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Albert (left) with his elder brother, Ernest, and mother, Louise, shortly before her exile from court Prince Albert was born on 26 August 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg, Germany, the second son of Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and his first wife, Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. [2]
Alice Frederica Keppel (née Edmonstone; [1] 29 April 1868 – 11 September 1947) was an aristocrat, British society hostess and a long-time mistress of King Edward VII.. Keppel grew up at Duntreath Castle, the family seat of the Edmonstone baronets in Scotland.
Edward the Elder reportedly took Ecgwynn as his royal mistress, and she gave birth to his only son and heir, Æthelstan.The suggestion that Ecgwynn was Edward's mistress is accepted by some historians, such as Simon Keynes and Richard Abels, [5] but Yorke and Æthelstan's biographer, Sarah Foot, disagree, arguing that the allegations should be seen in the context of the disputed succession in ...
Marguerite Marie Alibert (9 December 1890 – 2 January 1971 [1] [2]), also known as Maggie Meller, [3] Marguerite Laurent, and Princess Fahmy, was a French socialite.She started her career as a prostitute and later courtesan in Paris, and from 1917 to 1918, she had an affair with the prince of Wales (later Edward VIII).
The new-born Albert Victor with his parents, 1864. Albert Victor was born two months prematurely on 8 January 1864 at Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire.He was the first child of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and his wife Alexandra of Denmark.
She had attended all the gay parties and her photograph had appeared everywhere. Within a month of meeting the Prince of Wales, crowds started to collect whenever she, alone or in his company, drove in London. It was presumed Lillie had become the mistress of Albert Edward, The Prince of Wales (later Edward VII – "Bertie" for family and friends).
Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco recently opened up to Paris Matchabout the early days of knowing one another — and how it wasn’t exactly love at first sight for the couple.. The ...
She was Mistress of the Robes under several Whig administrations: 1837–1841, 1846–1852, 1853–1858, and 1859–1861; and a great friend of Queen Victoria. She was an important figure in London's high society, and used her social position to undertake various philanthropic undertakings including the protest of the English ladies against ...