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Princess Alice of Battenberg (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 25 February 1885 – 5 December 1969) was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II, and paternal grandmother of King Charles III.
Silvia Renate Sommerlath was born in Heidelberg, Germany, on 23 December 1943, [1] the only daughter of Alice (née Soares de Toledo) and Walther Sommerlath.Her father was German and her mother Brazilian.
Victoria was born on 14 July 1977 at 21:45 CET [1] at the Karolinska Hospital in Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden, and is the oldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. She is a member of the House of Bernadotte. Born as a princess of Sweden, she was designated crown princess in 1979 (SFS 1979:932) ahead of her younger brother.
Queen Louise also admired Swedish nature and in particular Swedish women, because of what she considered their natural dignity regardless of class, [1] and remarked that she had never seen a country with less vulgarity than Sweden. [1] Queen Louise had several Pomeranian dogs which she would hide about her person when visiting abroad which ...
A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Alice of Battenberg, the eldest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg and his wife Princess Victoria of Hesse, was born in Windsor Castle in 1885.
Queen consort from 1844–1859 Princess Louise of the Netherlands: Lovisa 5 August 1828 19 June 1850 30 March 1871 Crown Prince Carl: Queen consort from 1859 Princess Sophia of Nassau [8] Sofia 9 July 1836 6 June 1857 30 December 1913 Prince Oscar, Duke of Östergötland: Queen consort from 1872–1907 Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg: Teresia
Alice de Toledo Sommerlath (née Alice Soares de Toledo; 25 May 1906 – 9 March 1997) was the mother of Queen Silvia, wife of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. Early life [ edit ]
Queen Victoria's sons Edward VII, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn were not haemophiliacs; however, her daughters Alice and Beatrice were confirmed carriers of the gene, and Victoria's son Leopold had haemophilia, making his daughter Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone a carrier as well.