Princess Alice | |||||
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Countess of Athlone | |||||
Born |
Windsor Castle, Berkshire |
25 February 1883||||
Died | 3 January 1981 Kensington Palace, London |
(aged 97)||||
Burial | Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire | ||||
Spouse | Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone | ||||
Issue |
Lady May Abel Smith Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon Prince Maurice of Teck (died in infancy) |
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House |
Windsor (since 1917) Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (until 1917) |
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Father | Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany | ||||
Mother | Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont |
Full name | |
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Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline |
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, GCVO, GBE, GCStJ, VA (Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline; née Princess Alice of Albany; 25 February 1883 – 3 January 1981), was a member of the British Royal Family. She is the longest-lived Princess of the Blood Royal of the British Royal Family and the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. She also held the titles of Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess in Saxony from birth, as well as a Princess of Teck by marriage, until 1917 when the British Royal Family ceased usage of German titles. She was godmother to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, who is the granddaughter of her first cousin on her mother's side, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
Princess Alice was born 25 February 1883 at Windsor Castle. Her father was Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, the youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her mother was Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont. She had one brother, Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany (1884–1954) and later reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1900–1918). As the granddaughter of the Sovereign through the male line, she was a Princess of the United Kingdom and a Royal Highness. As the daughter of the Duke of Albany, she was, therefore, styled Her Royal Highness Princess Alice of Albany.