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Alexandra of Denmark

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Alexandra of Denmark

1844–1925

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910

Industrial Revolution

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Biography

Alexandra of Denmark was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 22 January 1901 to 6 May 1910 as the wife of King Edward VII.

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Timeline

The story of Alexandra of Denmark, told in moments.

1844 Birth

Born Princess Alexandra Caroline in Copenhagen. Her family was minor royalty until 1852, when her father was chosen to succeed to the Danish throne.

Did becoming major royalty after being minor royalty feel like a fairy tale or a transaction? Was Copenhagen a good preparation for London?
1863 Event

Married Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, at St George's Chapel, Windsor. She was 18. Queen Victoria had selected her personally, partly for her beauty.

Did Queen Victoria choosing you feel like an honor or an inspection? Was marrying the Prince of Wales at eighteen what you wanted?
1901 Event

Became Queen consort when Edward VII succeeded Victoria. She was famous for her charity work and popularized fashions that concealed a scar on her neck. She also walked with a limp that society women copied as the "Alexandra limp."

Did popularizing fashions that hid your scar and limp feel empowering or humiliating? Was being Queen consort the role you'd imagined?
1925 Death

Died at Sandringham House at 80. Her sister, Dagmar, had been Empress of Russia. Her brother became King of Greece. Her nephew was Tsar Nicholas II.

With a sister who was Empress of Russia and a nephew who was Tsar, did European royalty feel like a small family? Was Sandringham home?

Artifacts (13)

Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway

Hendrick Goltzius

1590 · Engraving on laid paper
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Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway

Hendrick Goltzius

1590 · Counterproof of an engraving on laid paper
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Frederick IV (1667-1730), King of Denmark and Norway

Antonio Montauti

1707 · Bronze
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Alexandra of Denmark and Edward VII

Unknown authorUnknown author

1862
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Princess Alexandra of Denmark, 1862 (OAW)

Unknown artistUnknown artist

1862-09-20
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ALexandra of Denmark Princess of Wales

Franz Xaver Winterhalter

1864
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Queen Alexandra (1844-1925)

Franz Xaver Winterhalter

1864
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Norway and Denmark

Charles George Lewis

1866 · Sketchbook
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King Christian II of Denmark

Jacob Binck

about 1529 · Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
aic View

Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73) - Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) when Princess of Wales - RCIN 402351 - Royal Collection

Franz Xaver Winterhalter

1864
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Joseph O'Conner (ed.). The Autobiography of St. Ignatius

1900
Works Talk

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Anthony Mottola. Garden City: Doubleday

1964
Works Talk

John Olin (ed.). The Autobiography of St. Ignatius Loyola, with Related Documents

1992
Works Talk

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