Wife of Edward VII, mother of George V. Born at the Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark. As an adult gradually became profoundly deaf. It is said the Queen Victoria learnt the British Sign Language alphabet so as to be able to converse with her daughter-in-law. Died at Sandringham.
A hairstyle was named for her: the Alexandra fringe.
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Queen Alexandra
{On a large bronze plaque on the front of the plinth:} Her Majesty Queen Alex...
The building behind this monument, Marlborough House, was where Alexandra and...
{Plaque beneath a medallion of King Edward VII:} Coronation clock tower - a s...
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Queen Alexandra
Princess Alexandra was laying the foundation stone for the Chelsea Hospital f...
This was the obvious memorial to choose as the first featured memorial for Lo...
In 1894 the royal personages listed at the top of the plaque as: Prince of Wa...
Born at the Louvre Palace in Paris on 16 or 26 November, daughter of the King of France. Â Married King Charles I on 13 June 1625 and the couple went on to have two sons who became King Charles II a...
Married to Lord Guilford Dudley. Her husband’s father persuaded the dying Edward VI to declare his two sisters Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate, which left Jane, on Edward's death, the queen. Mary...
Married Humphrey, uncle to the child King Henry VI.  Eleanor was implicated in a plot of  treasonable necromancy against the king.  Her supposed co-conspirators were executed and she was sentenced ...
As the only child of George, Prince of Wales (later George IV) and Caroline of Brunswick Charlotte was second in line to the throne. Born Carlton House (where Carlton House Terrace now stands) and ...
King of Norway 1015 - 1028.  Before becoming king he was in London fighting the Danes alongside Ethelred II.  Their strategy involved pulling down London Bridge, according to Londonist which has a ...
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