#maud of wales

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

Princess Elizabeth of York with her great-aunt Queen Maud of Norway

[ykzzr]

Danish royal family 1872

Tsesarevna Maria Feodorovna with her son Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, Princess Alexandra of Wales and her daughter Princess Maud and Princess Victoria with her grandmother Queen Louise, Crown Prince Frederick and his sister Princess Thyra, Prince Albert Victor, Grand Duke Nicholas, Prince George (I don't really know who the girl next to Nicholas is but it might be Princess Louise of Wales), Princess Louise and her son Prince Christian of Denmark.

[enamoredpast]

Postcard of Haakon VII of Norway and Queen Maud - née Maud of Wales; circa 1905

[tomirida]

Princess Carl of Denmark, the future Queen Maud of Norway in Bernstorff Palace, 1901. (x)

[annebrontesrequiem]

Used bookstore find, I’ll have to scan it later

[world-of-wales]

The ladies of the British Royal Family attended the 'Together At Christmas' Carol Service at Westminster Abbey || 8 DECEMBER 2023

[empress-alexandra]

Princess Maud of Wales - later Queen Maud of Norway - early 1890s.

[loiladadiani]

Nicholas II welcomes one of his cousins.

This picture just grabbed me when I saw it. It seemed to me they just wanted to open their arms and hug each other, which would not have been inappropriate, being that they were cousins (at first, I thought the lady was Toria, but then I looked better and saw the gentleman following Nick, who looks like Hakoon and changed my mind...this must be Maud welcoming Nicholas.) If I am wrong, just correct me.

I included pictures of Nicky with his cousins. They all spent their childhoods getting together and when the family circle started disintegrating and closing, they must have missed each other.

[adini-nikolaevna]

Princesses Victoria and Maud of Wales by Josefine Swoboda.

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Alexandra, Princess of Wales (later Queen of the UK) and Princess Maud of Wales, 1872 🤍

[ella-indigo]

Never-before-seen photograph depicting Prince Edward and Princess Alexandra of Wales' 5 children: Prince Albert Victor, Prince George, Princess Louise, Princess Victoria and Princess Maud of Wales in 1870.

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

Okay. WHY DOES NO ONE TALK ABOUT Princess Maud of Wales(Queen Maud of Norway) & Prince Carl of Denmark(King Haakon VII of Norway)'s RELATIONSHIP. Like yeah I get it, Tsar Nicholas II & Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna & some other royals had a really cute & tight relationship and all that, but Maud & Haakon were so so touchy, lovey-dovey, so in love with eachother, and I feel like they were probably always in desperate need of eachother😭. Like I literally could never ever image being Haakon and having to live 19 years without my wife, I DEADASS FEEL SO BAD FOR HIM😭💔.

They were true soulmates.❤

[ykzzr]

Bernstorff 1895

Princess Victoria of Wales, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, Princes Andrew, Christopher of Greece and Denmark, Grand duchess Olga Alexandrovna, Prince Johann of Glocksburg.

on the opposite side

Princess Maud of Wales, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

BORN ON THIS DAY:

Maud of Wales VA, CI, GCVO, GCStJ (Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria; 26 November 1869 – 20 November 1938) was Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII.

The youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, she was known as Princess Maud of Wales before her marriage, as her father was the Prince of Wales at the time.

[tomirida]

The wedding of Princess Maud of Wales and Prince Carl of Denmark, later Haakon VII of Norway. 22 July, 1896. (x)

[duchesssoflennox]

MARRIAGE OF KING HAAKON VII AND QUEEN MAUD OF NORWAY🥺🤍💍

Prince Carl, the second son of then-Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark and Princess Louise of Sweden, was born at the Charlottenlund Palace on August 3, 1872 and was christened Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel. Maud, meanwhile, was the youngest daughter of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and Princess Alexandra of Denmark. Both Frederick and Alexandra were children of King Christian IX of Denmark.

At a young age, Carl was not expected to become king because he was a second son. So, he built a career in the military, where he served as a naval officer at the Royal Danish Naval Academy in Copenhagen. Maud, meanwhile, was the liveliest of Edward and Alexandra's three daughters. She fell in love with Prince Francis of Teck, the younger brother of her sister-in-law, the future Queen Mary .Francis and Maud exchanged several letters, however, as time passed, it became clear that the love was one-sided as Francis had no interest in Maud.🥲💔

As cousins, Maud and Carl often met, especially during family gatherings. Rumours eventually circulated within the family that the two might get married. Carl proposed during a reunion at Fredensborg Castle and Maud accepted. Their engagement was announced on October 29, 1895. Princess Alexandra was initially hesitant of the engagement because Maud was 3 years older than Carl, She only relented when she realized that Carl would prove to be the right husband for her sea-loving daughter.🌊🤍

The engagement delighted Queen Victoria (Maud's grandmother). According to Queen Victoria's Maid of Honour, news of their engagement “…caused much excitement at Balmoral…and has been the cause of much telegraphing…The Queen is delighted and healths were drunk at dinner.” 

The wedding was set on July 22, 1896. The wedding was almost delayed after Prince Henry of Battenberg's untimely death, but it was finally decided that the wedding should go on as scheduled and that Princess Beatrice (Maud's aunt and Prince Henry's wife) and her children would not attend. European royals converged in London for this wedding. Members of both the British and Danish royal families were present, as well as their Greek, German, Russian, and Swedish relatives. The bride wore a simple dress fashioned by Miss Rosalie Whyte of the Royal Female School of Art. It had a long train and was made of pure white English satin which was woven in Spitalfields, a section of London known for its weaving. She wore the Princess of Wales' wedding veil and instead of a tiara, she adored her hair with flowers.

Queen Victoria recorded in her Journal: ‘After the Benediction, Maud came forward to her parents & then to me & I kissed both her & the Bridegroom’.

the famous royal painter LAURITS REGNER TUXEN painted the wedding using the photos taken at the wedding! Queen Victoria gave the painting as a present to Maud's parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales.🥺❤️‍🩹