her father and mother King George V of the United Kingdom and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England. She the daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England. He the son of Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood and Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood.
28th February 1922 . Photograph of the wedding of [his son-in-law] Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood and [his daughter] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood with King George V of the United Kingdom and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England.
On 26th April 1923 [his son] King George VI of the United Kingdom and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England were married at Westminster Abbey. She the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. He the son of King George V of the United Kingdom and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England.
Mary Elphinstone and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon were bridesmaids.
From 1925 to 1926 Vice Admiral Charles Andrew Fountaine served as Naval Aide de Camp to King George V of the United Kingdom.
On 20th November 1925 [his mother] Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England died at Sandringham House, Norfolk at 5.25pm following a heart attack.
Adelaide Mail 1925 November 21. 21st November 1925. Death of [his mother] Queen Alexandra
Peaceful End of a Good Woman
Universal Tributes Of Love And Esteem
Alexandra, Dowager Queen of England, who was 81 years of age, and has been in feeble health for the past three years, was seized with a heart attack on Thursday morning about 11 o'clock and passed away at 5.25 on Friday afternoon.
('The Sun" Cable Service) London. Today. A high authority states that the first seizure which Queen Alexandra suffered occurred at 11 a.m. on Thursday, before she had risen. The dangerous nature of the condition was immediately realized. Queen Alexandra had wonderful vitality and met the crisis with all her courage, but was handicapped by her advanced age, coupled with her weak health for the past three years, which enfeebled her. The seizure followed a slight attack last week, of which the public were not informed.
Oxygen Administered
Despite the repeated administration of oxygen to Queen Alexandra, at 4.15 p.m. yesterday she was rapidly losing her strength, but was fighting death gallantly. She had not then realised the worst. She spoke to the King and Queen.
Last Moments
Sandringham was shrouded in a thick fog, which darkened the windows, at the time of the Queen's death. The scene in the death chamber was tragically impressive. Their Majesties, the [his sister] Queen of Norway, [his sister] Princess Victoria, and the [his sister] Princess Royal arrived dressed in black. Prince Henry sat silently waiting and speaking little, though repeatedly questioning the physicians and expressing a hope for improvement. Queen Alexandra was in a most serious condition at 1 o'clock, but she rallied and appeared to recognize the family grouped at her bedside. She smiled sweetly and then an expression charged with poignant meaning illuminated her pale face. She immediately sank into unconscious ness, in which she died.
Official Bulletin
An official bulletin states that the King and [his wife] Queen and members of the family were at the bedside. Queen Alexandra died at 5.25 p.m.
Prince Delayed
The railway station master at Sandringham broke the news of Queen Alexandra's death to the [his son] Prince of Wales and the [his son] Duke of York, who arrived there at 6.45 p.m. Fog delayed the train carrying the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, who were stunned on learning the news in the station waiting room. Their faces showed the intensity of their grief. They entered a motor car, which crept slowly through the fog to Sandringham. Lady Charlote Knollys, the lady in waiting; was lying ill in another; wing of the House, was among the first to be informed of Queen Alexandra's death.
Queen's Favorite Sister
Queen Alexandra's favorite sister the Dowager-Empress of Russia, is seriously ill at Hvidore, in Denmark. She has repeatedly expressed a wish to see Queen Alexandra.
Place of Burial
If is understood that Queen Alexandra will be buried in the vault alongside her husband and the Duke of Clarence in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, which has been the Boyal family's burial place' for 150 years.
The funeral arrangements have not yet fceen decided, pending the King's wishes but a state funeral in London is certain.
Lord Mayors Message
The King sent this message to the Lord Mayor:— 'I regret to inform you that my beloved mother has passed away." The Lord Mayor replied:— "On behalf of the London citizens I beg Your Majesty to accept our profound sympathy and condolences. The death of your illustrious mother removes a much revered and universally beloved public personality."
Great Press Tributes:
"According to 'The Westminster Gazette' the secret of the popular affection and esteem that Queen Alexandra enjoyed for 60 years was her personal charm and her devotion to her domestic and public duties. In any other walk of life she would have been known as an ideal mother. The extent of her private benefactions will never be known.
Her heavy personal sorrows were thrust bravely aside when public duty claimed her, and she was a gracious and majestic Queen Consort.
'The Daily News' says that Queen Alexandra leaves a memory of a gracious and winning personality, and a name that will always be held 'in honor among her adopted people.'
''The Dally Mail' says: — 'His people Empire-wide tender heartfelt sympathy to the King: in the hour of the greatest bereavement a man can know 'Queen Alexandra's life has been great and good, untouched by a breath of gossip or criticism. She was devoted to the welfare of her people, and was filled with affection and love for her own family and also for all sufferers. Queen Alexandra's wedding, as the first Royal marriage to evoke Empire-wide interest, was a landmark in Imperial history.'
The 'Daily Herald' says that the nation visualises Queen Alexandra as a good wife and good mother, whose most acute affliction was the death of her eldest son. Happily there was another to take his place.
Public Sorrow
Queen Alexandra's peaceful death was announced as Londoner were proceeding homeward along the streets. Immediately hushed expressions of sorrow were general. The news reached the Sandringham Rail way Station as the train was running in. Men removed their hats and women sobbed The Prince of Wales leaped on to the platform before the train stopped and vram followed by the Duke of York, who raised his hat slowly in response to the by standers' sympathy.
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On 24th October 1927 [his brother-in-law] Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck died. He was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. George Cambridge 2nd Marquess Cambridge succeeded 2nd Marquess Cambridge.
On 4th January 1931 [his sister] Louise Windsor Duchess Fife died.
On 29th November 1934 [his son] Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent and [his daughter-in-law] Princess Marina Glücksburg Duchess Kent were married at Westminster Abbey. She by marriage Duchess Kent. The wedding was followed by a Greek ceremony in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace. She had eight bridesmaids: her first cousins Princess Irene Glücksburg, He the son of King George V of the United Kingdom and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England.
On 6th November 1935 [his son] Henry Windsor 1st Duke Gloucester and [his daughter-in-law] Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott Duchess Gloucester were married at Buckingham Palace. She by marriage Duchess Gloucester. She the daughter of John Scott 7th Duke Buccleuch 9th Duke Queensberry and Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury. He the son of King George V of the United Kingdom and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England.
On 20th January 1936 King George V of the United Kingdom died. [his son] King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom succeeded VIII King of the United Kingdom. Duke York merged with the crown.
In 24th March 1953 [his former wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England died.