Maud of Wales

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Birth Date:
26.11.1869
Death date:
20.11.1938
Length of life:
68
Days since birth:
56373
Years since birth:
154
Days since death:
31177
Years since death:
85
Person's maiden name:
Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria
Categories:
King
Nationality:
 norwegian
Cemetery:
Set cemetery

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

She was the youngest daughter of the British king Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark.

Maud of Wales was the first queen of Norway in over five centuries who was not also queen of Denmark or Sweden.

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Early life

Maud was born on 26 November 1869 at Marlborough House, London. She was the third daughter and fifth child of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Queen Victoria, and Alexandra, Princess of Wales, the eldest daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark. She was christened "Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria" at Marlborough House by John Jackson, Bishop of London, on 24 December 1869. Her godparents were her paternal uncle Prince Leopold, for whom the Duke of Cambridge stood proxy; Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel, for whom Prince Francis of Teckstood proxy; Count Gleichen; the Duchess of Nassau, for whom Princess Francis of Teckstood proxy; King Charles XV of Sweden, for whom Baron Hochschild, the Swedish minister, stood proxy; Princess Marie of Leiningen, for whom Princess Claudine of Teck stood proxy; her maternal aunt the Tsarevna of Russia for whom Baroness de Brunnow stood proxy; Crown Princess Louise of Denmark, for whom Madame de Bülow, the Danish Minister's wife, stood proxy; and her great-grand aunt the Duchess of Inverness.

The tomboyish Maud was known as "Harry" to the royal family, after Edward VII's friend Admiral Henry Keppel, whose conduct in the Crimean War was considered particularly courageous at the time. Maud took part in almost all the annual visits to the Princess of Wales's family in Denmark and later accompanied her mother and sisters on cruises to Norway and the Mediterranean. She was a bridesmaid at the 1885 wedding of her paternal aunt Beatrice to Prince Henry of Battenberg, and at the wedding of her brother George to Mary of Teck in 1893.

Maud, along with her sisters, Victoria and Louise, received the Imperial Order of the Crown of India from Queen Victoria on 6 August 1887. Like her sisters, she also held the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert (First Class) and was a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.

Princess of Denmark

Maud married relatively late, waiting until her late twenties to find a husband. She had initially wanted to marry Prince Francis of Teck, younger brother of her sister-in-law Mary. Despite being relatively impoverished from mounting gambling debts and being in a position to possibly benefit from Maud's status, he ignored her advances. 

On 22 July 1896, Princess Maud married her first cousin, Prince Carl of Denmark, in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace. Prince Carl was the second son of Queen Alexandra's eldest brother, Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark, and Princess Louise of Sweden. The bride's father gave her Appleton House on the Sandringham Estate as a country residence for her frequent visits to England. It was there that the couple's only child, Prince Alexander, was born on 2 July 1903 in Sandringham.

Prince Carl was an officer in the Danish navy and he and his family lived mainly in Denmark until 1905. In June 1905 the Norwegian parliament, the Storting, dissolved Norway's 91-year-old union with Sweden and voted to offer the throne to Prince Carl. Maud's membership of the British royal house had some part in why Carl was chosen. Following a plebiscite in November, Prince Carl accepted the Norwegian throne, taking the name of Haakon VII, while his young son took the name of Olav. King Haakon VII and Queen Maud were crowned at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim on 22 June 1906, that being the last coronation in Scandinavia.

Queen of Norway

Queen Maud never lost her love of Britain, but she quickly adapted to her new country and duties as a queen consort. Maud played a strong and dominant role within the court and family, but a discreet role in public.

During her first years in Norway, she and her spouse were photographed in Norwegian folk costumes, and enjoying winter sports such as skiing, to give them a Norwegian appearance in the eyes of the public.[5] She disliked representation but performed her role as a queen with great care, and used clothes and jewellery to make a regal impression. She supported charitable causes, particularly those associated with children and animals, and gave encouragement to musicians and artists. Among her projects was Dronningens Hjelpekomité (the Queen's Relief Committee) during World War I. She supported the feminist Katti Anker Møller's home for unwed mothers (1906), which was regarded as radical, designed furniture for the benefit of the Barnets utstilling (Children's Exhibition) in 1921, and sold photographs for charitable purposes. An avid horseback rider, Maud insisted that the stables of the royal palace in Oslo be upgraded. Queen Maud would supervise much of this project herself and was greatly inspired by the Royal Mews in London when the stables were expanded.

Maud continued to regard Great Britain as her true home even after her arrival in Norway, and visited Great Britain every year. She mostly stayed at her Appleton House, Sandringham, during her visits.[7] She did, however, also appreciate some aspects of Norway, such as the winter sports, and she supported bringing up her son as a Norwegian. She learned to ski and arranged for an English gardens at Kongsseteren, the royal lodge overlooking Oslo, and the summer residence at Bygdøy. She is described as reserved as a public person but energetic and with a taste for practical jokes as a private person. Her influence over her spouse and politics is not much examined, but she is described as a forceful and dominant person within the royal court, though her public role was less visible.

Queen Maud's last public appearance in Britain was at the coronation of her nephew, George VI, in May 1937 at Westminster Abbey. She sat in the royal pew at Westminster Abbey next to her sister-in-law Queen Mary and her niece Mary, Princess Royal, as part of the official royal party.

Maud also acquired a reputation for dressing with fashionable chic. An exhibition of numerous items from her elegant wardrobe was held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2005 and published in the catalogue Style and Splendour: Queen Maud of Norway's Wardrobe 1896–1938.

Death

Maud came to England for a visit in October 1938. Initially she stayed at Sandringham, but then moved into a hotel in London's West End. She became ill and was taken to a nursing home, where an abdominal operation was performed on 16 November 1938. King Haakon immediately travelled from Norway to her bedside. Although she survived the surgery, Maud died unexpectedly of heart failure on 20 November 1938 at the age of 68, six days before her 69th birthday (and on the 13th anniversary of her mother's death). Norwegian newspapers were allowed to break the law forbidding publication on Sundays in order to notify the Norwegian public of her death.

Her body was returned to Norway on board HMS Royal Oak, the flagship of the Second Battle Squadron of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet. Her body was moved to a small church in Oslo before the burial. Queen Maud was buried in the royal mausoleum at Akershus Castle in Oslo.[ At her death, Queen Maud was the last surviving child of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 26 November 1869 – 22 July 1896: Her Royal Highness Princess Maud of Wales
  • 22 July 1896 – 18 November 1905: Her Royal Highness Princess Charles of Denmark[14][15][16]
  • 18 November 1905 – 20 November 1938: Her Majesty The Queen of Norway

Honours[ This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

  •  Norway Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
  •  Norway Royal Family Order of King Haakon VII of Norway
  •  Norway Coronation Medal of 1906
  •  United Kingdom Companion of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India
  •  United Kingdom First Class of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert
  •  United Kingdom Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem
  •  United Kingdom Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  •  United Kingdom Royal Family Order of King Edward VII
  •  United Kingdom Royal Family Order of King George V

Arms

Upon her marriage, Maud was granted the use of a personal coat of arms, being those of the kingdom, with an inescutcheon of the shield of Saxony, differenced with a label argent of five points, the outer pair and centre bearing hearts gules, the inner pair crosses gules. The inescutcheon was dropped by royal warrant in 1917.

Legacy

Maud's great-granddaughter, Princess Märtha Louise, named her eldest daughter after the queen.

Queen Maud Land and Queen Maud Mountains in Antarctica; Queen Maud Secondary School in Hong Kong; and Queen Maud Gulf in Nunavut, Canada, are named after Maud.

The ship Maud, designed to the specifications of Roald Amundsen for service in the Arctic Ocean and launched in 1916 to traverse and explore the Northeast Passage, was christened in honor of Maud of Wales. The replenishment ship HNoMS Maud of the Royal Norwegian Navy has also been named for her.

The Queen Maud fromage is named after her.

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Edvards VIIEdvards VIIFather09.11.184106.05.1910
        2Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise JuliaAlexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise JuliaMother01.12.184420.11.1925
        3George  VGeorge VBrother03.06.186520.01.1936
        4Prince Albert VictorPrince Albert VictorBrother08.01.186414.01.1892
        5Princess Victoria of the  United KingdomPrincess Victoria of the United KingdomSister06.07.186803.12.1935
        6Haakon VIIHaakon VIIHusband03.08.187221.09.1967
        7Frederiks VIIIFrederiks VIIIUncle03.06.184314.05.1912
        8Артур Уильям Патрик, принц ВеликобританииАртур Уильям Патрик, принц ВеликобританииUncle01.05.185016.01.1942
        9Prince LeopoldPrince LeopoldUncle07.04.185328.03.1884
        10Alfrēds Edinburgas, Olsteras un Kentas, Saksen- Koburgas  un Gotas HercogsAlfrēds Edinburgas, Olsteras un Kentas, Saksen- Koburgas un Gotas HercogsUncle06.09.184431.07.1900
        11Victoria  MelitaVictoria MelitaAunt25.11.187602.03.1936
        12Princess Alice Of the United KingdomPrincess Alice Of the United KingdomAunt25.04.184314.12.1878
        13Victoria Princess RoyalVictoria Princess RoyalAunt21.11.184005.08.1901
        14Beatrice Mary Victoria  FeodoreBeatrice Mary Victoria FeodoreAunt14.04.185726.10.1944
        15Елизавета ФёдоровнаЕлизавета ФёдоровнаAunt01.11.186418.07.1918
        16Мария ФёдоровнаМария ФёдоровнаAunt26.11.184713.10.1928
        17Empress Alexandra  FeodorovnaEmpress Alexandra FeodorovnaAunt06.06.187217.07.1918
        18Принцесса ЛуизаПринцесса ЛуизаAunt18.03.184803.12.1939
        19Princess BeatricePrincess BeatriceAunt14.04.185726.10.1944
        20Edward  VIIIEdward VIIINephew23.06.189428.05.1972
        21Князь Дмитрий АлександровичКнязь Дмитрий АлександровичNephew15.08.190107.07.1980
        22George VIGeorge VINephew14.12.189506.02.1952
        23George BrasovGeorge BrasovNephew06.08.191021.07.1931
        24Prince George Duke of KentPrince George Duke of KentNephew20.12.190225.08.1942
        25Prince Vasili AlexandrovichPrince Vasili AlexandrovichNephew07.07.190724.06.1989
        26Князь Никита АлександровичКнязь Никита АлександровичNephew16.01.190012.09.1974
        27Elisabeth of  RomaniaElisabeth of RomaniaNephew12.10.189414.11.1956
        28Ростислав АлександровичРостислав АлександровичNephew24.11.190231.07.1978
        29Князь Андрей АлександровичКнязь Андрей АлександровичNephew24.01.189708.05.1981
        30Irina Alexandrovna of RussiaIrina Alexandrovna of RussiaNiece03.07.189526.02.1970
        31Maria of YugoslaviaMaria of YugoslaviaNiece06.01.190022.06.1961
        32Mary of TeckMary of TeckSister in-law26.05.186724.03.1953
        33Christian IX DenmarkChristian IX DenmarkGrandfather08.04.181829.01.1906
        34Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and GothaPrince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and GothaGrandfather26.08.181914.12.1861
        35Louis IVLouis IVGrandfather12.09.183713.03.1892
        36Queen VictoriaQueen VictoriaGrandmother24.05.181922.01.1901
        37Louise of  Hesse-KasselLouise of Hesse-KasselGrandmother07.09.181729.09.1898
        38Maximilian IIMaximilian IIGreat grandfather28.11.181110.03.1864
        39Карл ГессенскийКарл ГессенскийGreat grandfather23.04.180920.03.1877
        40Friedrich Wilhelm Paul Leopold Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg GlücksburgFriedrich Wilhelm Paul Leopold Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg GlücksburgGreat grandfather04.01.178517.02.1831
        41Ernest IErnest IGreat grandfather02.01.178429.01.1844
        42Мария Фридерика ПрусскаяМария Фридерика ПрусскаяGreat grandmother15.10.182517.05.1889
        43Елизавета ПрусскаяЕлизавета ПрусскаяGreat grandmother18.06.181521.03.1885
        44Кира  РомановаКира РомановаCousin09.05.190908.09.1967
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        46Sophia of PrussiaSophia of PrussiaCousin14.06.187013.01.1932
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        51Marie of RomaniaMarie of RomaniaCousin29.10.187518.07.1938
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