Princess Helena, later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, was the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Helena in 1887
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.
Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
…they lived at the Belgian Suite in Buckingham Palace. The couple had six children: Christian Victor in 1867, Albert in 1869, and Helena Victoria and Marie Louise in 1870 and 1872, respectively. Their last two sons died early; Harald died eight days after his birth in 1876, and an unnamed son was stillborn in…
Portrait by James Lafayette, c. 1910–1915
Princess Marie Louise in the 1890s