Princess Alexandra of Denmark / Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom

Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 20 November 1925) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India from 1901 to 1910 as the consort of Edward VII.
Her family had been relatively obscure until her father was chosen with the consent of the great powers to succeed his distant cousin to the Danish throne. At the age of sixteen she was chosen as the future wife of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the heir of Queen Victoria. They married eighteen months later. As Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1901, the longest anyone has ever held that title, she won the hearts of the British people and became immensely popular; her style of dress and bearing were copied by fashion-conscious women. Although she was largely excluded from wielding any political power, she unsuccessfully attempted to sway the opinion of ministers and her family to favour her relations who reigned in Greece and Denmark. Her public duties were restricted to uncontroversial involvement in charitable work.
On the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, Albert Edward became King-Emperor as Edward VII, with Alexandra as Queen-Empress consort. From Edward's death in 1910 until her own death, she was the Queen Mother, being a queen and the mother of the reigning monarch, George V of the United Kingdom, though she was more generally styled Her Majesty Queen Alexandra. She greatly distrusted her nephew, Wilhelm II of Germany, and supported her son during World War I, in which Britain and its allies defeated Germany.

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[misteeq64]

Si this woman would be Queen Eiizabeth great grand mother ????

[lostsplendour]

@misteeq64 Yes. She was her great grand mother.

[loyalqueen]

Uma Thurman reminds me of Alexandra alot.

[semiramide1945]

A very beautiful woman, even into old age. It's hard to believe she was married to a man who had to have hurt her very deeply, but she bore the humiliation with a serene silence. Her children seemed to have brought her happiness however which is a blessing. I believe she must have been a very great, a marvelous human being. I understand that she even met with the woman her husband had illegitimate with and was kind to her. I hope that she knew some happiness before her death. Thank you..

[kosmickev1958]

@Muirmaiden There is a 13 part series called Edward the Seventh made for television in 1975 which is available to buy or download from any good torrent site.

[Glambert345]

Hauntingly beautiful.

[mrhalwes]

@loyalqueen Forced marriages are usually miserable.

[suzannesadiiqa]

A lovely woman who had a great deal to put up with from a very early age!

[normalil]

Sister of the last Tsarina of Russia. They both had outstanding jewels...the Russian ones are lost, as are her grandchildren. So sad.

[SayaKuro12]

She's an ageless queen indeed :O :)

[citybeat60]

@loyalqueen Wow, I was just thinking the same thing watching this. Uma does bear a striking resemblance to her.

[histrav]

I think she really resembles her brother, Prince Vilhelm of Denmark/King George I of Greece

[kosmickev1958]

@semiramide1945 I totaly agree with you!!!! She was also said to be the Princess Diana of her day. Everyone adored her and hated the way she was treated by her husband!!!!

[italoluder]

@Neel88 Exactly what I was thinking. Makes me also think of ghosts.....and it it a bit spooky to look at pictures of a woman who died so many years ago.....