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Alice of Battenberg

Cecilie of Greece and Denmark – A tragic destiny (Part one)

Monday, 26 April 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark was born on 22 June 1911 as the third daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg. Her elder sisters were Margarita and Theodora. Her younger siblings were Sophie and Philip (later Duke of Edinburgh as the consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom). [read more]

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Alice of Battenberg

Sophie of Greece and Denmark – An exiled Princess (Part two)

Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 2

Read part one here. As the Second World War began in its earnest, Christoph was often away. He volunteered for active service in September 1939. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on 1 May 1940, followed by a promotion to Captain on 1 September 1940. From January to May, he was stationed at Bad Homburg. [read more]

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Alice of Battenberg

Sophie of Greece and Denmark – An exiled Princess (Part one)

Monday, 8 June 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark was born on 26 June 1914 as the fourth daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. Her grandmother Victoria arrived in early June to be with Alice as she gave birth, but Sophie arrived rather late. Victoria wrote on the day of her [read more]

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Margaret Geddes

Margaret Geddes – A royal bride in mourning

Thursday, 9 May 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2

Margaret Geddes was born on 18 March 1913 as the daughter of Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes, later 1st Baron Geddes and Isabella Gamble Ross in Dublin. She was the only girl with four brothers. The Grand Duchy of Hesse was long gone when she first met Prince Louis of Hesse on a visit to Halls [read more]

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Adelaide of Hesse – An unwanted Queen

Thursday, 11 April 2019, 7:00 CaraBeth 0

Casimir III of Poland is remembered as one of Poland’s greatest kings.  He was not a great husband, however.  He married four times, and each wife probably had her share of misfortunes.  Out of his four wives, his second, Adelaide, suffered the most. The Alternative Bride  After the death of his first wife, Aldona-Anna of [read more]

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Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein – The solemn and binding vows of marriage

Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 7:00 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

Born in 1872, Princess Marie Louise was the daughter of Danish Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Helena of the United Kingdom who was a daughter of Queen Victoria. Marie Louise grew up at Cumberland lodge near to Windsor Castle with her parents and siblings. Marie Louise was close to her siblings and [read more]

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