Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
The Princess Helena (Helena Augusta Victoria: Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein by marriage; 25 May 1846 – 9 June 1923) was the third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Helena was interested in nursing, needlework and writing, and she founded several nursing hospitals. In 1866, she married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, a minor German prince with very little money, and they lived near Queen Victoria in the United Kingdom. After Victoria's death in 1901, Helena and Christian lived in London and Windsor. Prince Christian died in 1917, a year after celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary together, and Helena died six years later in 1923 aged 77 and was buried in Frogmore Garden Windsor beside her husband Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein .
| Princess Helena | |||||
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| Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||
 Princess Helena with her husband Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein in 1865. | |||||
| Born | 25 May 1846 Buckingham Palace, London | ||||
| Died | 9 June 1923 (aged 77) Schomberg House, London | ||||
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| Spouse | Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (m. 1866– died 1917; | ||||
| Issue | Prince Christian Victor Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Princess Helena Victoria Princess Marie Louise Prince Harald | ||||
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| House | House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (by birth) House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
| Mother | Queen Victoria | ||||
Princess Helena Of The United Kingdom Media
Princess Helena (right) with her brother Prince Alfred. Helena was Alfred's favourite sister. Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.
Princess Helena in her wedding dress, 5 July 1866
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, her husband
Florence Nightingale, against whom Helena promoted nurse registration
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, ca. 1910
Princess Helena's grave at Frogmore (second from left) in the Schleswig-Holstein burial plot
Coat of Arms of Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
References
- Chomet, Seweryn, Helena: A princess reclaimed (Begell House, New York, 1999)
ISBN 1-56700-145-9 - Marie Louise (Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein), My Memories of Six Reigns (Second edition, Penguin, Middlesex, 1959)
- Packard, Jerrold M., Victoria's Daughters (St Martin's Griffin, New York, 1998)
ISBN 0-312-24496-7
Other websites
- ‘Helena, Princess [Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein] (1846–1923)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 22 Feb 2008