Princess Frederica of Hanover
Princess Frederica of Hanover | |||||
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Baroness von Pawel-Rammingen | |||||
Biarritz, France | |||||
Burial | 18 November 1926 Royal Vault, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle | ||||
Spouse |
Baron Alfons von Pawel-Rammingen (m. 1880) | ||||
Issue | Baroness Victoria | ||||
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House | Hanover | ||||
Father | George V of Hanover | ||||
Mother | Marie of Saxe-Altenburg |
Princess Frederica of Hanover (Friederike Sophie Marie Henriette Amelie Therese; 9 January 1848 – 16 October 1926) was a member of the House of Hanover. After her marriage, she lived mostly in England, where she was a prominent member of society.
Early life
Frederica was born 9 January 1848 in
In January 1866, the Prime Minister of Prussia
In 1866, Frederica's father was deposed as King of Hanover. Eventually, the family settled at Gmunden in Austria, where they owned Schloss Cumberland (named for the British Ducal title held by Frederica's father). Frederica visited England with her family in May 1876,[2] and again, after her father's death, in June 1878.[3]
Marriage
Frederica was courted by her second cousin,
- O you that were eyes and light to the King till he passed away
- From the darkness of life —
- He saw not his daughter — he blest her: the blind King sees you to-day,
- He blesses the wife.
After their marriage Frederica and Alfons lived in an apartment at Hampton Court Palace.[11] The apartment was in the south-west wing of the west front of the palace in the suite formerly called the "Lady Housekeeper's Lodgings". Frederica and Alfons had one daughter who was born and died at Hampton Court Palace:
- Victoria Georgina Beatrice Maud Anne von Pawel-Rammingen (7 March 1881 – 27 March 1881).
Frederica and Alfons were frequent guests at Windsor Castle and at Osborne House.
Charitable works
Frederica was involved with numerous charitable activities.
In August 1881 she established the Convalescent Home, an institution for poor women who have given birth but have been discharged from maternity hospitals.[15][16] Because her father had been blind, she was a benefactress of the Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind at Upper Norwood.[17]
Frederica was interested in children and became patron of the
She was also patron of the Training College for Teachers of the Deaf at
Later life and death
Frederica and Alfons gave up their apartment at Hampton Court Palace in 1898.[25] While they continued to live part of the year in England, they subsequently spent more time in Biarritz in France where they had previously vacationed. They owned Villa Mouriscot there.[26]
Frederica died in 1926 at Biarritz. She was buried in the Royal Vault in
Ancestry
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References
- ^ Otto von Bismarck, Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman (New York: Harper, 1898), II, 26.
- ^ "Court Circular", The Times ( 22 May 1876): 11.
- ^ "Court Circular", The Times ( 24 June 1878): 9.
- ISBN 0-7509-3791-2.
- ^ Sarah Tytler, Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen (Toronto: G. Virtue, 1885), II, 224.
- ^ Melville Ruvigny, The Nobilities of Europe (London: Melville, 1909), 229.
- ^ "Marriage". St George's Windsor. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "The Royal Marriage", The Times ( 24 April 1880): 11.
- ^ http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/wettin/wettin14.html
- ^ Included in Alfred Tennyson, Ballads and Other Poems (London: C.K. Paul, 1880), 182.
- ^ Ernest Law, The History of Hampton Court Palace (London: G. Bell, 1903), III, 382-384 and 445-446.
- ^ "News in Brief", The Times ( 29 March 1881): 10.
- ^ "Court Circular", The Times ( 1 April 1881): 10.
- ^ "Royal Funeral at Windsor", The Times ( 1 April 1881): 10.
- ^ "Hampton Court Palace", The Times ( 8 August 1881): 8.
- ^ Law, III, 383-384.
- ^ "Royal Normal College for the Blind", The Times ( 20 December 1881): 11.
- ^ "125 years". Princess Frederica School Brent. Archived from the original on 2014-04-26.
- ^ The Times ( 2 June 1884): 12.
- ^ The Times ( 15 October 1887): 1.
- ^ G. Dear One Hundred Years of Skiff Racing British Rowing Almanac 2001
- ^ The Times ( 31 January 1888): 14.
- ^ The Times ( 11 February 1891): 9.
- ^ The Times ( 24 June 1895): 8.
- ^ Royal Palaces of England, edited by R.S. Rait (London: Constable, 1911), 203.
- ^ "Baron Rammingen", The Times (22 November 1932): 14.
- ^ "Court Circular", The Times ( 19 November 1926): 17.
- ^ Evans, Rob; Pegg, David (18 July 2022). "£187m of Windsor family wealth hidden in secret royal wills". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ "Court News", The Times ( 28 July 1927): 15.