Princess Marie of Great Britain

1875

Parents: Prince Alfred of Great Britain, Duke of Edinburgh (later the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha) and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia
Born: 29 October 1875 at Eastwell Park, near Ashford, Kent; Died: 18 July 1938 at Pelisor, Sinaia,
Roumania
Christened: privately 15 December 1875 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle by the Honourable
and Very Reverend Gerald Wellesley, Dean of Windsor*
Names: Marie Alexandra Victoria
Godparents:
• Grand Duke and Cesarevitch Alexander Alexandrovitch of Russia (later Emperor Alexander III,
her uncle)
• Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (her uncle)
• Empress Marie of Russia (her maternal grandmother)
• the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (née Princess Alexandrine of Baden, her father's paternal
aunt)
• the Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra, her aunt)
Sources: The Times, 16 December 1875

* The christening "was of a strictly private nature", because it was performed on the day following
the 14th anniversary of the death of the Prince Consort. (The Times, 16 December 1875)

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