#Countess of Athlone

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Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II), Prince Philip, & Princess Anne pose with the baby’s godparents, Lord Mountbatten, Princess Margarita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Andrew Elphinstone, Queen Elizabeth (Queen Mother), and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (standing proxy for Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark), and in other photos pose with Queen Mary, King George VI, Princess Margaret & Prince Charles after the baby’s christening at Buckingham Palace on October 21, 1950

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HRH Princess Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Paulina of Albany, Countess of Athlone, VA GCVO GBE GCStJ

Died January 3, 1981 - the longest-lived British Princess of the Blood and last living grandchild of Queen Victoria. 

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“I think the end of the Victorian era within the British monarchy was when Princess Alice of Albany breathed her last.” - Text & Image Submitted by cenacevedo15

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➳ Happy mother's day! 💐🩷

Here is my favourite picture of Princess Alice of Albany & Prince Charles Edward of Albany with their mother, Princess Helen, Duchess of Albany! 🥰

Part 6 out of 6!

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She's so pretty! 🥺🤍💗

Princess Alexander of Teck (after 1917 Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone), 1911

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Her Royal Highness Prince Alice, Countess of Athlone.

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Vintage engraving of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany with wife, Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and daughter, Princess Alice (Countess of Athlone). ☺

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Queen Victoria's Currently living Eldest Decendants and Eldest Ever Descendants

This list is as of 19 April 2024

CURRENTLY LIVING

The Lady Pamela Hicks (19 April 1929) (95 years, 0 months, 0 days)

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (12 February 1932) (92 years, 2 months, 7 days)

Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (12 July 1932) (91 years, 9 months, 7 days)

Mrs. Anne Mary Sibylla Liddell-Grainger (28 July 1932) (91 years,8 months, 22 days)

Princess Caroline Mathilde Adelheid Sibylla Marianne Erika von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (5 April 1933) (91 years, 0 months, 14 days)

Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse (24 July 1934) (89 years, 8 months, 26 days)

Princess Margaretha Désirée Victoria, Mrs. Ambler (Sweden, 31 October 1934) ( 89 years, 5months, 13 days)

Countess Viktoria Adelheid Clementine Louise von Castell-Rüdenhausen-Von Huntington-Whiteley (26 Februrary 1935)(89 years, 1 months, 24 days)

Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick, The Duke of Kent (9 October 1935) (88 years, 6 months, 10 days)

Miss Elizabeth Alice Abel Smith (5 September 1936) (87 years, 7 months, 14 days)

Eldest LIVED Descendants:

On 12 June 2025, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner will join this list if she is still living.

Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh (10 June 1921-9 April 2021) ( 99 years, 10 months, 11 days)

Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone (25/02/1883-03/01/1981) (97 years, 10 months, 10 days)

Queen Elizabeth II of The United Kingdom (21 April 1926-8 September 2022) ( 96 years, 4 months, 18 days)

King Mihai I of Romania (25/10/1921-05/12/2017) ( 96 years, 1 month, 11 days)

Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg (Sweden) (31/10/1916-05/05/2012) (95 years, 6 months, 5 days )

The Lady Pamela Hicks (19 April 1929) (95 years, 0 months, 0 days)

Count Sigvard Bernadotte af Wisborg (of Sweden) (07/06/1907-04/02/2002) (94 years, 7 months, 28 days )

Lady Katherine Brandram (Princess of Greece and Denmark) (04/05/1913 02/10/2007) ( 94 years, 4 months, 27 days )

Infanta Dona Beatriz   Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugénie Cristina Maria Teresia Bienvenida Ladislàa   of Spain, The Princess of Civitella-Cesi   (22/06/1909-22/11/2002) (93 years, 5 months, 1 day)

Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten- Knatchbull  , The 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (14/02/1924-13/06/2017) ( 93 years, 4 months)

FACTS:

The Duke of Edinburgh is the husband  and third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, first cousin of Lady Katherine Brandram,  The Countess Mountbatten of Burma & Lady Pamela (Mountbatten) Hicks & uncle to Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse.  He is also a 1st cousin 1x removed of  Queen Sofia of Spain, King Constantine II of the Helenes and Princess Irene of Greece & Denmark and The Duke of Kent (The Duke of Kent’s mother Marina was The Duke of Edinburgh’s first cousin).

Queen Elizabeth II is a 3rd cousin of The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Lady Pamela Mountbatten, The Duke of Edinburgh. She is the wife of The Duke of Edinburgh. Through her marriage, she is an aunt to  Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse. She is a first cousin of The Duke of Kent.

Lady Pamela Hicks is a 3rd cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, a first cousin of  The Duke of Edinburgh, her big sister was The Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner is a third cousin of The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, The Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II & Lady Pamela Hicks.

The Countess of Althorne was the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. By her marriage,  The Countess of Althorne was also a great aunt of Queen Elizabeth II-she married QEII’s grandmother’s brother

King Mihai I of Romania was the last monarch of Romania, he was also a great grandchild of Queen Victoria twice-once through his mother (via Victoria, Princess Royal) and once through his father (via Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)

Sweden’s Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg & Count Sigvard Bernadotte af Wisborg were brothers as well as uncles to King Carl XVI Gustaf, Princess Margareta, Mrs. Ambler, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern,  Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld,  Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Princess Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg & Queen Anne-Marie of Greece.

Countess Viktoria Adelheid Clementine Louise von Castell-Rüdenhausen-Von Huntington-Whiteley  was a great granddaughter of Prince Leopold, The Duke of Albany, thus a great great granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She is also the younger sister of  Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen.

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Hi! Her Godparents: Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Princess Margarita of Hohenlohe-Langensburg and the Hon, Andrew Elphinstone, and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.

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January 03

1760: John Storm (American Revolutionary soldier) born.

1777: Élisa Bonaparte (Sister of Napoleon) born.

1793: Lucretia Mott (American Social Reformer) born.

1879: Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (American First Lady [1923-29], wife of Calvin Coolidge) born.

1892: J.R.R. Tolkien (English Author) born.

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1322: Philip V, the Tall (King of France and Navarre [as Philip II]) died.

1437: Catherine of Valois (French Princess) died.

1701: Prince Louis I of Monaco died.

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1981: Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone died.

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HM Queen Mary followed by her sister-in-law HRH The Countess of Athlone, circa 1948.

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ALICE OF ALBANY

Countess of Athlone

(born 1883 - died 1981)

pictured above is a portrait of the Countess of Athlone, painted by Fülöp of László in 1928

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ALICE MARY VICTORIA AUGUSTA PAULINE was born in 1883 at Windsor Castle, in the United Kingdom, during the reign of her grandmother Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom.

She was the only daughter of Leopold, Duke of Albany, and Princess Helene of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Thus, she was born a member of the British branch of the HOUSE OF SAXE-COBURG AND GOTHA.

Being a granddaughter of the British Monarch in the male line, she was a PRINCESS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM from birth. But, following British tradition, as an untitled child, she was styled by the title of her father and was known as PRINCESS ALICE OF ALBANY.

Nearly a month after her first birthday in 1884, her father died of a hemorrhage due to hemophilia that he had inherited from her grandmother, Queen Victoria.

And, three months after the death of her father, her brother Prince Charles Edward was born, immediately succeeding as Duke of Albany.

In 1899, her brother became heir apparent of her uncle Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, acceeding as Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in mid 1900.

When her grandmother died in early 1901, another of her uncles succeeded as King Edward VII.

Two weeks before her 25th birthday, in 1904, she married a cousin, the 29-year-old, PRINCE ALEXANDER AUGUSTUS FREDERICK WILLIAM ALFRED GEORGE OF TECK, the youngest son of the late Franz, Duke of Teck, and the late Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. With him, she had three children.

Check a list of her children at the end of this post!

After her wedding, she became a member of the TECK branch, a morganatic branch of the House of Württemberg, and was styled by the title of her husband as PRINCESS ALEXANDER OF TECK.

King Edward VII died in 1910 and was succeeded on the throne by her cousin King George V. Who, in turn, was married to her sister-in-law Princess Mary of Teck.

Due to German hatred in the United Kingdom because of World War I, in 1917, King George V renounced all German titles held by the British descendants of Queen Victoria.

The King, her first cousin, also changed their family name from House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to HOUSE OF WINDSOR. But, as at that time, she was already married into the Teck branch, this particular decision did not affect her.

But as the family of her husband was also of German origins, her husband and brother-in-law Adolphus, Duke of Teck, the Head of the Teck branch, decided to follow the King and relinquished all titles held by the entire family in the Kingdom of Württemberg.

Also, it was decided to change the family name from Teck to CAMBRIDGE to honour the late grandfather of her husband Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge.

So, for a couple of months in 1917, her husband became an untitled man asssuming the name of Sir Alexander Cambridge. During that time, as her husband did not have titles, she should have been simply known as MRS ALEXANDER CAMBRIDGE. But as a Princess of the Blood Royal, she never lost her Princess style.

Then, when the King officially created her husband Earl of Athlone and Viscount Trematon, by the end of 1917, she became known as COUNTESS OF ATLHONE and VISCOUNTESS TREMATON. At that time, she was 34 years old.

As a consequence of the War, in 1919, her brother and other Royals who had fought against the United Kingdom were deprived of their British citizenship and titles.

Just days before she celebrated her 39th birthday in 1922, her mother died at the age of 61.

By the end of 1923, King George V appointed her husband as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, a eominion of the British Empire. So, from her fourties, she acted as VICEREGAL CONSORT OF SOUTH AFRICA.

Even though she moved with her family to South Africa in early 1924, they traveled frequently to Europe. Tragically, in one of those visits in 1928, her only surviving son, the 20-year-old Rupert, Viscount Trematon, died in a car crash in France.

Her husband was released from the office of Governor-General of South Africa by the end of 1930. After which, she returned to the United Kingdom with her family.

Almost six years after her return to England, in early 1936, her cousin, King George V, died. So the throne was inherited by King Edward VII, who abdicated months later, passing to King George VI.

At the beginning of World War II, around 1940, her husband was appointed as Governor General of Canada by King George VI. And she acted as VICEREGAL CONSORT OF CANADA. At that time, she was 57.

Many countries were invaded by the Nazi during World War II, so Royals from Austria, Norway, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, and Luxembourg took refuge in Canada. In addition to her grandchildren, who moved there for safety.

Following German loss in the War, around 1945/46, her brother was imprisoned and went to trial for involvement with in the Nazi regime.

Meanwhile, in 1946, she returned to England after her husband was released of the Governor post in Canada.

Concerning the Nazi trials, she witnessed in favor of her brother, who was considered not entirely guilty and did not suffer the same fate as other Nazi.

One month before her 74th birthday, her husband died. As her only son had died in 1928, without children, there was no heir to the family titles. So, there was no need for her to be styled as Dowager Countess of Athlone.

Aged 97, the Countess of Athlone died in 1981, at her home, Kensington Palace in London, the capital of the United Kingdom.

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On her death, she was the last grandchildren of Queen Victoria to die. And continue to be, to this day, the longest living British Princess of the Blood Royal.

Also, at the time of her death, she was the longest living member of the British Royal Family to die. Having only been surpassed in 2002 by Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Consort/Mother of the United Kingdom, who died at the age of 101.

Throughout her long life, the United Kingdom had six Monarchs, and she attended the coronation of the last five.

Queen Victoria - her grandmother;

King Edward VII - her uncle;

King George V - her first cousin and the brother-in-law of her husband;

King Edward VIII - a nephew of her husband;

King George VI - another nephew of her husband; and

Queen Elizabeth II - a great-niece of her husband.

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ALICE and her husband, ALEXANDER, had three children.

Lady May Cambridge - married to Sir Henry Abel Smith;

Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon - unmarried; and

Prince Maurice of Teck - died at age five months.

pictured above is a portrait of the Princess Alexander of Teck with her two eldest children (Princess May and Prince Rupert), photographed circa 1908-10

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COLLECTION: Descendants of the Monarchs of Ireland - #DotMoI

In a span of four generations, Princess Alice of Albany was related to the Monarchs of Ireland through the maternal family of her husband.

His great-grandfather was George III, King of the United of Kingdom - the King of Ireland between 1760-1800/01.

His grandfather was Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge.

His mother was Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge.

Her husband was Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone.

But she was herself a more distant descendant of the Monarchs of Ireland through the maternal family of her father.

Her 2x-great-grandfather was George III, King of the United of Kingdom - the King of Ireland between 1760-1800/01.

Her great-grandfather was Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn.

Her grandmother was Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom.

Her father was Leopold, Duke of Albany.

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Princess Alexander of Teck née Princess Alice of Albany, later Countess of Athlone, 1907.

She was Queen Victoria's grandddaughter and sister-in-law to Queen Mary of the United Kingdom née Teck.

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TRH The Right Honorables Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany, Count & Countess of Athlone.

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Princess Alice of Albany (Countess of Athlone) and Princess Alice, The Duchess of Gloucester