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Helena de Waldeck e Pyrmont (17 de fevereiro de 1861 – 1 de setembro de 1922) foi um membro da família real britânica, tendo sido a esposa de Leopoldo, Duque de Albany, filho da rainha Vitória do Reino Unido e do príncipe Alberto de Saxe-Coburgo-Gota.
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Helen was born in Arolsen, capital of Waldeck principality, in Germany. She was the sister of Friedrich, last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont; Marie, the first wife of William II of Württemberg; and of Emma, queen consort of William III of the Netherlands (and mother of Queen Wilhelmina).
Along with Emma and a third sister, Pauline, Helen was considered as a second wife for William III of the Netherlands. She later met with Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, youngest son of Queen Victoria, at the suggestion of his mother. The two became engaged in November 1881. On 27 April 1882, Leopold and Helen married in St George's Chapel, Windsor...
According to the memoirs of Helen's daughter, Princess Alice, Helen was very intelligent, had a strong sense of duty, and a genuine love of welfare work. Queen Victoria, initially worried that Helen might turn out to be a stereotypically remote German princess, remarked in a letter to her eldest daughter, German Crown Princess Victoria, that she wa...
After Leopold's death, Helen and her two children, Alice and Charles Edward, continued to reside at Claremont House. After the death of her nephew, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1899, Helen's sixteen-year-old son was selected as the new heir to the German duchy, and was parted from his mother and sister in order to take up resid...
Helena of Waldeck e Pyrmont (Arolsen, 22 de dezembro de 1899 – Rastede, 18 de fevereiro de 1948) foi uma princesa alemã, a única filha de Frederico, Príncipe de Waldeck e Pyrmont, último príncipe reinante de Waldeck e Pyrmont, e esposa de Nicolau, Grão-Duque Hereditário de Oldemburgo.
1 de set. de 2019 · Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany was the philanthropic German Princess who became tragically widowed youngest daughter-in-law of Queen Victoria and the mother of the beloved Princess Alice and the much maligned Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Helena de Waldeck e Pyrmont (17 de fevereiro de 1861 – 1 de setembro de 1922) foi um membro da família real britânica, tendo sido a esposa de Leopoldo, Duque de Albany, filho da rainha Vitória do Reino Unido e do príncipe Alberto de Saxe-Coburgo-Gota.
17 de fev. de 2011 · The couple were engaged by November 1881. Princess Helena as a bride in 1882. Princess Helena and Prince Leopold were married on April 27th, 1982 at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. Helena took on her husband’s title and become Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Albany.
Há 1 dia · Princess Helen, Duchess of Albany; Prince Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. by Byrne & Co albumen cabinet card, December 1884 5 5/8 in. x 3 7/8 in. (143 mm x 99 mm) image size Purchased, 1996 Photographs Collection NPG x76776
