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internationalroyals · 2 years

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Victoria I (Queen of UK of Great Britain and Ireland) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901)

Daughter of Prince Edward (Duke of Kent and Strathearn) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

Wife of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Mother of Victoria (Princess Royal), Edward VII, Princess Alice, Prince Alfed (Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Princess Louise, Princess Helena, Prince Arthur (Duke of Connaught and Strathearn), Prince Leopold (Duke of Albany), and Princess Beatrice.

Grandmother of Wilhelmina II (King of Germany and Prussia), Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Prince Henry of Prussia, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Princess Viktoria of Prussia, Prince Waldemar of Prussia, Princess Sophia of Prussia, Princess Margaret of Prussia, Prince Albert Victor (Duke of Clarence and Avondale), George V, Louise (Princess Royal), Princess Victoria, Princess Maud of Wales, Prince Alexander John of Wales, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Elizabeth Feodorovna (Grand Duchess of Russia), Princess Henry of Prussia, Ernest Louis (Grand Duke of Hesse), Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine), Alexandra Feodorovna (Empress of Russia), Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, Alfred (Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Marie of Romania, Victoria Feodorovna (Grand Duchess of Russia) Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Princess Consort of Hohenlohe-Langenburg), Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Duchess of Galliera), Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, Albert (Duke of Schleswig-Holstein), Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (Princess Aribert of Anhalt), Prince Harald, Princess Margaret of Connaught (Crown Princess of Sweden), Prince Arthur of Connaught, Princess Patricia of Connaught (Lady Patricia Ramsay), Princess Alice (Countess of Athlone), Charles Edward (Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Alexander Mountbatten (1st Marquess of Carisbrooke), Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (Queen of Spain), Lord Leopold Mountbatten, and Prince Maurice of Battenberg

Mother-in-law of Fredrick III (Emperor of Germany), Princess Alexandra of Denmark, Louis IV (Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine), Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, John Campbell (9th Duke of Argyll), Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Prince Henry of Battenberg.

#victoria i #queen of the uk of great britain and ireland #victoria

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missmeltycat · 4 years

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so i know ur famous but are u related to anyone else famous??

I suppose ‘famous’ is subjective based on the type of history you know. (For example, I have mentioned these people before around a few friends from the USA and they had no idea who they were, but in the UK, France, Norway, Denkmark and Sweden they are very well known.)

Rollo 1st Duke of Normandy - 35th Great Grandfather

William Longsword - 34th Great Grandfather

Emma Of Normandy - 33rd Great Grandmother

King Henry I (Beauclerc) - 29th great-grandfather

King Henry II (Henry Plantagenet) - 27th Great Grandfather

William the Conqueror - 30th Great Grandfather

Richard II Of Normandy - 32nd great-grandfather

Alan 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby la Zouche - 23rd Great Grandfather

Guéthénoc vicomte du Porhoët - 29th Great Grandfather

Henry Tudor (AKA Henry VIII) - 10th cousin 18x removed

Louis IX of France - 2nd cousin 26x removed

Mary Stuart (AKA Mary Queen of Scots) - 12th cousin 16x removed

Catherine de' Medici -11th cousin 17x removed

Francis II King of France (Valois) - 12th cousin 16x removed

Alexandrina Victoria Hanover Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Queen of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India (AKA Queen Victoria) - 21st cousin 7x removed

Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice (Alexandra Feodorovna) Of Hesse Princess of Hesse and bei Rhein - 23rd cousin 5x removed

Grand Duchesses Olga Nikolaevna, Tatiana Nikolaevna, Maria Nikolaevna and Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia and Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov, children of Nicholas II of Russia and Alix of Hesse and bei Rhine - all 24th cousins 4x removed

#Anon #Ancestry

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ladybevr · 4 years

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The Queen could have removed the title Prince

the Queen could have done the following as per wikipedia:

On the occasion of her marriage, Princess Patricia of Connaught was permitted by Royal Warrant to relinquish the style of Royal Highness and the title of Princess of Great Britain and Ireland.[1] She was granted by Royal Warrant of 25 February 1919 the style of Lady Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth Ramsay, with special precedence immediately before the Marchionesses of England.[1] Since the Royal Warrant stated that her change in style took effect only upon the solemnization of her marriage, she entered the church as a Princess and Royal Highness and left as a Lady, a daughter of a royal duke. Cdr Alexander Ramsay and Lady Patricia Ramsay had one child:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Patricia_of_Connaught

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princesscatherinemiddleton · 5 years

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Queen Elizabeth II and the first TWENTY people in line to the British throne

inspired by @everythingroyalty and @duchessofostergotlands

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary

Title – Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith (Her Majesty The Queen)

Place in Succession – The Queen

Born – April 21 1926 (93)

Fun Fact! The longest reigning monarch in the world

Charles Philip Arthur George

Title - His Royal Highness Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, OM, AK, QSO, CC, PC, ADC, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland

Place in Succession – Heir Apparent

Born – November 14 1948 (70)

Fun Fact! The longest-serving heir apparent in history

William Arthur Philip Louis

Title – His Royal Highness Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, KG, KT, PC, ADC, Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, Baron Carrickfergus

Place in Succession – Second-in-line

Born – June 211982 (37)

Fun Fact! William is a trained pilot and worked with East Anglian Air Ambulance for two years

George Alexander Louis

Title – His Royal Highness Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge

Place in Succession – Third

Born – July 22 2013 (5)

Fun Fact! George loves helicopters and police cars

Charlotte Elizabeth Diana

Title – Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge

Place in Succession – Fourth

Born – May 2 2015 (4)

Fun Fact! Charlotte is the first princess in the BRF not to be displaced in the line of succession by her younger brother

Louis Arthur Charles

Title – His Royal Highness Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge

Place in Succession – Fifth

Born – April 23 2018 (1)

Fun Fact! Louis was born on St George’s Day

Henry “Harry” Charles Albert David

Title – His Royal Highness Prince Henry Charles Albert David, KCVO, ADC, Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton, Baron Kilkeel

Place in Succession – Sixth

Born – September 15 1984 (35)

Fun Fact! Harry is the founder of the Invictus Games, based on the US’ Warrior Games

Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor

Title – Master Archie Mountbatten-Windsor

Place in Succession – Seventh

Born – May 6 2019 (0)

Fun Fact! Archie is the Queen’s youngest great-granchild

Andrew Albert Christian Edward

Title – His Royal Highness Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward, KG, GCVO, CD, ADC(P), Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killyleagh

Place in Succession – Eighth

Born – February 19 1960 (59)

Fun Fact! Andrew unites the world in hatred of him

Beatrice Elizabeth Mary

Title – Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York

Place in Succession – Ninth

Born – August 8 1988 (30)

Fun Fact! Beatrice is a brilliant public speaker, despite suffering from dyslexia

Eugenie Victoria Helena

Title – Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank

Place in Succession – Tenth

Born – March 23 1990 (29)

Fun Fact! Eugenie underwent surgery to correct scoliosis as a child

Edward Antony Richard Louis

Title – His Royal Highness Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis, KG, GCVO, CD, ADC(P), Earl of Wessex, Earl of Forfar, Viscount Severn

Place in Succession – Eleventh

Born – March 10 1964 (55)

Fun Fact! Edward will one day take over his father’s title, the Duke of Edinburgh

James Alexander Philip Theo Mountbatten-Windsor

Title – Viscount Severn

Place in Succession – Twelfth

Born – December 17 2007 (11)

Fun Fact! James was the first person to wear the replica christening gown worn at all royal christenings since

Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor

Title – Lady Louis Windsor

Place in Succession – Thirteenth

Born – November 8 2003 (15)

Fun Fact! Louise was born with esotropia and has undergone surgery to correct her vision

Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise

Title – Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, KG, KT, GCVO, GCStJ, QSO, CD

Place in Succession – Fourteenth

Born – August 15 1950 (68)

Fun Fact! Anne regularly completes more engagements than any other member of the BRF

Peter Mark Andrew Phillips

Title – Mr Peter Phillips

Place in Succession – Fifteenth

Born – November 15 1977 (41)

Fun Fact! Peter organised the Patron’s Lunch, held in honour of the Queen’s 90th birthday

Savannah Anne Kathleen Phillips

Title – Miss Savannah Phillips

Place in Succession – Sixteenth

Born – December 29 2010 (8)

Fun Fact! Savannah is the eldest of the Queen’s great-grandchildren

Isla Elizabeth Phillips

Title – Miss Isla Phillips

Place in Succession – Seventeenth

Born – March 29 2012 (7)

Fun Fact! Isla’s christening wasn’t attended by her great-grandparents

Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall

Title – Mrs Zara Tindall MBE

Place in Succession – Eighteenth

Born – May 15 1981 (38)

Fun Fact! Zara is an Olympic silver medallist in equestrian

Mia Grace Tindall

Title – Miss Mia Tindall

Place in Succession – Nineteenth

Born – January 17 2014 (5)

Fun Fact! Mia’s first photos were revealed in a photoshoot for Hello! magazine

Lena Elizabeth Tindall

Title – Miss Lena Tindall

Place in Succession – Twentieth

Born – June 18 2018 (1)

Fun Fact! Lena joined her mother in an advert for iCandy

#mine #the queen #charles #will #george #charlotte #louis #harry #archie #andrew #beatrice #eugenie #edward #louise #james #anne #peter #savannah #isla #zara #mia #lena

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venicepearl · 6 years

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Helena Princess of Great Britain & Ireland (1846-1923), Fürstin von Schleswig-Holstein-Sondenburg-Augustenburg

#Helena of Great Britain #House Hannover #xix century #Fürstin von Schleswig-Holstein-Sondenburg-Augustenburg #people #portrait #paintings #art #arte

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grantmkemp · 4 years

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The most beautiful and eligible royal Princess who married a commoner ....

Born 17th March, 1886, Princess Patricia of Connaught (later Lady Patricia Ramsay) was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Upon her marriage to Alexander Ramsay, she relinquished her title of a British princess and the style of Royal Highness.

Princess Patricia, "Patsy" to family and friends, was born on St Patrick's Day, at Buckingham Palace in London. Her father was Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, the third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her mother was Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. She grew up as a member of the Royal Family.

Princess Patricia travelled extensively in her early years. Her father, the Duke of Connaught, was posted to India with the army, and the young Princess spent two years living there. Connaught Place, the central business locus of New Delhi, is named for the Duke. In 1911, the Duke was appointed Governor General of Canada. Princess Patricia accompanied her parents to Canada, and she became popular there. Her portrait appears on the one-dollar note of the Dominion of Canada with the issue date 17th March 1917. She was named Colonel-in-Chief of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry on 22nd February 1918 and held that appointment until her death.

The question of Patricia's marriage was the subject of much speculation in the Edwardian era, as she was considered one of the most beautiful and eligible royal princesses of her generation. She was matched with various foreign royalties, including the King of Spain, the Prince Royal of Portugal, the future Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Grand Duke Michael of Russia, younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II.

In the end, however, Patricia chose a commoner rather than a husband of royal blood. She married naval Commander (later Admiral) Alexander Ramsay, one of her father's aides-de-camp and third son of the 13th Earl of Dalhousie, at Westminster Abbey on 27th February 1919.

On the occasion of her marriage, Princess Patricia of Connaught was permitted by Royal Warrant to relinquish the style of Royal Highness and the title of Princess of Great Britain and Ireland. She was granted by Royal Warrant of 25th February 1919 the style of Lady Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth Ramsay, with special precedence immediately before the Marchionesses of England. Since the Royal Warrant stated that her change in style took effect only upon the solemnization of her marriage, she entered the church as a Princess and Royal Highness and left as a Lady, a daughter of a royal duke.

Despite relinquishing her royal title, Lady Patricia remained a member of the British Royal Family, remained in the line of succession, and attended all major royal events, including weddings, funerals, and the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Elizabeth II in 1937 and 1953 respectively.

Lady Patricia was an accomplished artist specializing in watercolours. She was made an honorary member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. Much of her work was inspired by her travel in tropical countries.

Lady Patricia died at Ribsden Holt, Windlesham, Surrey on 12th January 1974, eight weeks before her 88th birthday and fifteen months after her husband. At the time of her death, she was the younger of only two surviving grandchildren of Queen Victoria (the other was Princess Alice). Lady Patricia and Admiral Alexander Ramsay are buried at the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, directly behind the Royal Mausoleum of her grandparents Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, in Windsor Great Park

This is my colourised version of a black, and white photo postcard produced in 1910

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#portrait #Princess #Patricia of Connaught #Ramsay #British Royal Family #vintage #history #colourised #colorized #photo colourisation #photo colorization

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theoreocat · 7 years

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International Women's Day

International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women's Day, is celebrated on March 8 every year. This special day commemorates the movement for women's rights.

The earliest Women's Day observance was held on February 28, 1909 (in New York) and organized by the Socialist Party of America. In the capital of the Russian Empire, on March 8, 1917 a demonstration of women textile workers began. This was the beginning of the Russian Revolution. Seven days later, the Emperor of Russia abdicated and the provisional Government granted women the right to vote. March 8 was declared a national holiday in the Soviet Russia in 1917.

From its official adoption in Soviet Russia following the Revolution, the holiday was celebrated in communist countries and by the communist movement worldwide. It was celebrated by the communists in China from 1922, and by Spanish communists in 1936. After the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949 the state council proclaimed that March 8 would be made an official holiday with women in China given a half-day off.

The United Nations began celebrating in International Women's Day in the International Women's Year, 1975. In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly invited member states to proclaim March 8 as the UN Day for women's rights and world peace.

Some influential women, including women’s rights activists, poets, musicians, politicians, humanitarians and scientists:

Sappho: One of the first known female writers.

Cleopatra: The last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt.

Mary Magdalene: Accounts from the Gospels and other sources suggest Mary Magdalene was one of Jesus’ most devoted followers.

Boudicca: Inspirational leader of the Britons. She led several tribes in revolt against the Roman occupation.

Hildegard of Bingen: Mystic, author and composer.

Eleanor of Aquitaine: The first Queen of France.

Joan of Arc: The patron saint of France.

Mirabai: Indian mystic and poet.

St Teresa of Avila: Spanish mystic, poet and Carmelite reformer.

Catherine de Medici: Born in Florence, Italy, Catherine was married to the King of France at the age of 14.

Elizabeth I: Queen of England during a time of great economic and social change, she saw England cemented as a Protestant country.

Catherine the Great: One of the greatest political leaders of the Eighteenth Century.

Mary Wollstonecraft: English author, Wollstonecraft wrote the most significant book in the early feminist movement.

Jane Austen: One of the most famous female authors of all time, Jane Austen wrote several novels, which remain highly popular today.

Sojourner Truth: African-American abolitionist and women’s rights campaigner.

Margaret Fuller: An American women’s rights advocate.

Harriet Beecher Stowe: A lifelong anti-slavery campaigner.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: American social activist and leading figure in the early women’s rights movement.

Queen Victoria: British Queen. Presiding over one of the largest empires ever seen, Queen Victoria was the head of state from 1837 – 1901.

Florence Nightingale: British nurse. By serving in the Crimean war, Florence Nightingale was instrumental in changing the role and perception of the nursing profession.

Susan B. Anthony: American Campaigner against slavery and for the promotion of women’s and workers rights.

Elizabeth Blackwell: Born in Britain, Blackwell was the first woman to receive a medical degree in America and the first woman to be on the UK medical register.

Emily Dickinson: One of America’s greatest poets, Emily Dickinson lived most of her life in seclusion.

Millicent Fawcett: A leading suffragist and campaigner for equal rights for women.

Emmeline Pankhurst: A British suffragette, Emily Pankhurst dedicated her life to the promotion of women’s rights.

Marie Curie: Polish/French scientist. Curie was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize and the first person to win the Nobel Prize for two separate categories.

Emily Murphy: The first woman magistrate in the British Empire.

Rosa Luxemburg: Polish/German Marxist revolutionary, Rosa Luxemburg sought to bring social reform to Germany.

Helena Rubinstein: American businesswoman. Rubinstein formed one of the world’s first cosmetic companies.

Helen Keller: American social activist. At the age of 19 months, Helen became deaf and blind.

Coco Chanel: French fashion designer.

Eleanor Roosevelt: Wife and political aide of American president F.D.Roosevelt.

Annie Besant: British campaigner for social justice, an advocate of women’s rights and later member of the Theosophist society.

Katharine Hepburn: American actress. An iconic figure of twentieth Century film.

Simone de Beauvoir: French existentialist philosopher. Simone de Beauvoir developed a close personal and intellectual relationship with Jean-Paul Satre.

Mother Teresa: Albanian nun and charity worker.

Dorothy Hodgkin: British chemist. Hodgkin was awarded the Nobel prize for her work on critical discoveries of the structure of both penicillin and insulin.

Rosa Parks: American civil rights activist. Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, indirectly led to some of the most significant civil rights legislation of American history. .

Queen Elizabeth II: Since ascending to the British throne in 1952, Elizabeth has become the longest serving British monarch.

Billie Holiday: American jazz singer. Given the title “First Lady of the Blues” Billie Holiday was widely considered to be the greatest and most expressive jazz singer of all time.

Indira Gandhi: First female prime minister of India.

Frida Kahlo y Calderón: Mexican painter known for her self-portraits.

Eva Peron: Eva Peron was widely loved by the ordinary people of Argentina. She campaigned tirelessly for both the poor and for the extension of women’s rights.

Betty Friedan: American social activist and leading feminist figure of the 1960s.

Margaret Thatcher: The first female Prime minister of Great Britain, she governed for over 10 years, putting emphasis on individual responsibility and a belief in free markets.

Marilyn Monroe: American actress who became one of the most iconic film legends.

Anne Frank: Dutch Jewish author. Anne Frank’s diary is one of the most widely read books in the world.

Audrey Hepburn: British actress. Influential female actor of the 1950s and 60s. Audrey Hepburn defined feminine glamour and dignity, and was later voted as one of the most beautiful women of the twentieth century.

Germaine Greer: Australian feminist icon of the 1960s and 1970s, Germaine Greer enjoys raising contentious issues.

Wangari Maathai: Kenyan-born environmentalist, pro-democracy activist and women’s rights campaigner.

Betty Williams: Together with Mairead Corrigan, Betty Williams campaigned to bring an end to the sectarian violence in Northern Ireland.

Billie Jean King: American tennis player. Billie Jean King was one of the greatest female tennis champions, who also battled for equal pay for women.

Shirin Ebadi: An Iranian lawyer, Ebadi has fought for human rights in Iran, representing political dissidents and founding initiatives to promote democracy and human rights.

Benazir Bhutto: The first female prime minister of a Muslim country.

Oprah Winfrey: American talk show host and businesswoman. Oprah Winfrey was the first woman to own her own talk show.

Madonna: American pop star. Madonna is the most successful female musician of all time.

Diana, Princess of Wales: British Royal princess who was noted for her humanitarian charity work.

J.K.Rowling: British author of the phenomenal best selling Harry Potter series.

Tegla Loroupe: Kenyan athlete. Loroupe held the women’s marathon world record and won many prestigious marathons.

Malala Yousafzai: Pakistani schoolgirl who defied threats of the Taliban to campaign for the right to education.

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