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5 unusual facts about Alexandra of Denmark


1844 in Denmark

December 1 - Alexandra of Denmark, queen-empress consort of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (died 1925)

Alexandra of Glucksburg

Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), consort of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Earl of Gosford

His son, the fourth Earl, served as Lord-Lieutenant of County Armagh and was also a Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household to Her Majesty Queen Alexandra.

Princess Alexandra of Denmark

Her Royal Highness Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925), wife of Edward VII; later Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom

Queen Alexandra's birdwing

The species was named by Walter Rothschild in 1907, in honour of Alexandra of Denmark.


Georgina Battiscombe

Her best known books were biographies of the Victorian romantic novelist Charlotte Mary Yonge (1943); Catherine Gladstone, the wife of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (1956); English churchman John Keble (1963); and Alexandra of Denmark (1969).

James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn

Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton (1876–1918), who had HRH Princess Alexandra of Wales as sponsor at her baptism, she was lost at sea aboard RMS Leinster, unmarried.

Margaret Lindsay Williams

She is best known as a portrait painter and was commissioned to paint portraits of Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary, the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, at least five portraits of the present Queen Elizabeth II, President Warren Harding, Henry Ford, and Field Marshal Slim.

Maria Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn

Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton (1876–1918), who had The Princess of Wales as sponsor at her baptism, she was lost at sea aboard RMS Leinster, unmarried.

Princess Augusta of Cambridge

In making preparations for the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1901, the Duke of Norfolk consulted her on matters of etiquette and attire.

Queen Alexandra Bridge

It was built by Sir William Arrol between 1907 and 1909 and officially opened by The Earl of Durham, on behalf of Queen Alexandra on June 10, 1909.

Queens Park, Western Australia

It was agreed that the name would be changed to Queens Park to honour Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII.

Royal Doulton

When the Anglican St. Alban's Church was built in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1887 with Alexandra, Princess of Wales as one of the driving forces, Doulton donated and manufactured an altarpiece, a pulpit and a font.

Yellow Mansion, Copenhagen

With him, due to the prominent lives of his offspring, the fairly modest mansion became the birthplace of such European royalty as Frederick VIII of Denmark, Alexandra, Queen of the United Kingdom, George I of Greece and Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia.


see also

Princess Alexandra of Denmark

Her Excellency Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, formerly Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1964- ), née Alexandra Christina Manley - ex-wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark