Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
“a hint of resumed cheerfulness”
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Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Princess Alice was Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until her death in 1878 as the wife of Grand Duke Louis IV. She was the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Alice was the first of Queen Victoria's nine children to die and one of three to predecease their mother.
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culture · British princess (1843–1878) · nurse · politician · painter · aristocrat · also Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Alice Maud Mary, Princess Alice Maud Mary, Princess Alice, Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, HRH The Princess Alice
Born 25 April 1843 · Died 14 December 1878 · Q155566
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2026· 3 entries
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
“my letter did not distress you – but it is better to be quite honest about all one”
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“the saddest day I can remember”
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1953· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Her grandson Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma gave a lecture on the hospital
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1905· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Met a similar fate, being killed by the Bolsheviks the day after the former tsar and tsaritsa
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1879· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Queen Victoria erected a memorial to Alice in the form of a Celtic cross, situated in the grounds of Balmoral Castle
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1878· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Died 1878-12-14.
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1877· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Alice became grand duchess upon the accession of her husband, her increased duties putting further strains on her health
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1875· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Resumed her public duties, including fund-raising, medical and social work, which had always held her interest
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1871· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Wrote to Alice's younger sister, Princess Louise, who had recently married: "Don't let Alice pump you
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1870· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Strauss wanted to dedicate his new work Lectures on Voltaire to Alice, but he was too afraid to ask her; she spared him the need by asking him to dedicate them to her
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1866· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Austria called for Prussia to hand over administration of Schleswig-Holstein, which had until that point been jointly administered by the two powers, to the Duke of Augustenberg
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1863· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Travelled to England for the marriage of her brother, the Prince of Wales, and Princess Alexandra of Denmark
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1861· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Alice's compassion for other people's suffering established her role as the family caregiver in 1861.
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1860· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Ostensibly so they could watch the Ascot Races in the company of the royal family, but in reality, the visit was a chance for the Queen to inspect her potential son-in-law
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1858· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Alice and the three younger of her sisters were granted use of the royal arms, with an inescutcheon of the shield of Saxony, representing her father
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1854· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
During the Crimean War, the eleven-year-old Alice toured London hospitals for wounded soldiers with her mother and her eldest sister
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1844· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Victoria and Albert purchased Osborne House on the Isle of Wight as a family holiday home
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1843· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Born 1843-04-25.
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1835· 1 entry
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Published The Life of Jesus, which argued that the miracles of Jesus were nonfactual myths and that the Bible could not be literally interpreted as God's word, a view akin to heresy in orthodox circles
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