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QUEEN ALEXANDRA ‘s PORCELAIN PLATE FROM HER PRIVATE SERVICE.
$ 527.99
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Queen Alexandra S porcelain plate from her service made by T . GOODE a& C * - London.. It has her monogram with handpainted flowers and topped with the crown. The border is handpainted with roses and blue flowers with a gold ring in the most external border.it is 8 1/ 2 inches.
Plates from the British Royal Services are very rare and hard to find ,because they are kept in the Royal Store Room in the Palaces. Possibly this was given to some of her ladies in waiting of some loyal worker when retired.
The last picture are others plates I will list in the next days from my British Kings and Queens services plates from my collection
Alexandra of Denmark
(Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925) was
Queen consort of the United Kingdom
and the
British Dominions
and
Empress of India
as the wife of
King Edward VII
.
At the age of sixteen, she was chosen as the future wife of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the
heir apparent
of
Queen Victoria
. They married eighteen months later in 1863, the same year her father became king of Denmark as Christian IX and her brother was appointed to the vacant Greek throne as
George I
. She was
Princess of Wales
from 1863 to 1901, the longest anyone has ever held that title, and became generally popular; her style of dress and bearing were copied by fashion-conscious women.Her sister, Dagmar, Tsarina Maria Feodorovna because married with The Tsar Alexander III.
On the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, Albert Edward became
king-emperor
as Edward VII, with Alexandra as queen-empress. She held the status until Edward's death in 1910. She greatly distrusted her nephew,
German Emperor Wilhelm II
, and supported her son during the
First World War
, in which Britain and its allies fought Germany.
Queen consort of the United Kingdom
and the
British Dominions
;
Empress consort of India
Tenure
22 January 1901 – 6 May 1910
Coronation
9 August 1902
Born
1 December 1844
Yellow Palace, Copenhagen
,
Denmark
Died
20 November 1925(aged 80)
Sandringham House
,
Norfolk
Burial
28 November 1925
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Spouse
Edward VII
(
m.
1863
;
d.
1910
)
Issue
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence
George V
Louise, Princess Royal
Princess Victoria
Maud, Queen of Norway
Prince Alexander John of Wales
Full name
Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia
House
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Father
Christian IX of Denmark
Mother
Louise of Hesse-K
assel.