Page:Dod's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage etc. of Great Britain and Ireland.djvu/61

This page needs to be proofread.

37 THE ROYAL FAMILY mar. 1858, Prince Frederick William Nicholas C'harles of Prussia (afterwards German Emperor and King of Prussia; died 1888); died 1901, leaving — Prince Frederick William Victor Albert, K.G., G.C.V.O. (German Emperor and King of Prussia). Born 1859 ; Hon. Admiral of the Fleet 1889 ; Field-Marshal in British Army, and Col.-in-Chief 1st Boyal Dragoons; siucrcdrd his father 1888; mar. 1881, Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holsteln- Sonderburg-Au^ti'iiliurg, and has issue. Prince AlbertAVillia.m Henry, K.G., G.C.B., Hon. Admiral of the British Jv'avy. Born 1862 ; mar. 1888, Ills cousin, Princess Irene of Hesse (nee below), V.A., and has issue. Princess Victoria Elizabeth Augusta Charlotte. V.A., C.I. Born 1860 ; mar. 1878, Bernard, Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, G.C.B.. and has issue. Princess Frederika Wilhelmisa Amelia Victoria, V.A. Born 1866 ; mar. 1890, H.S.H. Adolphe of Schaumburg-Lippe, G.C.B. Princess Sophia Dorothea Ulrika Alice, V.A. Bom 1870 ; mar. 1899, the Duke of Sparta (Crown Prince of tlie Hellenes), G.C.B. , and has issue. Princess Margaeet Beatrice Feodora. Born 1872 ; mar. 1893, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, G.C.B., and has issue. H.R.H. the late Princess Alice. Born 1843 ; mar. 1862, H.R.H. Frederick William Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (he died 1892) ; died 1878, leaving issue — Prince Ernest Louis Charles Albert William, E.G., G.C.B., Grand Duke of Hesse. Born 1868 ; succeeded 1892 ; mar. 1894, Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (see above) ; 2nd, 1903, Eleanor Ernestine Marie, of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, and has issue. Princess Victoria Alberta Elizabeth Matilda Mary. Born 1863 ; mar. 1884, H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg (lide Batteuberg in I'arfc I.), G.C.B., E..N., and has issue. Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Luise Alice, V.A. Born 1864 ; mar. 1884, the Grand Duke Serge of Hussia, G.C.B., who was assassinated 1905. Princess Irene Marie Luise Anna. Born 1866 ; mar. 1888, Prince Henry of Prussia (see above). Princess Alix Victoria Alice Helena Luise Beatrix (Alexandra Feodorovna), V.A. Born 1872; mar. 1894, H.I.M. Nicholas II, Emperor of all the Russias, K.G., Hon. Adnriral of the Fleet, 1808, and has issue. H.R.H. Helena August.^ Victoria, Princess of the United Kingdom, V.A., C.I., R.R.C. Born 1846 ; mar. 1866, H.R.H. Prince Frederick Christian Charles Augustus of Schleswig-Holstein, K.G., P.C., G.C.V.O., gen. in the British Army; Personal A.D.C. to the King since 1910; lion. D.C.L. Oxford 1910. Residence — Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park. Has had issue — • The late Prince Christian Victor Albert Ludwio Ernest Anton, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., D.S.O. ; capt. and brevet-maj. King's Royal Rifle Corps; died at Pretoria of fever contracted on service in the South African war, 1900. Prince Albert John Charles Frederick Alfred George, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., capt. in Prussian Hussars of the Guard. Born 1869. Princess Victoria Marie Louise Sophia Augusta Amelia Helena, V.A., C.I., R.R.C, and has Order of Mercy. Born 1870. Princess Franziska Josepha Louise Auguste Marie Christiana Helena, V.A., C.I. Born 1872 ; mar. 1891, H.H. Prince Ariljert of Anhalt, G.C.B. (marriage dissolved, 1900). H.R.H. Louise Caroline Alberta, Princess of the United Kingdom, Duchess of Argyll, V.A., C.I., R.I^.C. Born 1848 ; m. 1871, the Marciuis of Lome, K.T., G.C.M.G., eldest son of the 1st Duke of Argyll, who succeeded his father 1900 {see Argyll, in Part I.) ."^H.R.H. Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore, Princess of the United Kingdom, V.A., C.I., R.R.C, Governor of the Isle of Wight, LL.D. (Glasgow Univ.). Born 1857 ; mar. 1885, Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg, K.G., P.O., who died of fever contracted during Aslianti Exped. 1890. Residences — • Osborne Cottage, Isle of Wight ; Kensington Palace. Issue — Prince Alexander Albert, G.C.V.O. 1911 ; K.C.V.O. 1910. Born 1886 ; late midshipman R.N. ; 2nd lieut. Grenadier Guards, 1909 ; Knight of Justice of Order of St. John of Jerusalem, 1913. Prince Leopold Arthur Louis. K.C.V.O. 1911. Born 1889; lieut. King's Roy. Rifle Corps since 1912. Princess Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena, Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain (H.R.H. by Royal command, April 3rd, 1906). Born 1887, m. 1906, H.M. King Alfonso XIII of Spain, K.G., G.C.V.O,, General in the British Army, Col.-in-Chicf 16tii Lancers ; has issue. H.R.H. Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lline- burg, o. s. of George Frederick Alexander Charles Augustus, King of Hanover, by Princess Alex- andrina Maria (d. 1907), dau. of Joseph, tlie Reigning Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Born 21 Sept. 1845 ; mar. 1878, H.R.H. Princess Thyra Amelie Caroline Charlotte Anne, youngest dau. of Christian IX of Denmark ; sue. his father in the dukedom 1878 ; col. of the 42nd Austrian Infantry Regi- ment. Residences — Gmunden, Austria ; Penzing, near Vienna. 1. H.R.H. Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick. Born 17 Nov. 1887 ; mar. 1913, Princess Victoria Louise, dau. of the German Emperor. Other issue — H.R.H. Princess M.VRV Louisa. Born 1879 ; mar. 1900, Prince Maximilian of Baden. H.R.H. Princess Alexandra Louise. Born 1882 ; mar. 1904, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schweriu. H.R.H. Princess Olga Adelaide. Born 1884. H.R.H. Frederica Sophia, Priiie^s^ of the United King.iom. Born 184S : mar. 1880, Baron von Pawel Rammingen, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., V.D. Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchess of. — H.R.H. Augusta Caroline Charlotte Eliza- beth Mary Sophia Louisa, Princess of the United Kingdom, C.I., elder dau. of the 1st Duke of Cambridge. B. 1822 ; m. 1843, Prince Frederick William, Reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, K.G., G.C.B., who died 1904, leaving issue. Residence — Mecklenburg-Strelitz. For other tyiembers of the Royal Family see Gleichen, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Teak.