Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
daughter of prince Leopold, duke of Albany, and princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1883-1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone GCVO GBE GCStJ (Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline; née Princess Alice of Albany; 25 February 1883 – 3 January 1981) was a member of the British Royal Family.
Princess Alice | |||||
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Countess of Athlone | |||||
Born | (1883-02-25)25 February 1883 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England | ||||
Died | 3 January 1988(1988-01-03) (aged 104) Kensington Palace, London, England | ||||
Burial | Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire, England | ||||
Spouse | Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone | ||||
Issue | Lady May Abel Smith Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon Prince Maurice of Teck | ||||
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House | House of Windsor House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
Father | Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany | ||||
Mother | Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont |
Alice was the longest-lived Princess of the British Royal Family and the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. She was by birth a Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and a "Duchess in Saxony", as well as a Princess of Teck by marriage. in 1917 she was ordered to give up all German titles by her cousin George V. Alice was godmother to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, the granddaughter of her first cousin, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Princess Alice was the last grandchild of Queen Victoria to die, in January 1981, almost 115 years after the death of Prince Sigismund of Prussia, the first grandchild of Queen Victoria to die. He died in June 1866.