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The royal couple undertook a six-month tour taking in Austria, Egypt and Greece over 1868 and 1869, which included visits to her brother George I of Greece, to the Crimean battlefields and, for her only, to the harem of the Khedive Ismail. 212–213, and Duff, p. 206. [63] She told Frederick Ponsonby, "I feel as if I had been turned into stone, unable to cry, unable to grasp the meaning of it all. [23], In public, Alexandra was dignified and charming; in private, affectionate and jolly. Zu viele Bilder ausgewählt. Battiscombe, pp. [56] She was deeply distrustful of Germans, and invariably opposed anything that favoured German expansion or interests. Alexandra had little understanding of money. http://www.denmark.ie/OOD/royal-large.html. On 18 May 2019 she married Count Michael of Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (b. Almost a year later on 9 September 1862 (after his affair with Nellie Clifden and the death of his father) Albert Edward proposed to Alexandra at the Royal Palace of Laeken, the home of his great-uncle, King Leopold I of Belgium.[14]. Alexandra was married on 6 June 1998 at Gråsten Palace to Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth and the couple has two children: The family lived in Paris, where Count Jefferson was a managing director of the local branch of the bank Sal. Battiscombe, p. 262, and Duff, pp. Ludwig Douglas, 12th Count of Skenninge and Stjernorp, This page was last edited on 27 August 2020, at 09:05. [90] This came to be known as the "Alexandra limp". "[85] Though she was not always extravagant (she had her old stockings darned for re-use and her old dresses were recycled as furniture covers),[86] she would dismiss protests about her heavy spending with a wave of a hand or by claiming that she had not heard. 73, 81. The eldest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark, Alexandra was married to Edward (then Albert Edward, prince of Wales) in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, on March 10, 1863. The Germans fortified the island and, in the words of Robert Ensor and as Alexandra had predicted, it "became the keystone of Germany's maritime position for offence as well as for defence". [25] She also enjoyed hunting, to the dismay of Queen Victoria, who asked her to stop, but without success. The exceptional beauty and graceful manner of the princess made her an immediate and lasting favourite with the British public. At the age of sixteen, she was chosen as the future wife of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the heir apparent of Queen Victoria. While there, she received news that King Edward was seriously ill. Alexandra returned at once and arrived just the day before her husband died. She was styled "Her Majesty Queen Alexandra". [97], From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core, "Queen Alexandra" redirects here. Nicholas died within a few months of the engagement and she married his brother. In Russia, her nephew Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown and he, his wife and children were killed by revolutionaries. [66], From Edward's death, Alexandra was queen mother, being a dowager queen and the mother of the reigning monarch. She did not attend her son's coronation in 1911 since it was not customary for a crowned queen to attend the coronation of another king or queen, but otherwise continued the public side of her life, devoting time to her charitable causes. She was Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1901, the longest anyone has ever held that title, and became generally popular; her style of dress and bearing were copied by fashion-conscious women. [32] Alexandra herself remained faithful throughout her marriage. Alexandra of Denmark was the consort of King Edward VII of Great Britain and Ireland. [54] Her father, King Christian IX of Denmark, died that January. As Edward’s wife, Alexandra was a Queen and also Empress of India, making her one of the most powerful women in the world. After her illness the previous year, she had only just begun to walk again without the aid of two walking sticks, and was already pregnant with her fourth child. [46] She said, "I have buried my angel and with him my happiness. [65] The new king, Alexandra's son George, soon faced a decision over the Parliament Bill. This was her second walk down the aisle, her first being to Prince Joachim of Denmark. 26 February 1965), a member of an ancient Ahlefeldt noble family of German and Danish descent. In 1920, a blood vessel in her eye burst, leaving her with temporary partial blindness. The Danes were dismayed because only Alexandra's closest relations were invited.