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 THE ROYAL FAMILY 36 BROTHERS, SISTERS, NEPHEWS, AND NIECES OF HIS MAJESTY. H K H tlie late Pkince Albert Victor Christian Edward of Wales, I)uke of Clarence and Avoxdale, Earl of Athlone. K.G., K.P.. LL.I). Born 186-i ; died 1892. H R H. Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar, V.A.. C.I.. Princess Royal. Born 20 Feb. 1867 ; mar. 27 July, 1889, Alexander William George, 1st Duke of Fife, K.G., K.T.. G.C.V.O., P.C., who d. 1912, and has issue {see in Part I.). H.R.H. Princess Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary, V.A., C.I., a Lady of Justice of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in EnglanL Born 6 July. 1868. H.M. the Queen of Norway (H.R.H. Princess Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria). Bom 26 Nov., 1869; mar. 22 July, 1896, H.R.H. Prince Charles of Denmark, who was elected King of Norway 1905, and ascended that throne under tlie name of King Haakon (or Haco) VII., hon. admiral in British Navy, hon. col. Norfolk Yeom. ; K.G., 1906, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., and has issue. Residences — Royal Castle, Chris- tiania ; King George's Palace, Bredgade, Copenhagen. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. H.R.H. the late Prince Alfred Ernest Albert (died 1900), Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh, and Earl of Kent and of Ulster. Born 1844 ; mar. 1874, H.I.H. the Grand Duche.^s Marie Alexandrovna (born 1853), V.A., C.I., Grand Duche.ss of Russia, only dau. of Alexandra II, Emperor of Russia. Had issue — H.R.H. Prince Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Born 1874 ; died 1899. Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria, V.A., C.I. Born 1875 ; mar. 1893, H.R.H. Prince Ferdinand of Roumania, G.C.B., and has issue. Princess Victoria Melita, V.A.. C.I. Born 1876 ; mar. 1st, 1894, her cousin, the Grand Duke of Hesse (see below) (mar. dissolved, 1901) ; 2nd, Oct. 1905, H.I.H. the Grand Duke Cyril of Russia, and lias issue. Princess Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria. V.A., C.I. Born 1878 ; mar. 1896, Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Laugenburg, Regent of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and has issue. Princess Beatrice Leopoldine Victoria. Bom 1884; mar. 1909, Alfonso, Infante of Spain, and has issue. H.R.H.Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert, K.G., K.T., K.P., P.C, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I. E., G.C.V.O., D.C.L., LL.D., Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Earl of Sussex, Duke of Saxony, and Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (renounced succession 1899). Born 1 May, 1850 ; married 1879, H.R.H. Princess Louise Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes (born 1860). V.A., C.I., a Lady of Justice of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, R.R.C., dau. of Prince Frederick Charles of Pru-isia ; entered R.E. 1868, R.A. 1868. Rifle Brigade 1869 ; became C4en. 1893, Field-Mar.shal 1902 ; Com. of Forces in Ireland 1900-1904 ; Insp.-Gen. of Forces 1904-7; Com. -in- Chief. Mediterranean Forces, and High Commissioner in the Mediterranean 1907-9 ; Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada since 1911 : President of the Selection Board, and 3rd Army Corps 1901-4 ; Col-in-Chief Inniskilling Dragoons, Highland Light Infantry, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Rifle Brigade, Supply and Transport Corps, Indian Army : 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers, 31st Duke of C'onnaught's Own Lancers, 7th Duke of Connaught's Own Rajputs, 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis : col. Grenadier Guards ; col. Army Service Corps ; hon. col. South Irish Horse, Royal E. Kent Yeomanry, 6th Batt. Hampshire Regt.. 3rd Batt. The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regt.), 3rd and 4th Batt. Highland Light Infantry, 18th Batt. The London Regt. (London Irish Rifles); Chief Personal A.D.C.'to the King, formerly Chief Personal A.D.C. to King Edward VII ; Cirrand Master of the Freemasons of England 1901 : C4reat Master of the Bath 1901 : Grand Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem since 1910; Great Prior of Ireland; Ranger of Epping Forest; President Institute of Volunteer Commanding Officers 1906 ; President Duke of York's Roj'al Military School ; ^Nlasterof the Trinity House since 1910 ; a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (Spain), of the Black Eagle (Germany) ; has Orders of St. Andrew (Russia), St. Stephen (Austria), the Anunziata (Italy), the Elephant (Denmark), the Osmanli (Turkey), the Tower and Sword (Portugal), the Chrysanthemum (Japan), Military Merit (of Spain and Prussia), Medjidie (2nd cl.), and the Grand Cro.ss of the Legion of Honour. Residences — Bagshot Park, Surrey : Clarence House, St. James's. London, S.W. Has issue — H.R.H. Prince Arthur Fred'erick Patrick Albert, K.G., K.T., G.C.V.O., P.C. (1910). Born 1883, mar. 15 Oct. 1913. H.H. Princess Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise. Duchess of Fife (whom see) ; ed. at Eton and R.M.C. Sandhurst : capt. 2nd Dragoons 1907 ; maj.1913 ; late personal A.D.C. to King Edward VII ; apptd. head of special mission to invest the Emperor of Japan with Order of Garter 1905; served with Expeditionary Fore- 1914 (despatch':'s) : F.R.S., LL.D. Camb., 1914; has Royal Victorian Chain (conf. 1906) ; also Order of Black Eagli- of Prussia, and Grand Cross of Order of Charles III of Spain ; is Knight of Justice of St. John of Jerusalem in England. Resi- dence — 54, Mount Street. W. Issue — Alastair Arthur, b. 9 Aug.. 1914. H.R.H. Princess Margaret Victoria Augusta Charlotte Norah. V.A., C.I., Lady of Justice of St. Jolin of Jerusalem in England. Born 1882; mar. 15 June, 1905, H.R.H. Prince Oscar Frederick William Olaf Gustavus Adolphus, Duke of Schonen [or Scania], G.C.B., G.C.V.O.. now Crown Prince of Sweden, and has three sons. Prince Gustavus Adolphus Oscar Frederick Arthur Edmund, created Duke of Wes- terbotten, b. 6 April, 1906 ; Prince Sigvard Oscar Fniiirick. en ated Duke of Upland, b. 7 June, 1907; Prince Bertil Gustaf Oscar Carl Eugen, created Duke of Halland, b. 28 February, 1912; and one dau.. Princess Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louise Margaretlia. li. 2S March. 1910. H.R.H. Princess Victoria P.tricia Helena Eliz.vbeth, C.I. Born 1886 ; a Lady of Justice of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England 1910. H.R.H. the late Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert, K.G.. Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow. Born 1853; mar. 1882, H.S.H. Princess Helen Frederiea Augusta (R.R.C., has the Order of the League of Mercy), dau. of the late Reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont ; died 1884, leaving issue — H.R.H. Prince Leopold Charles Edward George Albert. Reigning Duke of Saxr-Coburg-Gotha. Bom 19 July. 1884 ; mar. 11 Oct. 1905, H.H. Princess Victoria Adelaide Helena Louise Frederika of Schlez- wig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glueksburg ; succeeded at his birth to liis father's titl.s. and succeeded his uncle, 1900. as Reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of Julich, Cleve. and Berg, Langrave in Thuringen, Margrave of Meissen, Count of Henneberg, Count von der Mark and Ravensberg, and Lord of Rawenstein and Tomia ; ed. at Eton and Potsdam ; Col.-in-Chief Seaforth Higlilanders. Residences — The Palace, Coburg ; the Scliloss, Rclchardsbrunn, and Scliloss Friedenstein. Gotha ; Claremont, Esher, Surrey. Has two sons and two daughters. H.R.H. Princess Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline, V.A.. Ladv of Justice of St. .John of Jerusalem in England, and Lady Grand Pres. of League of Mercv. Born 1883. Married 1904, H.S.H. Prince Alex- ander Augustus F. W. A. G. of Teck, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., D.S.O.. and lias is.sue. H.I.H. the late Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary' Louisa (the Dowager Empress and Queen Frederick of Germany and Prus.sia, and Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland). Born 1840;