Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna of Russia, was the third child and second daughter of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. She was a granddaughter of both Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Emperor Alexander II of Russia.
Photograph by Hugo Thiele, c. 1900
The Duchess of Edinburgh with her children. From left to right: Princess Alexandra, Grand Duchess Maria, Princess Beatrice, Princess Marie, Prince Alfred and Princess Victoria Melita
The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha with his family: (from left to right) Princess Beatrice, the Duke, the Duchess, the Dowager Duchess, Princess Victoria, Princess Alexandra and Princess Marie at Rosenau
Victoria and Ernest at their wedding in 1894
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Alfred was sovereign Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900. He was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He was known as the Duke of Edinburgh from 1866 until he succeeded his paternal uncle Ernest II as the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the German Empire.
Prince Alfred in 1881
Alfred in 1856
Duke of Edinburgh, Alfred Ernest Albert, Sydney, ca. 1868, by Montagu Scott
The arrival of HMS Galatea carrying Alfred. Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, 1869.