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  Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia, later the Duchess of Connaught (25 July 1860 - 14 July 1917) was the wife of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, the third son and seventh child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
A Prussian princess who married into the British Royal Family at the age of 19, the Duchess of Connaught is mainly remembered for accompanying her husband, a career army officer, to Malta, India, South Africa, and finally to Canada, where he was governor general from 1911 to 1916.
Her Royal Highness Princess Luise Marguerite Alexandra Victoria Agnes was born at Marmorpalais (Marble Palace) near Potsdam, Germany, the third daughter of Field Marshal Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828-1888) and Princess Marie of Anhalt-Dessau (1837-1906).
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 Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia later the of Connaught (25 July 1860 - 14 July 1917) was the wife of Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught the third son and seventh child Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
A Prussian princess who married into British Royal Family at the age of 19 the of Connaught is mainly remembered for accompanying husband a career army officer to Malta India South Africa and finally to Canada where he was governor general from 1911 to 1916.
Her Royal Highness Princess Luise Marguerite Alexandra Agnes was born at Marmorpalais (Marble Palace) Potsdam Germany the third daughter of Field Marshal Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828-1888) and Princess of Anhalt-Dessau (1837-1906).
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 Encyclopedia: Princess Patricia of Connaught   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Her Royal Highness The Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar) (20 February 1867-4 January 1931), was the third child and the eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (6 July 1868-3 December 1935) was the fourth child and second daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Queen Alexandra.
Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (3 April 1893-14 December 1945) was the younger daughter of Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife and Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife.
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 CONK! Encyclopedia: Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
At the age of fifty the Duke of Kent and Strathearn married Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, the sister of Princess Charlotte's widower Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and widow of Karl, Prince of Leiningen.
Princess Victoria's father died of pneumonia eight months after she was born.
When Princess Victoria of Kent was eleven years old, her uncle, King George IV, died childless, leaving the throne to his brother, the Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, who became King William IV.
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 Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Princess Patricia of Connaught (17 March 1886 - 12 January 1974); married 27 February 1919 Sir Alexander Ramsay (29 May 1881 - 8 October 1972 ; and had issue.
Marguerite Bourgeoys School: St. Marguerite Bourgeoys The story of the school's patron saint.
Marguerite Bourgeoys, Founder of the CND Illustrated biography adapted from the Introduction to Patricia Simpson's "Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665."
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 Princess Knight - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Princess Knight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
'Princess Knight', also known as 'Choppy and the Princess', was a 1967 Japanese children's animated series called 'Ribbon No Kishi' that was dubbed into English and brought over to Western audiences in 1970 (in 1973, this series was premiered in Brazil it's very reminded by its fans, with the dubbing in Portuguese).
Princess Knight had a similar animation and character design style as Astro Boy, and was targeted towards the same age range.
Taking place in a Medieval, fairy-tale setting, Princess Knight is the story of young Princess Sapphire who must pretend to be a male prince so she can inherit the throne (as women are not eligible to do so).
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 Princess Patricia of Connaught - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
She was the first of the Royal Family out of two to formally relinquish her title of a British princess and the style of Her Royal Highness.
Her mother was Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Connaught (nee Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia).
She had two elder siblings, TRH Prince Arthur of Connaught and Princess Margaret of Connaught, later Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden.
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 Encyclopedia: Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife
Princess Margaret of Connaught, Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah Wettin (January 15, 1882 - May 1, 1920), Crown Princess of Sweden, was the daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and his wife, the Princess Luise Marguerite of Prussia, and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
Her Highness Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife also known as Lady Alexandra Duff and later as HRH Princess Arthur of Connaught, (17 May 1891-26 February 1959), was a member of the British Royal Family.
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 victoria of the united kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Victoria was born on May 24, 1819 to Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (fourth son of King George III) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg, sister of King Leopold I of the Belgians and widow of Emich, 2nd Prince of Leiningen.
Leopold's first wife, Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, was the only child of the Prince Regent (future King George IV).
What is clear is that she passed it on to at least two of her daughters (Princesses Alice and Beatrice) with tragic consequences.
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 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 13 March 1879, Arthur married Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia, the daughter of Prince Friedrich of Prussia and a grand-niece of the German Emperor Wilhelm I, at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
Princess Patricia of Connaught (17 March 1886 - 12 January 1974); married 27 February 1919 Captain (later Admiral) Sir Alexander Ramsay (29 May 1881 - 8 October 1972); and had issue.
Governors General however, were still appointed by the British, and Arthur was the first member of the British Royal Family to serve in the post, helping to strengthen ties between the British monarchy and Canada.
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 Royal Facts of 2000, PART I
Princess Birgitta of Liechtenstein (fourth and youngest daughter of the late Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein and of Archduchess Agnes of Austria) married Count Ottó Mária József László Károly Hyginus Jankovich-Bésán de Pribér, Vuchin et Duna-Szekcsö in a civil ceremony in Vaduz, Liechtenstein on December 18th.
Princess Dorothea of Schönburg-Waldenburg (daughter of the late Prince Ulrich of Schönburg-Waldenburg and of the late Princess Pauline of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and widow of Prince Ferdinand of Lippe-Weissenfeld) died on December 17th.
Princess Maria of Roumania (fifth and youngest daughter of Mihaï I, King of Roumania and of Princess Anne of Bourbon of Parma) and her husband Kazimierz Mystkowski divorced.
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 Victoria of the United Kingdom - The Jiggies Reference Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
She was born on May 24, 1819, to Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (fourth son of King George III) and Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, sister of King Leopold I of the Belgians and widow of HSH Emich, 2nd Prince of Leiningen.
After Princess Charlotte's death in 1817, there was a scramble by George III's younger sons to abandon their mistresses, marry, and beget an heir to the realm.
Source: report of a conversation with Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom in which she talked of the health problems of Prince William of Gloucester.
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 CONK! Encyclopedia: Queen_Victoria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Her educator was the Reverend George Davys and her governess was Louise Lehzen.
As the new king was childless, the young Princess Victoria became heiress-presumptive to the throne.
Though she did not suffer from the disease, she passed it on to Princess Alice and Princess Beatrice as carriers, and Prince Leopold was affected with the disease.
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 Princess Margaret of Connaught - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Princess Margaret of Connaught, (Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah Wettin) (January 15, 1882 – May 1, 1920), later Crown Princess of Sweden, was the daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria, and his wife, the Princess Luise Marguerite of Prussia.
She was confirmed in the private chapel at Windsor Castle in March 1898.
Princess Ingrid, later Queen of Denmark (1910-2000), mother of the present Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
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 Queen Victoria biography
Victoria (baptized as Alexandrina Victoria) was born May 24, 1819, at Kensington Palace, whence her parents had temporarily removed from their home in Germany, in order that the child, a possible claimant for the British throne, might be born on English soil.
The princess, left fatherless when eight months of age, was taught by her mother and the Duchess of Northumberland.
She ascended the throne on the death of her uncle, William IV (q.v.), June 20, 1837.
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Princess Victoria's father, the Duke of Kent, died eight months after she was born.
When Princess Victoria of Kent was eleven years old, her uncle, George IV, died childless, leaving the Throne to his brother, William IV.
HRH The Princess Louise, married a Scottish Duke.
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 Prince Arthur of Connaught   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He was the only son and the second child of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, the third son of Queen Victoria, and his wife, Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia.
His bride, originally styled Lady Alexandra Duff, received the title of princess of Great Britain and Ireland with the qualification of Highness from her gradfather, Edward VII, on November 9, 1905.
Due to a special remainder, she succeeded her father's titles, the dukedom of Fife and the earldom of MacDuff in the peerage of the United Kingdom, on 26 January 1912.
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 Who's Who - Passchendaele
The Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry was named in honour of the princess, who agreed to be its colonel-in-chief.
Founder of the the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Gault was a 33-year-old Montreal millionaire who had served with the Canadian Mounted Rifles in South Africa.
He was uncomfortable watching from the sidelines as the Princess Patricia's fought at Mount Sorrel and the Somme and were successful at Vimy.
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 Art Fresh : Article 'Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Their sympathies created a rift among Queen Victoria's extended family, since Victoria's younger brother, the Prince of Wales, was married to Princess Alexandra of Denmark, the elder daughter of Christian IX of Denmark, who was also reigning duke of the disputed territories of Schleswig and Holstein.
The remains of his wife, Princess Beatrice, were placed there in August 1945 and those of his eldest son, the Marquess of Carisbrooke, in July 1961.
Footnote 1 The children of Prince and Princess Christian would have borne the titles of Prince or Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderberg-Augustenberg with the style Serene Highness.
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 Encyclopedia: Canadian Vice Regal Consort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Albert Grey Sir Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey (November 28, 1851 – August 29, 1917) was the ninth Governor General of Canada from 1904 to 1911.
Her Royal Highness Princess Alice of Albany (25 February 1883 - 3 January 1981), was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
Adrienne Clarkson Her Excellency The Right Honourable Adrienne Louise Clarkson, CC, CMM, COM, CD (born February 10, 1939), is the current Governor General of Canada.
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 Definition of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
On 13 March 1879, Arthur married Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia, the daughterr of Prince Friedrich of Prussia and a grand-niece of the German Emperor Wilhelm I, at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret of Connaught (15 January 1882 - 1 May 1920); married 15 June 1905 then-Crown Prince Gustav Adolph of Sweden (11 November 1882 - 15 September 1973); and had issue.
Her Royal Highness Princess Patricia of Connaught (17 March 1886 - 12 January 1974); married 27 February 1919 Captain (later Admiral) Sir Alexander Ramsay (29 May 1881 - 8 October 1972); and had issue.
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 Connaught and Strathearn, Arthur William Patrick Albert - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Connaught and ...
He followed a career with the army and was made Duke of Connaught and Strathearn in 1874.
In 1879 he married Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia (1860–1917); they had three children: Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden (1882–1920), Prince Arthur (1883–1938), and Lady Patricia Ramsay (1886–1974).
After attending the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, London, in 1866, he served in Egypt and India before becoming commander-in-chief of the army in Ireland in 1900.
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 Princess Louise Marguerite Of Prussia Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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See live article   Princess Margaret of Connaught Princess Margaret of Connaught, Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah Wettin (January 15, 1882 - May 1, 1920), Crown Princess of Sweden, was the daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and his wife, the Princess Luise Marguerite of Prussia, and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
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 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
On 13 March 1879, the Duke of Connaught married Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia, the daguther of Prince Friedrich of Prussia and a grand-niece of the German Emperor Wilhelm I, at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
The couple had three children - two daughters (Princess Margaret of Connaught and Princess Patricia of Connaught, and one son, Prince Arthur of Connaught.
Though the name of the Royal House was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the actual family name, as told to Queen Victoria when she had the issue looked into, was Wettin.
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