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Today marks Victoria Day (Fête de la Reine), a Canadian national holiday to honor Queen Victoria’s birthday. It’s celebrated on the last Monday before May 25. Much like Memorial Day weekend in the …
Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck; Prince Francis, Duke of Teck, c. late 1860s.
House of Coburg, of Leiningen & of Hanover: Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Today Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld is best known by her marital title of Duchess of Kent and...
Block #4 Alfred by Denniele Bohannon Prince Alfred (1844-1900), called Affie in the Royal Family Affie was often paired with his older brother. As a small child he was pretty, sweet and compliant (unlike Bertie.) Affie's childish misbehavior was forgiven more often than that of the royal heir. Letter from the Queen to Vicky when the boys were in their teens: "Affie is going on admirably and oh! when I see him...and look at...! (You know what I mean!) I am in utter despair!" Bertie and Affie with their tutor Mr. Gibbs in 1854 Affie and Bertie were close despite their parents' show of preference. In later life Bertie's revenge was calling Affie "a crashing bore." Affie with the Duchess of Kent and sister Alice about 1860, the year before Grandmama died Alfred at 3, an etching by his mother. National Gallery of Victoria, Australia https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/40788/ Alfred was fascinated by the Navy and at the age of 14 he went to sea. Lieutenant in the Royal Navy at 21 He was away on duty when Prince Albert died in 1861. As a sailor he led a more adventurous life than that of his brothers. He survived being shot by an assassin at a picnic in Sydney, Australia when he was in his mid 20s. (It is surprising to find how many disaffected and/or insane subjects fired at the Royal Family over the years.) And being a man of the world he ran with a fast set of "swells," just like his brother Bertie---too much like his brother Bertie. As the boys grew into men, their mother was disgusted with their late Victorian excesses. Whereas she grew to care for Bertie, she did not really like Alfred, telling Vicky that the 30-year-old Affie was showing "no improvement in him as yet---otherwise. There is the same ungracious, reserved manner which makes him so little liked" Alfred was given an English title, the Duke of Edinburgh. But these children of German grandparents were also German royalty. When Uncle Ernest (Prince Albert's only brother) died with no heirs in 1893 Alfred accepted his position as Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha. David Oakes as Uncle Ernest Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha His successor: Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha The real Alfred's face and style here make it hard to tell him from other European rulers before World War I---all relatives. Alfred preferred the British Navy to running two small German Duchies, the yellow spots here in today's Bavaria & Thuringia. His life there was not happy. He was said to love music and play the violin badly. He collected ceramics and glass, a collection now housed in the Coburg Fortress. Marie Alexandrovna (1852-1920) A Romanoff She and Alfred had one son and four daughters Marriage to Marie Alexandrovna of Russia was designed to bring two powerhouse states closer but Marie, daughter of the Tsar, did not endear herself to her English in-laws. Just who had higher status? The daughter of the English Queen or of the Russian Tsar? There was much discussion. Royal cover-up of the suicide During their 25th wedding anniversary celebration in 1899 their only son Alfred shot himself and died a few days later. Affie himself died soon after of cancer. Prince Alfred in Scottish regalia The end of Affie's life was rather sad but I would guess that like his older brother he enjoyed most of his 60+ years. Block #4 Alfred by Mark Lauer The Block The larger pattern is for a 12" Block; the smaller for an 8" Block. To Print: Create a word file or an empty JPG file. Click on the image above. Right click on it and save it to your file. Print that file 8-1/2" x 11". Check to be sure the inch square box measures 1". You'll need 4 copies if you are going to piece it over paper foundations. The block is constructed in triangles—-Triangles are flipped and pieced into squares, four to a block. Each pattern includes paper foundations for 8” & 12” blocks, which you can also use for template piecing. Add a 1/4” seam allowance when you cut the fabric using the templates. In Block #4 the triangles are identical except four are flipped over. And those four have a different color for Point A, purple in one set in the sketch and a different purple for the other. Block #4 Alfred by Becky Brown Textile of the Week Becky & Denniele used a blue reproduction fabric for star points. Decades ago Terry Thompson and I had a document scrap of this print, a shirting scale cotton designed to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. We sent it off the Japan to be copied and I don't think it ever came back. I've never found another photo of an original. (Sigh!) But many thousands of yards of our repro were printed in blues, tans and reds in the line we called Victoria's Crown. It isn't the best print we ever did. I never liked smudging up the background, a trend in the 1990s to make fabric look "primitive"----grunge. But heck, it's the only Queen Victoria shirting print I ever reproduced. And I wish I still had some to give away. Here's another shirting-scale print produced for the earlier 1887 celebration of her 50th anniversary on the throne. Read a Book a Week: Alfred: Queen Victoria's Second Son by John Van der Kiste
September 9, 1895 Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, the third daughter of four daughters of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Duke of Edinburgh) was today "formally betrothed" to Hereditary Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Princess Alexandra is seventeen years old, and her future husband is thirty-two. The date of the wedding has not been announced. Alexandra's two older sisters, Marie and Victoria Melita are married to the Crown Prince of Romania and the Grand Duke of Hesse and By Rhine, respectively. Alexandra is the granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Her future husband is a grandson of Victoria's older half-sister, Princess Feodora of Leiningen. He is the son of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Leopoldine of Baden. https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-princess-of-hohenlohe-langenburg.html
Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein was born at Grünholz Castle on 31 December 1885 as the daughter of Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. She would be the eldest of six children and was followed by Alexandra Victoria (born 21 April 1887), Helena Adelaide (born 1 June 1888), Adelaide [read more]
Princess Stephanie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha married Jan Stahl in a civil ceremony in Gotha, Germany, on July 5, 2018 German Princess Stephanie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha marries Jan Stahl. The nuptials took place at the Friedenstein castle and was the first royal wedding there in over 200 years. The duo was then seen watering the new tree that they planted to celebrate their union, pictured. The duo Princess Stephanie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Jan Stahl have reportedly been dating for several years, and while it is the first marriage for both of them, Jan has a son from a previous relationship. The nuptials took place at the Friedenstein castle and was the first royal wedding to take place there in over 200 years. Princess Stephanie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha dressed in an elegant ivory two-piece, the buttoned blazer was embroidered with fine satin patterns and coordinated with her knee-length skirt. She accessorized it with a pair of understated pearl earrings and a necklace, wearing her hair swept into a chignon. Meanwhile, BMW engineer Jan Stahl opted for a mustard waistcoat, long blazer and a red polka dot tie as he kissed his bride passionately, was seen posing with shovels as they planted a tree to celebrate their union' Princess Stephanie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha married Jan Stahl in a civil ceremony in Gotha, Germany on July 5, 2018. Their religious wedding is said to be taking place on July 7 at the St. Moritz Kirche in Coburg.
House of Wettin & of Coburg: Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (Luise von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg) Princess Louise (Luise) was the only child of Duke Augustus of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and his...
