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- Birth nameAlexandra Caroline Mary Charlotte Louisa Julia
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Queen Alexandra was born Princess Alexandra Caroline Mary Charlotte Louisa Julia on December 1, 1844. She was the granddaughter of the king of Denmark. She lived an uneventful childhood in the palaces of Denmark with her sister, Marie, who became the mother of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. When Alex, as she was called, turned 16 she was considered a great beauty, and won the hand of the heir to the throne of England. She and Prince Albert Edward, or "Bertie", were married on March 10, 1863. They had six children including the future King George V. The first 40 years of marriage were very turbulent for Alexandra. As well as the six children, she had to contend with a brother-in-law (the husband of Bertie's sister Helena) whose family wanted a stake in the Schleswig-Holstein lands that had belonged to the kings of Denmark for generations. Finally in 1901 her mother-in-law, Queen Victoria, died, making her husband King Edward VII and she, in turn, Queen Consort. During her time as Queen she did many things to make England better, including the establishment of The Red Cross.
In 1910, however, something happened to change everything. Her husband of almost 50 years died. On his death bed she did a very magnanimous thing: she allowed his mistress, Alice Keppel, to say goodbye to him. After his death she lived at the house in which she had lived during her marriage. Unfortunately, she also lived with the increasing deafness that plagued her life as well as that of her son Albert Victor, who would have become king if he had not died. Alexandra died in 1925 of a heart attack and is buried at Windsor near her husband and mother and father-in-law.- IMDb Mini Biography By: CR
- SpouseKing Edward VII(March 10, 1863 - May 6, 1910) (his death, 6 children)
- ChildrenPrince Alexander John of Wales
- Parents
- RelativesPrins Valdemar(Sibling)Prins Aage(Niece or Nephew)Prins Axel(Niece or Nephew)Prins Erik(Niece or Nephew)Prins Viggo(Niece or Nephew)Prinsesse Margrethe(Niece or Nephew)Tsar Nicholas II(Niece or Nephew)George Alexandrovich(Niece or Nephew)Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia(Niece or Nephew)Grand Duke Michael(Niece or Nephew)Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia(Niece or Nephew)Czarina Maria Fyodorovna(Sibling)Queen Elizabeth II(Great Grandchild)Princess Margaret(Great Grandchild)King George VI(Grandchild)Duke of Windsor(Grandchild)Princess Mary(Grandchild)George Earl of Harewood(Great Grandchild)Gerald Lascelles(Great Grandchild)Duke of Gloucester(Grandchild)Duke of Gloucester(Great Grandchild)Duke of Kent(Grandchild)Edward Windsor(Great Grandchild)Princess Alexandra(Great Grandchild)Prince Michael of Kent(Great Grandchild)Prince John(Grandchild)King Haakon VII(Niece or Nephew)King Olav V(Grandchild)Prinsesse Ragnhild(Great Grandchild)Prinsesse Astrid(Great Grandchild)King Harald V(Great Grandchild)Princess Ingeborg(Niece or Nephew)King Christian X(Niece or Nephew)Princess Louise of Schaumburg-Lippe(Niece or Nephew)Prins Harald(Niece or Nephew)Prins Gustav(Niece or Nephew)King Frederik VIII(Sibling)Prinsesse Thyra(Sibling)Ernest Augustus(Niece or Nephew)King Constantine(Niece or Nephew)Prince George of Greece and Denmark(Niece or Nephew)Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark(Niece or Nephew)Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark(Niece or Nephew)King George of Greece(Sibling)Princess Alexandra(Grandchild)
- Through marriage and blood Alexandra was an aunt to both Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Tsarina Alexandra. Nicholas was the son of her sister Marie and Alexandra was the daughter of her husband's sister Alice.
- Daughter of of Christian IX. Sister of King George of Greece, King Frederik VIII, Prins Valdemar, Czarina Maria Fyodorovna, and Prinsesse Thyra.
- Children: Prince Albert Victor, King George V, Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar (1867-1931), Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary (1868-1935), Dronning Maud, and Alexander John Charles Albert (1871-1871).
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