Princess Alice of the United Kingdom VA CI (Alice Maud Mary; 25 April 1843 – 14 December 1878) was the Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 to 1878. She was the third kid and second little girl of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Alice was the first of Queen Victoria’s nine kids to pass on, and one of three to be outlasted by their mom, who kicked the bucket in 1901. Her life had been enwrapped in misfortune since her dad’s passing in 1861.
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom Children
Princess alice of the united kingdom children spent her youth in the organization of her folks and kin, going between the British regal homes. Her schooling was conceived by Albert’s dear companion and counsel, Baron Stockmar, and included functional exercises, for example, embroidery and woodwork and dialects like French and German. At the point when her dad, Prince Albert, turned out to be lethally sick in December 1861, Alice breast fed him until his passing. Following his passing, Princess alice of the united kingdom queen victoria entered a time of serious grieving and Alice went through the following a half year going about as her mom’s informal secretary. On 1 July 1862, while the court was still at the stature of grieving, Alice wedded the minor German Prince Louis of Hesse, beneficiary to the Grand Duchy of Hesse. The service—led secretly and with unrelieved despair at Osborne House—was portrayed by the Queen as “all the more a memorial service than a wedding”. The Princess’ life in Darmstadt was despondent because of impoverishment, family misfortune and deteriorating relations with her significant other and mother.
Alice showed an interest in nursing, particularly crafted by Florence Nightingale. At the point when Hesse became associated with the Austro-Prussian War, Darmstadt loaded up with the harmed; the intensely pregnant Alice committed a great deal of her opportunity to the administration of field clinics. One of her associations, the Princess Alice Women’s Guild, took over a large part of the everyday running of the state’s tactical clinics. Because of this action, Queen Victoria became worried about Alice’s explicitness about clinical and, specifically, gynecological, matters. In 1871, she wrote to Alice’s more youthful sister, Princess Louise, who had as of late wedded: “Don’t allow Alice to siphon you. Be extremely quiet and wary about your ‘inside'”. In 1877, Alice became Grand Duchess upon the promotion of her significant other, her expanded obligations putting further strains on her wellbeing. In late 1878, diphtheria tainted the Hessian court. Alice breast fed her family for longer than a month prior becoming sick herself, kicking the bucket sometime thereafter.
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom Siblings
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom was the sister of Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Empress Victoria of Germany (spouse of Frederick III), mother of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (wife of Nicholas II), maternal grandma of Louis Mountbatten, first Earl Mountbatten of Burma (the last Viceroy of India), and maternal incredible grandma of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (partner of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom). Another little girl, Elisabeth, who wedded Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, was, as Alexandra and her family, killed by the Bolsheviks in 1918.
