Alice of Albany

Princess Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline of Albany. She was named for her late aunt, Princess Alice, whose widower, the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, was a godfather.

Daughter of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884) and Helene, Princess of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1861-1922)

Born: Windsor Castle 25. Feb 1883

Christened: Private Chapel, Windsor Castle 26. Mar 1883

Godparents:

• Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (paternal grandmother)

• Augusta, German Empress

• Victoria, German Crown Princess (born Princess of the United Kingdom, her paternal aunt)

• Willem III. King of the Netherlands

• Ludwig IV. Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (her paternal uncle)

• The Prince of Wales (later Edward VII. King of the United Kingdom, her paternal uncle)

• Wilhelm Prince of Württemberg (later Wilhelm II. King of Württemberg)

• Helene, Sovereign Princess (Fürstin) of Waldeck-Pyrmont (born Princess of Nassau, maternal grandmother)

• Princess Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge (born Princess of Hesse-Cassel, her great-great-aunt)

Married: St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle 10. Feb 1904 Alexander Prinz von Teck, cr. 1st Earl of Athlone in 1917 (1874-1957), son of of Franz, Herzog von Teck (1837-1900), himself a morganatic son of  Alexander, Duke of Württemberg (1804-1885), and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833-1897).

Issue:

• Lady May Cambridge (1906-1994) m. 1931 Henry Abel Smith (1900-1993)

• Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Tremanton (1907-1928)

• Maurice, Prince of Teck (1910-1910)

Died: Kensington Palace, London 3. Jan 1981

Buried: Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Windsor

  

  

Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997;  Alison Weir: “Britain’s Royal Families”, Vintage Books 2008; Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. III/1, 1983, Verlag J. A. Stargaardt; for christening see Yvonne Demoskoff: Yvonne’s Royalty Home Page http://users.uniserve.com/~canyon/index.htm