Wife of Edward VII, mother of George V. Born at the Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark. As an adult gradually became profoundly deaf. It is said the Queen Victoria learnt the British Sign Language alphabet so as to be able to converse with her daughter-in-law. Died at Sandringham.
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Queen Alexandra
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Queen Alexandra statue
{On a large bronze plaque on the front of the plinth:} Her Majesty Queen Alex...
Queen Alexandra - SW1
The building behind this monument, Marlborough House, was where Alexandra and...
Surbiton clock tower
{Plaque beneath a medallion of King Edward VII:} Coronation clock tower - a s...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Queen Alexandra
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Chelsea Hospital for Women
Princess Alexandra was laying the foundation stone for the Chelsea Hospital f...
Edith Cavell statue
This was the obvious memorial to choose as the first featured memorial for Lo...
Tower Bridge, 1894 - opening
In 1894 the royal personages listed at the top of the plaque as: Prince of Wa...
Other Subjects
Queen Mary (consort)
Wife of George V, grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. Born Princess Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck at Kensington Palace. Nicknamed May, the month of her birth. Her...
Emperor Charles V
Born Ghent. Ruled over large chunks of Europe and the Spanish colonies in America, the Caribbean, and Asia. Catherine of Aragon was his aunt, and so, despite Henry VIII and Charles being allied for...
Empress Matilda / Empress Maud
Maud / Maude / Matilda was the daughter of King Henry I. Married aged 12 to the future Holy Roman Emperor, Henry V, she moved to Germany and then Italy. When her husband died, 1125, her father move...
King Leopold II of the Belgians
Son of King Leopold I. King of the Belgians 1865 -1909. Leopold's cruel exploitation of the Congo was carried out in his name and under his instruction. The Queen Mary College students, succinctly,...
Queen Mary I
Born at Greenwich Palace. Daughter of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. When her sickly brother, the Protestant King Edward VI died in 1553, Mary was, by normal accession rules, next in line...