Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh

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British princess Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine Grand Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha human

Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh was a British princess and later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, known for her tumultuous marriages and close ties to both the British and Russian royal families.

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Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British princess ⓘ
Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ
Grand Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Grand Ducal Mausoleum, Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
child Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
convertedTo Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1876-11-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1936-03-02 ⓘ
deathPlace Amorbach, Bavaria, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime (first marriage) 1901 ⓘ
father Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Melita NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
grandfather Alexander II of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
memberOf House of Hesse-Darmstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Romanov (by marriage) NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor close ties to British royal family ⓘ
close ties to Russian imperial family ⓘ
tumultuous marriages ⓘ
placeOfBirth San Antonio, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
relative King George V of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Lutheranism (at birth) ⓘ
Russian Orthodoxy (after conversion) ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sibling Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prince Arthur of Connaught and Strathearn (through extended family association) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Princess Marie of Edinburgh, Queen of Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime (first marriage) 1894 ⓘ
startTime (second marriage) 1905 ⓘ
title Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia → child → Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh ⓘ
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh → child → Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Grand Duke Vladimir Vladimirovich of Russia → mother → Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse → spouse → Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia → spouse → Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha