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...
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King William IV, Duke of Clarence
The Duke of Clarence became King William IV (The Sailor King), reigning 1830 to 1837. Had a long live-in affair with the actress Mrs Jordan which produced 10 children, all given the surname FitzCla...
8 memorials
Field Marshal, HRH Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge
KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, KJStJ, ADC, Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, Colonel in Chief of the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, 17th Lancers, 60th Rifles and 77th Regiment. Commander-in-Chief o...
5 memorials
King Henry I
King of England 1100 - 1135. Fourth son of William the Conqueror, possibly born in Yorkshire. Father to Empress Matilda / Empress Maud. Died in Normandy which he had conquered in 1106.
2 memorials
Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick
His father, George Duke of Clarence, was executed for treason by being drowned in a vat of Malmsey wine, if we believe Shakespeare. Edward was a potential claimant to the English throne and so imp...
1 memorial
Silver Wedding of Queen & Prince Philip
At the time of their wedding Philip's title was Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, not Prince, and the Queen was still Princess Elizabeth. If their family names had not been Anglicised earlier ...
2 memorials