Queen Alexandra in Court Dress Signed Presentation Photo & Frame

Rare large signed presentation photo of Queen Alexandra dressed in court dress and crown, in its original gold coloured presentation frame with a royal English crown on top and wooden easel back. Alexandra of Denmark (1 December 1844 20 November 1925) was Queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress consort of India as the wife of King-Emperor Edward VII. Her family had been relatively obscure until her father, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, was chosen with the consent of the great powers to succeed his distant cousin, Frederick VII, to the Danish throne. At the age of sixteen, she was chosen as the future wife of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the heir apparent of Queen Victoria. They married eighteen months later in 1863, the same year her father became king of Denmark as Christian IX and her brother was appointed to the vacant Greek throne as George I.

She was Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1901, the longest anyone has ever held that title, and became generally popular; her style of dress and bearing were copied by fashion-conscious women. Largely excluded from wielding any political power, she unsuccessfully attempted to sway the opinion of British ministers and her husband's family to favour Greek and Danish interests. On the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, Albert Edward became king-emperor as Edward VII, with Alexandra as queen-empress consort. She held the status until Edward's death in 1910. She greatly distrusted her nephew, German Emperor Wilhelm II, and supported her son during World War I, in which Britain and its allies fought Germany.

"Alexandra" Size: 46 x 32 cm approx. Photos form part of the description.

International items may take longer. Bibelotslondon cannot be held responsible for items lost abroad. The item "Queen Alexandra in Court Dress Signed Presentation Photo & Frame" is in sale since Monday, March 12, 2018. This item is in the category "Collectables\Autographs\Uncertified Originals\Historical". The seller is "bibelotslondon" and is located in london.

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• Sub-Type: Royalty
• Type: Historical
• Object: Signed Photos