Description: Queen Victoria’s Daughters-in-law, Hardcover by Kiste, John Van Der, ISBN 1399001450, ISBN-13 9781399001458, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Of Queen Victoria’s four sons, the eldest married a Danish princess, one a Russian Grand Duchess, and the other two princesses of German royal first to join the family of the 'Grandmama of Europe’ was Alexandra, eldest daughter of the prince about to become King Christian IX of Denmark. Charming, ever sympathetic and widely considered one of the most attractive royal women of her time, she was prematurely deaf and suffered from a limp which was made fashionable by court ladies due to her popularity. Alexandra proved an ideal wife for the Prince of Wales, later King Edward Duchess Marie, daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and wife of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and later Saxe-Coburg Gotha, was cultured and intelligent, but dowdy, haughty and, convinced of the Romanovs’ superiority, resented having to give precedence at court to her of Prussia, a niece of William I, German Emperor, had the good fortune to escape from a miserable family life in Berlin and marry Arthur, Duke of Connaught, a dedicated army officer who was always the Queen’s favorite among her , Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont, sister of Emma, Queen Consort of the Netherlands, became the wife of the cultured Leopold, Duke of Albany, but he was hemophiliac and their marriage was destined to be the briefest of all, cut short by his sudden death less than three years four were very different personalities, proved themselves to be supportive wives, mothers and daughters-in-law in their own way, and dedicated workers for charity at home and abroad. Based partly on previously unpublished material from the Royal Archives at Windsor and Madrid, and the Leonie Leslie Papers, University of Chicago, this is the first book to study all four as a family group.
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Book Title: Queen Victoria's Daughters-In-Law
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books The Limited
Publication Year: 2023
Topic: Royalty, Modern / 19th Century, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / General
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Author: John Van Der Kiste
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
