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Maud of Wales (Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria; 26 November 1869 – 20 November 1938) was Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII.The youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, she was known as Princess Maud of Wales before her marriage, as her father was the Prince of Wales at the time.
Maud was born at East Sheen Lodge, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, on 3 April 1893.Her father was Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife. [3] He was raised from Earl to Duke of Fife following marriage to Maud's mother, Princess Louise of Wales, the third child and eldest daughter of the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
The wedding dress of Princess Maud of Wales was worn at her wedding to Prince Carl of Denmark on 22 July 1896 in the Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace.Maud was the youngest daughter of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales; Carl was the second son of Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Louise of Denmark.
TSS Princess Maud was a ferry that operated from 1934 usually in the Irish Sea apart from a period as a troop ship in the Second World War and before being sold outside the United Kingdom in 1965. She was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton on the Firth of Clyde for the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). [ 1 ]
Maud of Wales, later Queen Maud of Norway, daughter of Edward VII of the United Kingdom; Maud Carnegie, Countess of Southesk, granddaughter of Edward VII of the United Kingdom; known as "Her Highness Princess Maud" from 1905 to 1923
Maud or Matilda Fitzroy, was a duchess consort of Brittany by her marriage to Conan III, Duke of Brittany. She was an illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England by one of his unknown mistresses . [ 1 ]
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The Royal Mausoleum contains two sarcophagi: in a white sarcophagus of marble rest King Haakon VII of Norway (1872–1957) and Queen Maud of Norway (1869–1938), née Princess Maud of Wales, [1] [2] and in a green sarcophagus rest King Olav V of Norway (1903–1991) and Crown Princess Märtha of Norway (1901–1954), née Princess of Sweden.