Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein was a minor Danish-born German prince who became a member of the British royal family through his marriage to Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, the fifth child and third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Photograph of Prince Christian, c. 1866
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
Princess Helena, later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, was the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Photograph, c. 1882
Princess Helena (right) with her brother Prince Alfred. Helena was Alfred's favourite sister. Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.
Princess Helena, a few months before the death of her father, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1861
Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1865). Currently at the Royal Collection.