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| Vita | Index
of Royal Colonels Index of Reigns & Peerages |
| full name: | Alexandra Carolina Marie Charlotte Louise Julia | ||
| birth: | 1844.12.01 | at the Yellow Palace, Copenhagen | |
| father: | Christian IX, King of Denmark, etc. | ||
| mother: | Queen Louise, VA, née H.H. Luise Wilhelmine Frederike Caroline Auguste Julie, née Princess of Hessen-Cassel | ||
| marriage: | 1863.03.10 | Prince
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII) at St. George Chapel, Windsor |
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| children: | 1864 | Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward (Duke of Clarence) | |
| 1865 | George Frederick Ernest Albert (King George V) | ||
| 1867 | Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar (The Princess Royal) | ||
| 1868 | Princess Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary | ||
| 1869 | Princess Maude Charlotte Mary Victoria (Queen Maude of Norway) | ||
| 1871 | Prince Alexander John Charles Albert of Wales (d.1871) | ||
| accession: | 1901.01.22 | ||
| coronation: | 1902.08.09 | at Westminster Abbey, London | |
| death: | 1925.11.20 | at Sandringham House, Norfolk
(buried: St George's Chapel, Windsor) |
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| Titles, Orders and Awards |
| Titles: | ||
| 1844.12.01 | Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderberg-Glücksburg, with the style of Her Highness (H.H. Princess Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein) | |
| 1858 | Princess of Denmark with the style of Her Royal Highness (H.R.H. Princess Alexandra of Denmark) | |
| 1863.03.10 | H.R.H. The Princess of Wales | |
| 1901.11.09 | H.M. Queen Alexandra | |
| British Empire/Commonwealth Orders and Awards: | ||
| 1901.02.12 | LG | |
| 1863.03.09 | VA 1st class | |
| 1878.01.01 | CI | |
| 1917.08.24 | GBE (civ) | |
| 1883.05.24 | RRC | |
| 1876 | LJStJ | |
| 1902.05. | King Edward VII Royal Family Order, 1st class | |
| 1911.06.03 | King George V Royal Family Order, 1st class | |
| 1902.08.09 | Founded Queen Alexandra's Own Family Order | |
| Foreign Orders and Awards: | ||
| Royal Family Order (Denmark) | ||
| 1865 | Grand Cross, the Order of St Catherine (Russia) | |
| Princesses' Cross, the Saxe-Ernestine House Order (Coburg) | ||
| The Order of Louise, 1st class (Prussia) | ||
| 1872.02.11 | Lady, the Order of the Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa (Spain) | |
| The Order of St Isabella (Portugal) | ||
| The Order of the Golden Lion (Hesse by the Rhine) | ||
| 1902.11.28 | Grand Cordon, the Order of the Precious Crown (Japan) | |
| 1904.04.21 | Grand Cross in brilliants, the Order of St Elisabeth (Austria) | |
| 1902 | The Imperial Order of the Sun for Ladies (Nishan-i-Aftab) (Persia) | |
| 1906 | Golden Wedding Badge (Denmark) | |
| 1918 | The Order of the Red Cross (Yugoslavia) | |
| Honorary Military Appointments |
| 1902? |  |
President, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service | |
| 1908? | |
President, Territorial Force Nursing Service | |
| 1914.06.22 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 19th Royal
Hussars (Queen Alexandra's Own) [to 1922] |
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| 1914.06.22 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) | |
| 1922.04.11 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 15th/19th Hussars [on formation] | |
| Military Service |
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| Other Military Connections |
| 1863.12.25 | gave her name to Yorkshire Hussars (Princess of Wales's Own) | |
| 1875.10.29 | gave her name to 19th (The 1st Yorkshire North Riding - Princess of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot and designed its badge | |
| 1902.07 | gave her name to 19th (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars | |
| 1902.03.27 | gave her name to Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service | |
| 1907.02.22 | gave her name to 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gorkha Rifles | |
| 1912.03.08 | gave her name to 2nd Queen Alexandra's (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles | |
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