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Authors
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Christopher
Buyers, T.F. Mills |
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Page
created 1 March 2001. Corrected and updated
07.04.2005
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H.R.H.
Princess Alice
Countess of Athlone
1883-1981
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Alice Mary
Victoria Augusta Pauline |
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birth: |
1883.02.25 |
at Windsor Castle,
Berks. |
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father: |
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Prince
Leopold George Duncan, Duke of Albany |
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mother: |
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Princess Helena
Frederica Augusta, Duchess of Albany (née Princess of Waldeck and
Pyrmont) |
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marriage: |
1904.02.10 |
Prince
Alexander George of Teck (Earl of Athlone)
at St George's Chapel, Windsor |
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children: |
1906 |
Princess May
Helen Emma of Teck (Lady May Abel Smith) |
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1907 |
Prince Rupert
Alexander George of Teck, Viscount Trematon (d.1928) |
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1910 |
Prince Maurice
Francis George of Teck (d.1910) |
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death: |
1981.01.13 |
at Kensington
Palace, London
(bur.: Frogmore, Windsor Great Park, Berks.) |
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Titles,
Orders and Awards |
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Titles: |
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1883.02.25 |
Princess of Great Britain and
Ireland; Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Duchess of Saxony, with
the style of Her Royal Highness (H.R.H. Princess Alice of
Albany) |
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1904.02.10 |
H.R.H. Princess Alexander of Teck |
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1917.07.16 |
H.R.H. Princess Alice, Countess
of Athlone |
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British
Empire/Commonwealth Orders and Awards: |
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1897 |
Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal |
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1898.04.09 |
VA 2nd class |
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1902.08.09 |
King Edward VII Coronation Medal |
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1904.02.10 |
King Edward VII Royal Family Order, 2nd class |
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1911.06.03 |
King George V Royal Family Order, 4th class |
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1911.06.19 |
King George V Coronation Medal |
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1922 |
VA 1st class |
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1926.06.12 |
GCStJ |
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1935.05.06 |
King George V Silver Jubilee Medal |
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1937.05.11 |
GBE |
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1937.05.11 |
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Coronation Medal |
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1948.01.01 |
GCVO |
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Lady Grand President, the Order of the League of Mercy |
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1952.12.25 |
Queen Elizabeth II Royal Family Order, 2nd class |
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1953.06.02 |
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal |
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Foreign
Orders and Awards: |
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Grand Cross, the Military Order of Christ (Portugal) |
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Grand Cordon, the Order of the Legion of Honour (French
Republic) |
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Honorary
Military Appointments |
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1918-1923 |
First President, Women's Section,
British Legion |
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Other
Military Connections |
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