Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
Princess Beatrice (Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore; 14 April 1857 – 26 October 1944) was the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.[1]
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| File:Princess Beatrice 1886.jpg Princess Beatrice in 1886 | |||||
| Born | 14 April 1857 Buckingham Palace, London, England | ||||
| Died | 26 October 1944 (aged 87) Brantridge Park, Sussex, England | ||||
| Burial | 3 November 1944 | ||||
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| House | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (until 1917) Windsor (from 1917) | ||||
| Father | Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
| Mother | Queen Victoria | ||||
| Signature | Princess Beatrice's signature | ||||
Beatrice married Prince Henry of Battenberg, the son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and Julia von Hauke and brother-in-law of her niece Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine on the Isle of Wight on July 23, 1885. They had four children together named Alexander, Victoria, Leopold and Maurice.[2]
Her husband Prince Henry died in 1896 of malaria while fighting in the Anglo-Asante War. Beatrice remained at her mother's side until her death in 1901. She died aged in 1944, at the age of 87.[3]
Princess Beatrice Of The United Kingdom Media
Queen Victoria holding Princess Beatrice in 1862
Princess Beatrice when a child, Richard Lauchert 1863
- The royal children in mourning Mar 1862.jpg
The daughters of Queen Victoria mourn the loss of their father in 1862. Beatrice is standing in the centre.
- Princess Beatrice 1868.jpg
- Princess Beatrice, photographed by Royal Photographers W & D Downey, 1868
- Napoléon Eugène Bonaparte, sitting.jpg
Louis Napoléon, Prince Imperial, to whom Beatrice was romantically attached in the 1870s
- Princess Beatrice coloured bookplate.jpg
Princess Beatrice in her wedding dress, Osborne, 1885. Beatrice wore her mother's wedding veil of Honiton lace.
- Prince Henry of Battenberg.jpg
Prince Henry of Battenberg, who was married to Beatrice from 1885 until his death in 1896
- Princess Beatrice mourning with Queen Victoria.jpg
Princess Beatrice with her mother, Queen Victoria
- 1891 Maurice-04.JPG
Prince Maurice of Battenberg. After his death during the First World War, Beatrice began to retire from public life.
References
Other websites
File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Princess Beatrice at Wikimedia Commons
- Isle of Wight Beacon on Princess Beatrice Archived 2009-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Information about Queen Victoria's journals
- Regiments page on Princess Beatrice Archived 2007-11-16 at the Wayback Machine