Historical and Commemorative
Medals
Collection of Benjamin Weiss
ENTRY OF PRINCESS ALEXANDRA INTO THE CITY OF LONDON WYON, Joseph Shepherd & Alfred Benjamin: England, 1863, Bronze, 76 mm Princess Alexandra, born Alexandra Caroline Maria
Charlotte Louisa Julia (1844-1925), was the eldest daughter of Prince
Christian of Gluecksburg (afterwards
King Christian IX of Denmark) and
Louise, daughter of the Landgrave William of Hesse. In 1863 she married
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (afterwards Edward VII), at which time she
received the title of Princess of Wales. She became Queen
Consort to King Edward VII on the death of
Queen Victoria in 1901 and was
crowned with him in 1902 in
Westminster
Abbey. One of her sisters married
the tsar of Russia and became the mother of Tsar Nicholas II. LINK to Portrait and Biography of Alexandra of Denmark (from wikipedia)
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