“Queen Fredericka of Greece resembles her great-great-great grandmother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld very well! They both had thick brows and beautiful large eyes. Also that sweet smile.” - Submitted by krasivaa
1840 Princess Sophia of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later Countess von Mensdorff-Pouilly by William Corden after Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein (Royal Collection). From Wikimedia; removed spots with Photoshop 1695X2000 @300 483kj.
On July 11th, 1818, a double wedding was held at Kew Palace. The grooms were the future William IV, and his younger brother Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent. They were marrying Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld respectively, and the brides were given away by the elder brother of the grooms, the Prince Regent.
The reason for the double wedding? George III’s only legitimate grandchild, Princess Charlotte Augusta, had died in childbirth the previous year along with her son. With his two eldest sons long estranged from their wives, this led to the next two sons abandoning their mistresses and illegitimate children in an effort to father a legitimate heir to the throne.
Although Adelaide and William had the first child, she and the four siblings who came after her did not survive long, or were stillborn. It was ultimately the Duke and Duchess of Kent who would give birth to the future monarch, Queen Victoria.
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and her grandmother Victoria, Duchess of Kent, 1860.
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Princess Alice VA CI (Alice Maud Mary; 25 April 1843 – 14 December 1878) 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 of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Marie Louise Victoire; 17 August 1786 – 16 March 1861), later Princess of Leiningen and subsequently Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, was a German princess and the mother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
The wife of Duke Ernest III of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was the heiress to Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg so, when her father died in 1826, the latter title fell to Ernest as Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
“Victoria, Duchess of Kent, and Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother, are both "mrs. smart-ass". They think their daughters are too young to rule the country. Oh God, just fuck off and let your daughters reign, they are way more better than you!” - Submitted by Anonymous
“Queen Mum and Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent, are ageist, ancient, and selfish. Just enjoy your pension time instead of lecturing your daughters what to do..” - Submitted by Anonymous
How the last Russian Dynasty were related to European Monarchies (current and former):
The House of Habsburg (Royal Dynasty of Austria) and the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov (Imperial Dynasty of Russia) were distantly related, their common ancestor being Charles Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden & Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
Portrait of Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1781 - 1860) painted by William Corden, the Younger (1819 - 1900) at the request of Queen Victoria. It is based on the original painting of Princess Juliane by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun (c. 1796). The Corden portrait now hangs in Apartment 1A, Kensington Palace. The official residence of The Prince and Princess of Wales. It is part of the Royal Collection.
Princess Charlotte was the only child of George, prince of Wales, later George IV and Princess Caroline of Brunswick. After her parents separated, she joined the Prince of Wales’ household at Carlton House and then was taken to live at the Lower Lodge, Windsor Castle, from 1805 onwards. Her relationship with her father was distant, particularly when she broke off her engagement to William, the Hereditary Duke of Orange, in 1813. In May 1816, she married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later King of the Belgians, but died soon after the birth of a stillborn son in 1817. She had become a very popular figure and was deeply mourned both by her husband and the general public.
The miniature has been worked up from a pencil drawing by George Sanders made during sittings he had in 1813 for a portrait the princess wanted to give her father for a birthday present.
The miniature is set in a hinged case with a lock of Princess Charlotte’s hair. The front of the locket is black enamel with a coronet of rubies and diamonds and her monogram PC. The plain gold back is engraved: Elle fut heureuse / Ah! Ne la plaignez pas (She was happy. Ah! do not weep for her).