Female E

Ebba of Fukila, Duchess of Gotland

Born: 1858

Daughter of: Carles Munck

Married: Oskar

Died: 1946

Ekaterina Mikhailovna, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Born: 1827

Daughter of: Mikhail Pavlovich (1788-1849) & Elena (Charlotte) of Wurttemberg (1807-1873)

Married: George (1824-1876)

Children: Nikolaus, Helene, George Alexander, Karl Michael

(Tsar Alexander II had been visiting her when he was assassinated in 1881).

Died: 1894

Ekaterina Ioannovna of Russia

Born: 1915

Daughter of: Ioann Konstantinovich (1886-1918 – murdered by Bolsheviks) & Elena of Serbia (1884-1962)

Eleanor of Reuss-Kostitz, Queen of Bulgaria

Born: 22 August 1860, Trebschen

Married: Ferdinand I (1861-1948)

Died: 12 September 1917 near Varna

Eleanore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, Grand Duchess of Hesse

Born: 1871

Married: Ernst Ludwig of Hesse (1868-1937)

Children: George Donatus, Ludwig

Died: 1937 (killed in a plane crash on the way to her son, Ludwig’s wedding).

Eleanore of Bavaria

Born: 1918

Daughter of: Franz (1875-1957) & Isabel of Croy (1890-1982)

Married: Konstantin of Waldburg (1909-1972)

Elena of Montenegro, Queen of Italy

Born: 8 January 1873, Cetinje

Daughter of: Nicholas I & Milena

Married: Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947)

Children: Yolande, Mafalda, Umberto, Joanna, Maria

Died: 28 November 1953, Montpellier



Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, Princess of Greece

Born: 17 January 1882, Tsarskoe Selo

Daughter of: Vladimir Alexandrovich (1847-1909) & Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854-1920)

Married: Nicholas (1872-1938)

Children: Olga, Elizabeth, Marina

Died: 13 March 1957, Athens

“Poor little thing, I feel sorry for her, for she is quite sweet but vain and pretty grandiose.” (Empress Marie Feodorovna)

Elena of Serbia, Princess of Russia

Born: 1884

Daughter of: Peter I (1844-1921) & Zorka of Montenegro (1864-1918)

Married: Ioann Konstantinovich (1886-1918 – murdered by Bolsheviks).

Children: Vsevelod, Ekaterina

Died: 1962

Elena, Princess Romanovsky

Born: 15 January 1892, Nice

Daughter of: George of Leuchtenburg (1852-1912) & Anastasia of Montenegro (1868-1935)

Married: Eugene, Count Tyszkiewicz (1896-1976)

Died: 6 February 1971, Rome

Elise, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Born: 1830

Daughter of: Ernst (1794-1860) & Feodora of Saxe-Leiningen (1807-1872)

(Queen Victoria’s neice)

Died: 1850

Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess Reuss of Schliez

Born: 1864

Daughter of: Hermann (1832-1913) & Leopoldine of Baden (1837-1903)

Married: Henry XXVII (1858-1928)

Children: Victoria, Louise, Henry XL, Henry XLIII, Henry XLV

Died: 1929

Elizabeth of Savoy, Archduchess of Austria

Born: 1800

Daughter of: Carlo Emmanuel & Maria of Savoy

Married: Ranier

Died: 1853 (1856?)

Elizabeth (‘Elise’) of Bavaria, Queen of Prussia


Born: 13 November 1801, Munich

Daughter of: Maximilian & Caroline of Baden

Married: Frederick William IV (1795-1861)

Died: 14 December 1873, Dresden

“She can be very kind and sensible and she is much to be pitied.” (Queen Victoria 1858)
“[She] was never forgiven for having been a Catholic and having Austrian sympathies.” (Crown Princess Victoria, 1880)

Elizabeth of Wurttemberg

Born: 27 February 1802, Riga

Daughter of: Ludwig (1756-1817) & Henriette of Nassau (1780-1857)

Married: William of Baden (1792-1859)

Children: Henriette, Sophie, Elizabeth, Leopoldine

Died: 5 December 1864, Karlsruhe

Elizabeth of Prussia, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt

Born: 1815

Married: Karl (1809-1877)

Children: Ludwig, Henry, Anne, William, stillborn son.

Died: 1885

“I admire her also now that I know and understand her. There is so much beneath, so much Geműth, tenderness, and delicacy of feeling.” (Princess Alice 1865)

Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Duchess of Nassau

Born: 1826

Daughter of: Mikhail (1789-1849) & Charlotte of Wurttemberg (1807=1873)

Married: Adolph (1817-1905)

Died: 1845, one day after the birth of a daughter

Elizabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, Grand Duchess of Oldenburg

Born: 1826

Daughter of: Joseph (1789-1868) & Amelie of Wurttemberg (1799-1848)

Married: Peter III (1827-1900)

Children: Frederick August, George

Died: 1896

“She has become such a bore because she can talk of nothing else than the details of the interior of her nursery, or of Russia, which is worse because she goes into ecstasies about everything that is Russian.” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia 1860)

Elizabeth of Saxony, Queen of Sardinia, Duchess of Genoa

Born: 4 April 1830, Dresden

Daughter of: Johann (1801-1873) & Amelie of Bavaria (1801-1877)

Married: 1) Ferdinand of Sardinia (1822-1855)
2) Niccolo Rapallo (1825-1912)

Died: 4 August 1912, Stresa

Elizabeth of Austria, Archduchess of Austria-Este (Modena)

Born: 1831

Married: 1) Ferdinand of Austria-Este (1821-1849)
children: Maria Theresa
2) Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818-1874)

Died: 1903

Elizabeth of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Princess of Lippe-Detmold

Born: 1833

Married: Leopold III (1821-1875)

Died: 1896

Elizabeth of Baden

Born: 18 December 1835, Karlsruhe

Daughter of: William, Margrave of Baden (1792-1859) & Elizabeth of Wurttemberg (1802-1864)

Died: 15 May 1891, Karlsruhe

Elizabeth (‘Sissi’) in Bavaria, Empress of Austria Born: 1837

Daughter of: Maximilian & Ludovica (1808-1892)

Married: Franz Josef (1830-1916)

Children: Rudolf, Sophie, Gisela, Maria Valeria

Died: Murdered by an anarchist 1898

“She was so melancholy, so unhappy, so sick and tired of life and took such a sad view of existence that I am sure the fact of being at rest is a blessed one for her…She was so kind and so simple and a straightforward, trustworthy character, courageous and independent. I was truly fond of her…she had kept the traces of her extraordinary loveliness: her smile, her figure, he walk and her carriage, even now though her face was lined and worn and she terribly thin. She had not a grey hair, the loads of chestnut plaits had become much thinner…She was always so nice and good and kind to me….She had strange eccentric habits, was shy, hated society. So people did not know that she was clever and gifted, which she really was.” (Empress Frederick 1898)

Elizabeth of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born:5 March 1841, Bueckeburg

Daughter of: George William (1781-1860) & Ida of Waldeck Pyrmont (1796-1869)

Married: William von Hanau (1836-1902) Divorced

Died: 30 November 1926, Weisbaden

Elizabeth of Wied, Queen of Roumania
Born: 1843

Daughter of: Hermann (1814-1864) & Marie of Nassau (1825-1902)

Married: Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (King Carol I of Roumania) (1839-1914)

(she wrote under the pen-name Carmen Sylva)

Died: 1916

“I do not think her at all distinguée looking…She is not tall and has an underset figure not graceful, very fresh complexion and white teeth, a great many freckles and a mark of a leaf on one cheek which does not show much. She has not a pretty nose and rather a long chin. She is what you would call a strong healthy looking girl - nothing more - she does not look very ladylike and head not well dressed -whether she is clever or not I cannot say.” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia)

Elizabeth of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born: 28 February 1854, Weimar

Daughter of Karl Alexander & Sophie of the Netherlands

Married: Johann Albrecht (1857-1920)

Died: 10 July 1908, Wiligrad

“Very nice girls but delicate and not pretty.” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia)

Elizabeth of Prussia, Duchess of Oldenburg

Born: 1857

Daughter of Frederick Karl & Marianne of Anhalt

Married: Frederick August (1852-1931)

Children: Sophie Charlotte, Margarete

Died: 1895

"She is such a good child with a gentle amiable disposition and so reasonable, quite a mother to her little sisters and brother;’ she will make a very fine figure. Her hair is splendid which makes up for her head being somewhat turnipy in shape - which most German children’s are." (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia)

Elizabeth (‘Elly’) of Anhalt, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Born: 1857, Woerlitz

Daughter of: Frederick (1831-1904) & Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg (1838-1908)

Married: Adolph Frederick V (1838-1914)

Children: Adolph Frederick, Karl Borwin, Marie, Jutta

Died: 1933, Neustrelitz

“She however welters in happiness at her luxurious’ Schloss’ wearing a new Paris dress daily, Diamonds also, when we are quite entre nous – Yes, she does enjoy being a Grand Duchess!” (Augusta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)

Elizabeth Reuss of Schleiz, Princess of Solms-Braunfels

Born: 1859

Daughter of: Henry XIV (1832-1913) & Agnes of Wurttemberg (1835-1886)

Married: Hermann (1845-1900)

Children: Marie Agnes, Helene, Ernst August, Frederick Eugen

Elizabeth of Thurn & Taxis, Duchess of Braganza

Born: 1860

Daughter of: Maximilian (1831-1867) & Helene in Bavaria (1834-1890)

Married: Miguel of Portugal (1853-1927)

Children: Miguel, Maria Teresa

Died: 1881 (in childbirth?)

Elizabeth of Hesse-Kassel, Princess of Anhalt

Born: 1861

Daughter of Frederick William (1820-1884) & Anna of Prussia (1836-1886)

Married: Leopold Frederick (1855-1886)

Children: Antoinette

Died: 1955

Elizabeth of Saxony

Born: 14 February 1862, Dresden

Daughter of: George (1832-1904) & Maria Anna of Portugal (1848-1884)

Died: 18 May 1863, Dresden

(continued in 2 further posts)

Elizabeth (‘Ella’) of Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchess of Russia

Born: 1 November 1864, Bessungen

Daughter of: Louis IV & Alice of Great Britain (1843-1878)

Married: Serge Alexandrovich (1857-1905 – murdered)

Died: 18 July 1918, murdered by Bolsheviks, Alapaevsk

“Was one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen in my life. She was tall and slight, of blonde colouring, with features of extraordinary finesse and purity. She had eyes of grey-blue, on one of which was a spot of brown, and the effect of her glance was unusual.” (Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the Younger).

“She was quite newly married when her beauty burst upon me as a marvelous revelation. Her loveliness was of what used to be called the "angelic" kind. Her eyes, her lips, her smile, her hands, the way she looked at you, the way she talked, the way she moved, all was exquisite beyond words; it almost brought tears to your eyes.” (Queen Marie of Roumania)

Elizabeth of Austria

Born: 1865

Daughter of: Josef Karl (1833-1905) & Clotilde (1846-1927)

Died: 1866

Elizabeth (‘Mavra’) of Saxe-Altenburg, Grand Duchess of Russia

Born: 1865

Daughter of: Moritz (1829-1907) & Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen (1843-1919)

Married: Konstantin Konstantinovich (1858-1915)

Children: Ioann, Gavril Tatiana, Konstantin, Oleg, Igor, Georgi, Natalia, Vera

Died: 24 March 1927, Leipzig




Elizabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchess of Oldenburg

Born: 10 August 1869, Ludwigslust

Daughter of: Frederick Franz II (182301883) & Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1850-1922)

Married: Frederick August (1852-1931)

Children: Nicholas, Frederick August, Alexandrine, Ingeborg, Altburg

Died: 3 September 1955, Bad Homburg

“A little woman, limp and sallow in a pink hat covered with poppies.” (Marie Mallet 1899)

Elizabeth, Princess of Wied

Born: 1883

Daughter of: William (1845-1907) & Marie of the Netherlands (1841-1910)

Died: 1938

Elizabeth (‘Erzsi’) of Austria

Born: 1883

Daughter of: Crown Prince Rudolf (1858-1889) & Stephanie of Belgium (1864-1945)

Married: 1) Otto of Windisch Graetz
Children: Franz Josef, Ernst, Rudolf, Stephanie
2) Leopold Petznek

Died: 1963

Elizabeth of Waldeck Pyrmont, Princess of Erbach-Schonberg

Born: 1873

Married: Alexander (1872-1944)

Children: Imma, George Ludwig

Died: 1961

Elizabeth in Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians

Born: 25 July 1876, Starnberg

Daughter of: Karl Throdor (1839-1909) & Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857-1943)

Married: Albert (1875-1934)

Children: Leopold, Charles, Marie Jose

Died: 23 November, 1965, Laeken

“I believe she is pretty and nice.” (Queen Victoria, 1900)

Elizabeth of Austria, Princess of Liechtenstein

Born: 1878

Daughter of: Karl Ludwig (1833-1896) & Maria Teresa of Portugal

Married: Aloys (1869-1955)

Died: 1960

Elizabeth of Stolberg-Rossla, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born: 23 June 1885, Rossla

Daughter of: Botho & Hedwig Buedingen

Married: 1) Johann Albrecht (1857-1920)
2) Adolph Frederick (her first husband’s brother) (1873-1969)

Died: 16 October 1969, Eutin

Elizabeth Mathilde, Princess of Windisch Graetz

Born: 1889

Daughter of: Hugo (1854-1920) & Christine von Auersperg (1866-1962)

Married: Leone Rosa (1884-1972)

Died: 1983

Elizabeth of Roumania, Queen of Greece

Born: 1894

Daughter of: Ferdinand (1865-1927) & Marie of Edinburgh/Coburg (1875-1938)

Married: George II (1890-1947) Divorced.

Died: 1956

Elizabeth of Urach, Princess of Liechtenstein

Born: 1894

Daughter of: William (1864-1928) & Amelie in Bavaria (1865-1912)

Married: Karl (1878-1955)

Died: 1962

Elizabeth of Hesse

Born: 11 March 1895

Daughter of: Ernst Ludwig (1868-1937) & Victoria Melita of Edinburgh/Coburg (1876-1936)

Died of typhoid 6 November 1903, Darmstadt

“I never knew a child who had so much influence on adults. Her inner personality was very strong, and she had a natural quality that protected her from being spoiled.” (Her father, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse)

Elizabeth of Saxe-Meiningen, Baroness von Saalfeld

Born: 1895

Daughter of: Ernest & Katherine Jensen

Married: Johann Durken

Died: 1934

Elizabeth of Wurttemberg

Born: 1899

Daughter of: Albrecht (1865-1939) & Margaret of Austria (1870-1902)

Died: 1900

Elizabeth of Nassau, Princess of Thurn & Taxis

Born: 1901

Daughter of: William (1852-1912) & Marianne of Portugal (1861-1942)

Married: Louis (1901-1993)

Died: 1950

Elizabeth of Turn & Taxis, Margravine of Meissen

Born: 1903

Daughter of: Albert (1867-1952) & Margaret of Austria (1870-1955)

Married: Frederick Christian of Saxony (1893-1908)

Children: Emmanuel, Maria Josepha, Maria Anna

Died: 1976

Elizabeth of Saxe-Altenburg

Born: 1903

Daughter of: Ernst II (1871-1955) & Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (1875-197?)

Died: 1991

Elizabeth of Greece & Denmark

Born 1904

Daughter of: Nicholas (1872-1938) & Elena of Russia (1882-1857)

Married: Theodor of Toerring Jettenback (1900-1967)

Children: Hans Veit, Helene

Died: 1955

Elizabeth of Bourbon-Parma

Born: 17 April 1904, Vienna

Daughter of: Elias (1880-1959) & Maria Anna of Austria (1882-1940)

Died: 13 June 1983 Bad Ischl

Elizabeth of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 31 May 1908, Bueckeburg

Daughter of: George II (1864-1911) & Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg (1864-1918)

Married: 1) Benevenuto Hauptmann (1900-1965) annulled the year they married.
2) Johann Herring von Frankensdorff (1891-1971)

Children: Sybille, Hans

Died (in childbirth?): 25 February 1933, Gruenau

Elizabeth of Lippe

Born: 23 January 1916, Dresden

Daughter of: Julius (1873-1952) & Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1878-1948)

Married: Ernst August of Solms-Braunfels (1892-1968)

Died: 1955

Fermale E (continued)

Elsa of Wurttemberg, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe
Born: 1 March 1876, Stuttgart

Daughter of: William Eugen (1846-1877) & Vera Konstantinovna of Russia (1854-1912)

Married: Albrecht (1869-1942)

Children: Maximilian, Franz Josef, Alexander, Bathildis

Died: 27 May 1936, Pfaffstadt

Elvira of Bavaria

Born: 1865

Daughter of: Adalbert (1828-1875) & Ameli of Spain (1834-1905)

Married: Rudolf, Count von Kaunitz-Reitburg-Questenberg (1864-1927)

Children: Rudolf, Isabella, Alfons

Died: 1943

Emile of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen, Princess of Lippe-Detmold

Born: 1800

Married: Leopold II (1796-1851)

Children: Leopold, Waldermar, Alexander + 6 others.

Died: 1867

Emma, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 16 July 1850, Bueckeburg

Daughter of: Adolph I Georg (1817-1983) & Hermine of Waldeck Pyrmont (1827-1910)

Died: 25 November 1855, Bueckeburg

Emma of Waldeck Pyrmont, Queen of the Netherlands

Born: 1858

Daughter of: George & Helen of Nassau

Married: William III (1817-1890)

Children: Wilhelmina

Died: 1934

“She is charming, so amiable, kind, friendly and cheerful. She would be pretty were it not for her complexion which has suffered very much from the damp climate and is red.” (Queen Victoria)

Emma Elizabeth of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 13 July 1865, Bueckeburg

Daughter of: Adolph I Georg (1817-1983) & Hermine of Waldeck Pyrmont (1827-1910)

Died: 27 September 1868, Wilbad

Emma of Stolberg, Princess of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich

Born: 1875

Married: Karl (1866-1920)

Children: Philipp

Died: 1956

Emma, Princess Reuss of Greiz

Born: 1881

Daughter of: Henry XXII (1846-1902) & Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (1852-1891)

Married: Count Erik von Ehrenburg (1880-1930)

Died:

Eudoxia of Bulgaria


Born: 17 January 1898, Sofia

Daughter of: Ferdinand (1861-1948) & Marie Louise of Bourbon Parma (1870-1899)

Died: 4 October 1985, Friedrichshafen

Eugenie Montijo, Empress of France

Born: 5 May 1826, Grenada

Daughter of: Cipriano de Palafrox y Portocarrero (1785-1839)& Maria Manuela Kirkpatrick (1794-1879)

Married: Naopleon III (1808-1873)

Children: Louis

Died: 11 July 1920, Madrid

“[She] remained truly beautiful to the end of her life. Those perfect features were really like a finely chiselled cameo – but oh! how sad was the expression on that lovely face, and one realized only too well that one was in the presence of someone who had passed through the furnace of suffering to its utmost limits….[She] possessed a great and generous nature.” (Princess Marie Louise)

Eugenie of Leuchtenburg, Duchess of Oldenburg, Princess Romanovsky

Born: 1 April 1845, St. Petersburg

Daughter of: Maximilian (1817-1852) & Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819-1876)

Married: Alexander (1844-1932)

Children: Peter

Died: 4 May 1925, Biarritz

“She is so good, so steady, very honest, clever and very German in her feelings.” (Queen Victoria 1867)

Eugenie, Princess von Urach

Born: 1848

Daughter of William (1810-1867) & Theodelinde Beauharnais (12814-1857)

Died: 1867

Female F & G

Feodora of Saxe-Leiningen, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Born: 1807

Daughter of: Emich (1763-1814) & Victoria of Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld (1786-1861)

Married: Ernst (1794-1860)

Children: Feodora, Adelaide, Victor, Karl Ludwig, Elise, Hermann

Died: 23 September 1872, Baden Baden

“[she] is my comfort – to her I can talk more unreservedly than anyone else” (Queen Victoria – her half-sister – 1858)


Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen

Born: 1839

Daughter of: Ernst (1794-1860) & Feodora of Saxe-Leiningen (1807-1872)

Married: George II

Children: Ernst, Frederick

Died: 1872

“I am sorry for Feo’s sake that you dislike her husband so much. She is happy and contented and that is enough.” (Queen Victoria to her daughter, the Crown Princess of Prussia, 1859).


Genevieve of Orleans, Marquessa de Chaponay

Born: 1901

Daughter of: Philippe Emmanuel (1872-1931) & Henrietta of Belgium (1870-1948)

Married: Antoine de Chaponay (1893-1956)

Died: 1983

Giovanna (see Joanna)

Gisela of Austria, Princess of Bavaria

Born: 1856

Daughter of: Emperor Franz Josef (1830-1916) & Elizabeth in Bavaria (1837-1898)

Married: Leopold of Bavaria (1846-1930)

Children: Auguste

Died: 1932

Gunelinde of Bavaria

Born: 1891

Daughter of: Ludwig III (1845-1921) & Maria Theresa of Austria (1849-1919)

Married: Johann Georg Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos (1887-1924)

Children: Johann Kaspar, Maria Theresa

Died: 1983

Female H

Helen of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Duchess of Wurttemberg

Born: 1807

Married: Eugen (1788-1857)

Children: William, Alexandrine, Nicholas, Agnes

Died: 1880

Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess of Orleans


Born: 24 January 1814

Daughter of: Frederick Ludwig (1778-1819) & Caroline Louise of Saxce-Weimar-Eisench (1786-1816)

Married: Ferdinand (1810-1842)

Children: Louis Philippe, Robert

Died: 18 May 1858, Clairmont

Helen of Nassau, Princess of Waldeck-Pyrmont

Born: 12 August 1831, Weisbaden

Daughter of: Wilhelm (1792-1839) & Pauline of Wurttemberg (1810-1856)

Married: George Victor (1831-1893)

Children: Sophie, Paulin, Emma, Marie, Helen, Frederick

Died: 27 October 1888, Bad Pyrmont

“[she] is pleasing and clever and has a very pretty figure – but such a plain flat face. She brought me her four little girls...the eldest just five, the youngest twenty months...enormous fine children but with...literally no noses!” (Queen Victoria 1860)

Helene in Bavaria, Princess of Thurn & Taxis

Born: 1834

Daughter of: Maximilian & Ludovica of Bavaria

Married: Maximilian (1831-1867)

Children: Louise, Elizabeth, Maximilian, Albert

Died: 1890

Helene of Anhalt, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Born: 1835

Daughter of: George (1796-1865) & Therese von Erdmannsdorf (1807-1848) but she was adopted by her uncle, William of Anhalt (1807-1864)

Married: Frederick Gunther

Died: 1860, Rudolstadt

Helena Victoria (“Lenchen”) of Great Britain, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Born: 1846

Daughter of: Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861) & Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Married: Christian (1831-1917)

Children: Christian Victor, Albert, Helena Victoria, Marie Louise

Died: 1923

“Poor dear Lenchen, though most useful and active and clever and amiable, does not improve in looks and has great difficulties with her figure and her want of calm quiet graceful manners” (Queen Victoria)

“I am very fond of her, and her violent opinions and very often absurd tirades against any government make me chuckle inwardly.” (Marie Mallet 1896)

Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Princess of Saxe-Altenburg

Born: 1857

Daughter of: George (1824-1876) & Ekaterina Mikhailovna (1827-1894

Married: Albert (1843-1902)

Died: 1936

“[her singing was] rather disappointing as she to accompany herself and bend forward all the time on account of her short-sightedness.” (Princess Mary Adelaide)

Helen of Waldeck Pyrmont, Duchess of Albany


Born: 1861

Daughter of: George Victor (1831-1893) & Helene of Nassau (1831-1888)

Married: Leopold of Great Britain

Children: Alice, Charles Edward

“So good, and such an example to all, I do love and respect and admire her, poor darling – always a kind, sweet smile on her poor sad face and cheerful and always thinking of others and not herself.” (Queen Victoria 1884)

Helena Victoria (“Thora”) of Schleswig Holstein

Born: 3 May 1870, Frogmore

Daughter of: Christian (1831-1917) & Helena Victoria of Great Britain (1846-1923)

Died: 13 March 1948

“She had such wonderful judgement, was so clear-headed and wise, and she was so loyal and strong in her affections. With it all, she was very humble and very diffident about her own gifts.” (Princess Marie Louise)

Helene of Orleans, Duchess of Aosta

Born: 1871

Daughter of: Louis Philippe (1838-1894) & Isabella of Spain (1848-1919)

Married: 1) Emanuel Philibert of Savoy (1869-193?)
Children: Amadeo, Aimon

2) Otto Campini

Died: 1951

Helen of Montenegro (see ‘Elena’)

Helena of Schleswig Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Denmark

Born: 1888

Daughter of: Frederick Ferdinand & Caroline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Married: Harald of Denmark (1876-1941)

Children: Alexandrine, Caroline Mathilde, Feodora

Died: 1962

Helen of Greece, Queen of Roumania


Born: 1896

Daughter of: Constantine I & Sophie of Prussia

Married: Carol II (1893-1953) Divorced 1928
Helen of Greece, Queen of Roumania

Born: 1896

Daughter of: Constantine I & Sophie of Prussia

Married: Carol II (1893-1953) Divorced 1928

Children: Michael

Died: 1982

Helene of Waldeck Pyrmont, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg

Born: 1899

Daughter of: Frederick (1865-1940) & Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1873-1962)

Married: Nicholas (1897-1970)

Children: Anton, Rixa, Peter

Died: 1948

Helena of Austria (Tuscany), Duchess of Wurttemberg

Born: 1903

Daughter of: Peter (1874-1948) & Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1877-1947)

Married: Philip Albrecht (1893-1975)

Children: Marie Christine

Died (a week after childbirth) 1924

Helmtrude, Princess of Bavaria

Born: 1886

Daughter of: Ludwig III (1845-1921) & Maria Theresa of Austria (1849-1919)

Died: 1977

Henriette of Nassau, Duchess of Wurttemberg

Born: 1780

Married: Ludwig (1756-1817)

Children: (???? Marie, Amelie, Pauline, Elizabeth, Alexander – or these may be the children of Maria Anna Czartoryska – I am checking on this)

Died: 1857

Henriette of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Born: 1835

Daughter of: Christian (1798-1869) & Luisa Sophie of Danneskiold-Samsoe (1796-1867)

Married: Johann Frederick von Esmarch (1823-1908)

Died: 1917

Henriette of Belgium, Duchess of Vendome & Alencon

Born: 1870

Daughter of: Philip of Flanders and Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Married: Philippe Emmanuel of Orleans (1872-1931)

Children: Marie Louise, Sophie Josephine, Genevieve, Charles Philippe

Died: 1948

Henriette of Bourbom Parma

Born: 8 April 1903, Lucca

Daughter of: Roberto I (1848-1907) & Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862-1959)

Died: 13 June 1987, Pisa

Henriette, Princess of Schoenaich-Carolath

Born: 1918

Daughter of: Johann Georg (1873-1920) & Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887-1947)

Married: Karl Franz Josef of Prussia (1916-1975)

Died: 1972

Hermine of Waldeck-Pyrmont, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 29 September 1827, Arolsen

Daughter of: George & Emma of Anhalt

Married: Adolph George (1817-1893)

Children: Hermine, George, Hermann, Emma, Ida, Adolph, Otto, Emma Elizabeth

Died: 16 February 1910 Bueckeburg

Hermine of Schaumburg Lippe, Duchess of Wurttemberg

Born: 5 October 1845, Bueckeburg

Daughter of: Adolph George (1817-1893) & Hermine of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1827-1910)

Married: Maximilian (1828-1888)

Died: 23 December 1930, Regensburg

Hermine Reuss of Greiz


Born: 17 December 1887, Greiz

Married: 1) Johann Georg von Schoenaich Carolath (1873-1920)

Children: Hans Georg, Georg, Hermine, Ferdinand, Henriette

2) Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941)

Died: 7 August 1947, Frankfurt Oder

Hermine of Schoenaich Carolath

Born: 1910

Daughter of: Johann Georg (1873-1920) & Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887-1947)

Married: Hugo Hartung (1908-1945) (died in a Russian prison)

Herzelaide, Princess of Prussia

Born: 1918

Daughter of: Oskar (1888-1958) & Marie von Bassewitz (1888-1973)

Married: Karl von Kurland (1907-1982)

Children: Benigna, Ernst Johann

Died: 1989

Hilda Charlotte, Princess of Anhalt

Born: 1839

Daughter of: Frederick (1799-1864) & Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1814-1895)

Died: 1926

“I have also heard [of her] as being very pretty but....the parents are very foolish and frivolous people, and the Duchess of Nassau – the eldest sister – at one time a very bad wife.” (Queen Victoria 1861)

Hilda of Nassau, Grand Duchess of Baden


Born: 1864

Daughter of Adolph & Adelaide of Anhalt

Married: Frederick II (1857-1928)

Died: 1952

Hilda of Nassau, Duchess of Krumlov

Born: 1897

Daughter of: William (1852-1912) & Maria Ana of Portugal (1861-1942)

Married: Adolph of Schwarzenburg (1890-1950)

Died:

Hildegard of Bavaria, Duchess of Teschen

Born: 1825

Daughter of: Ludwig I (1876-1848) & Theresa of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792-1854)

Married: Albrecht of Austria (1817-1895)

Died: 1864

Hildegard of Bavaria

Born: 1881

Daughter of: Ludwig III (1845-1921) & Maria Theresa of Austria (1845-1919)

Died: 1948

Female I

Ida of Waldeck Pyrmont, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 26 September 1796, Rhoden

Daughter of: George of Waldeck Pyrmont & Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen

Married: George William of Schaumburg-Lippe (1784-1860)

Children: Adolph George, Mathilde, Adelaide, Ida, Emma, Wilhelm, Hermann, Ernst, Elizabeth

Died: 12 April 1869, Menton

Ida Marie of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 26 May 1824, Bueckeburg

Daughter of: George William (1784-1860) & Ida of Waldeck Pyrmont (1796-1869)

Died: 5 March 1894

Ida Mathilde of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess of Greiz

Born: 28 July 1852, Bueckeburg

Daughter of Adolph I George (1817-1893) & Hermine of Waldeck Pyrmont (1827-1910)

Married: Heinrich Reuss XXII (1846-1902)

Children: Caroline, Heinrich, Emma, Marie Agnes, Hermine, Ida

Died (in childbirth?): 28 September 1891, Greiz

Ida Emma Reuss of Greiz

Born: 1891, Greiz

Daughter of: Heinrich XXII (1846-1902) & Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (1852-1891)

Married: Christian of Stolberg-Rosla (1888-1949)

Children: Caroline, Heinrich, Johann

Died: 1977

Ileana of Roumania, Archduchess of Austria


Born: 1909

Daughter of: King Ferdinand of Roumania & Marie of Edinburgh/Coburg

Married: Anton of Austria (divorced)

Imma of Erbach Schonberg

Born: 1901

Daughter of: Alexander (1872-1944) & Elizabeth of Waldeck Pyrmont (1873-1924)

Married: 1) Hans Karl von Dornberg (1875-1924)
2) Neil McEachan (1885-1964)

Died: 1947

Ina Marie von Bassewitz, Princess of Prussia

Born: 1888

Married: Oskar of Prussia (1888-1958)

Children: Oskar, Burchard, Herzelaide, Wilhelm Karl

Died: 1973

Ingeborg of Denmark, Duchess of Vastergotland

Born: 2 August 1878, Copenhagen

Daughter of: King Frederick VIII (1843-1912) & Louise of Seweden (1851-1926)

Married: Carl of Sweden (1861-1951)

Children: Astrid, Margretha, Martha, Carl, Astrid

Died: 12 March 1958, Stockholm

Ingeborg of Oldenburg, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 20 July 1901, Oldenburg

Daughter of: Frederick August (1852-1931) & Elizabeth Alexandrine of Mechlenburg-Schwerin (1869-1955)

Married: Stephan of Schaumburg-Lippe (1891-1965)

Died: 10 January 1996

Ingrid of Sweden, Queen of Denmark


Born: 28 March 1910, Stockholm

Daughter of: King Gustav Adolph IV & Margaret of Connaught

Married: Frederick IX (1899-1972)

Died: 7 November 2000, Fredensborg


Irene of Hesse, Princess of Prussia


Born: 11 July 1866, Darmstadt

Daughter of: Louis of Hesse (1837-1892) & Alice of Great Britain (1843-1878)

Married: Henry of Prussia (1862-1929)

Children: Waldemar, Sigismund, Henry

Died: 1953

"The name…stands…as a sort of recollection of the peace so longed for, and which I so gladly welcomed." (Princess Alice)

“She rode with a light touch and loved to dance, as I did. We often danced together accompanied by our own singing” (Her brother, Ernst of Hesse)

Irina of Russia, Princess Youssoupov


Born: 15 July 1895, Peterhof

Daughter of: Alexander Mikhailovich & Xenia Alexandrovna

Married: Felix Youssoupov (1887-1967)

Children: Irina

Died: 26 February 1970, Paris

Irene of Schwarzburg Rudolstadt

Born: 1899

Daughter of: Sizzo (1860-1926) & Alexandra of Anhalt (1868-1958)

Died: 1939

Irene of Greece, Queen of Croatia

Born: 1904

Daughter of: King Constantine I (1868-1923) & Sophie of Prussia (1870-1932)

Married: Anton of Aosta (1900-1948)

Irene of Hesse-Philippsthal

Born: 1907

Daughter of: Chlodwig & Caroline of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich

Irma, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Born: 4 July 1902

Daughter of: Ernst & Alexandra of Edinburgh/Coburg

Died: 8 March 1986

Irma of Windisch Graetz

Born: 1913

Daughter of: Hugo Vinzenz (1887-1959) & Leontine of Furstenberg (1892-1979)

Married: Franz von Weikersheim (1904-1983)

Died: 1984

Irmingard, Princess of Bavaria

Born: 1902

Daughter of: Rupert of Bavaria (1869-1955) & Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria (1878-1912)

Died: 1903

Isabella of Portugal

Born: 4 July 1801, Lisbon

Daughter of: King Joao of Portugal (1767-1826) & Carlota of Spain (1775-1830)

Died: 22 April 1876, Lisbon

Isabella of the Two Sicilies, Countess Gurowski

Born: 1821

Daughter of: Francis de Paola & Louise of the Two Sicilies

Married: Ignatius, Count Gurowski

Died: 1897

Isabella II, Queen of Spain

Born: 10 October 1830, Madrid

Daughter of: Ferdinand III ( –1833) & Maria Cristina of Naples (1806-1878)

Married: Francesco of Cadiz (1822-1902)

Children: 4 stillborn sons, Isabel, Maria Christina, Alfonso, Maria de la Conception, Maria del Pilar, Maria de la Paz, Eulalia, Francesco

Died: 9 April 1904, Paris

“A most unfortunate woman. Every excuse must be made for her private conduct – on account of her cruel marriage. But her misgovernment is to me incredible.” (Queen Victoria 1868)
“I cannot help pitying the poor creature for whom no one feels pity or respect. She would never had sunk to what she is now had she had another mother and another education and had she not been made to marry such a wretch of a husband.” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia 1870)
“I pity the poor Queen of Spain very much for it was not her fault that she turned out so badly.” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia 1870)
“Delightful fat, old…looking like a fat pâté – but she is very amusing & good natured.” (The Princess of Wales, 1890)

Maria Isabella of Austria (Tuscany), Princess of the Two Sicilies

Born: 21 May 1834, Florence

Daughter of: Leopoldo II (1797-1870) & Antoinette of the Two Sicilies (1814-1898)

Married: Francesco (1827-1892)

Children: Antoinette, Leopoldo, Maria Teresa, Maria Carolina, Ferdinando, Maria Annunciata

Died: 14 July 1901 near Lucerne

Isabella Cristina of Brazil, Princess of Orleans/Countess de Eu

Born: 1846

Daughter of: Pedro II

Married: Gaston of Orleans (184201922)

Died: 1921

Isabella, Infanta of Spain, Comtesse of Paris

Born: 1848

Daughter of: Antoine de Montpensier (1824-1890) & Fernanda of Spain (1832-1897)

Married: Louis-Philippe, Comte de Paris (1838-1894)

Children: Amelie, Louis Philippe, Helene, Charles, Isabelle, Jacques, Louise, Ferdinand

Died: 1919

Isabella of Spain, Countess of Girgenti

Born: 20 December 1851, Madrid

Daughter of: Francesco of Cadiz (1822-1902) & Queen Isabella II (1830-1904)

Married: Gaetano of the Two Sicilies (1846-1871)

Died: 23 April 1931, Paris

Isabella of Bavaria, Duchess of Genoa

Born: 1863

Daughter of Adalbert (1828-1925) & Amelie of Bourbon-Sicily (1834-1905)

Married: Thomas of Genoa

Children: Eugen, Ferdinand

Died: 1924

Maria Isabella of Wurttemberg, Princess of Saxony

Born: 30 August 1871, Orth

Daughter of: Philipp (1838-1917) & Marie of Austria (1845-1927)

Married: John Georg (1869-1938)

Died: 24 May 1904, Dresden

Isabelle of Orleans, Duchessof Guise

Born: 1878

Daughter of: Louis Philippe (1838-1894) & Isabella of Spain (1848-1919)

Married: HJean of Orleans (1874-1940)

Children: Genry, Isabelle, Anne, Francoise

Died: 1961

Isabella of Austria

Born: 1888

Daughter of: Frederick & Isabella von Croy

Died: 1973

Isabelle of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess of Windisch Graetz

Born: 1891

Married: Alfred (1890-1972)

Died: 1982

Isabel Maria of Portugal, Princess of Thurn & Taxis

Born: 1894

Daughter of: Miguel (1853-1927) & Theresa of Rosenberg (1870-1935)

Married: Franz-Josef (1893-1971)

Children: Gabriel, Michael, Helene

Died: 1970

Isabelle of Bourbon-Parma

Born: 1898

Daughter of: Roberto I (1848-1907) & Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862-1959)

Died: 1984

Isabelle of Orleans

Born: 1900

Daughter of: Jean of Orleans (1874-1940) & Isabelle of Orleans (1878-1961)

Married: 1) Bruno d’Harcourt (1899-1930)
2) Pierre Murat (1900-1948)

Died: 1983

Isabelle Czartoryski, Princess of the Two Sicilies

Born: 1902

Daughter of: Adam Czartoryski (1872-1937) & Marie Louise Krasinska (1883-1958)

Married: Gabriel (1897-1975)

Died: 1929

Isabelle of Salm-Salm

Born: 1903

Isabelle of Orleans-Braganca, Comtesse de Paris


Born: 1911

Married: Henri, Comte de Paris (1908-1999)

Child: Isabella

Died: 2003

Female J & K

(Names beginning with Marie/Maria are included under the second name)

Jadwega of Hohenlohe-Oehringen, Countess of Sternau and Hohenau

Daughter of: Felix of Hohenlohe-Oehringen (1818-1900) & Alexandra of Hanau

Born: 1857

Married: Franz Erich Bentsel, Count of Sternau and Hohenau (1850-1922)

Died: 1940


Januaria of Brazil, Princess Imperial

Born: 11 March 1822, Rio di Janero

Daughter of: Peter I of Brazil (1798-1834) and Leopoldine of Austria (1797-1826)

Married: Luigi-Carlo of the Two Sicilies (1824-1897)

Died: 13 March 1901, Nice

Joanna (Giovanna) of Savoy, Queen of Bulgaria

Born: 13 November 1911, Rome

Daughter of: King Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947) & Helena of Montenegro (1873-1952)

Married: Boris III of Bulgaria (1894-1943)

Died: 26 February 2000 Estoril

Joanna (Giovanna) of Bourbon Parma
Born: 8 July 1916 Weilburg

Daughter of Elias of Bourbon Parma (1880-1959) & Maria Anna of Portugal (1882-1940)

Died: 1 November 1949, Toledana. Killed in a shooting accident.

Josepha of Bourbon Parma

Born: 1827

Daughter of: Francis de Paola & Louise of the Two Sicilies

Married: Joseph Guell Y Rente

Died: 1920

Maria Josepha of Portugal, Duchess in Bavaria

Born 1857

Daughter of: Miguel of Portugal (1802-1866) & Adelaide of Rosenberg (1831-1909)

Married: Karl Throdor (1839-1909)

Children: Elizabeth, Maria Gabrielle

Died: 1943

Maria Josepha of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria

Born: 31 May 1867, Dresden

Daughter of: King George of Saxony (1832-1904) & Marianne of Portugal (1843-1884)

Married: Otto of Austria (1865-1906)

Children: Karl

Died: 28 May 1944, Erlangen

Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Queen of Sweden & Norway

Born: 14 March 1807, Milan

Daughter of: Eugene of Leuchtenberg (1781-1824) & Augusta of Bavaria (1788-1851)

Married: King Oscar I (1799-1859)

Children: Carl, Gustav, Oscar

Died: 7 June 1876, Stockholm

Josephine of Baden, Princess of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen

Born: 21 October 1813, Mannheim

Daughter of: Karl of Baden (1786-1818) & Stephanie Beauharnais (1789-1860)

Married: Karl Anton of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen (1811-1885)

Children: Karl, Anton, Frederick, Leopolod, Maria, Stephanie

Died: 19 June 1900, Sigmaringen

Josephine of Belgium

Born: 30 November 1870, Brussels

Daughter of: Philip of Flanders (1837-1905) & Marie of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen (1845-1912)

Died: 18 January 1871, Brussels

Josephine of Belgium, Princess of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen

Born: 1872, Brussels

Daughter of: Philip of Flanders (1837-1905) & Marie of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen (1845-1912)

Married: Karl Anton of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen

Maria Josephine of Bourbon Parma

Born: 25 February 1880, Cannes

Daughter of: Alfonso (1841-1934) & Antoinette of the Two Sicilies (1851-1938)

Died: 22 July 1971, Cannes

Julianne of Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld, Grand Duchess of Russia

Born: 1781

Daughter of:

Married: Konstantin Konstantinovich

Divorced: 1820

Died: 1860

“We are all very sad and anxious about poor, dear Aunt Julie...[she] was, up to this illness as active as a girl and though she is within 6 weeks of her 79th birthday, we looked on her as strong and still full of life. She had a sort of paralytic stroke...” (Queen Victoria to her daughter, Vicky 14 August 1860)

Julia von Hauke, Princess Battenberg

Born: 1825, Poland

Daughter of: Maurice Hauke (1775-1830) & Sophie de la Fontaine

Married: Alexander of Hesse (1823-1888)

Children: Marie, Louis, Alexander, Henry Franz Josef

Died: 1895

Julia of Hunyady, Queen of Serbia

Born: 1831

Daughter of: Francis, Count Hunyady

Married: Mikhail III of Serbia

Died: 1919

Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands

Born: 30 April 1909

Daughter of: Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876-1934) & Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880-1962)

Married: Bernhard Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911- )

Children: Beatrix

Died: 20 March 2004

Jutta (Militsa) of Mecklenburg Strelitz, Queen of Montenegro

Born: 24 January 1880, Neustrelitz

Daughter of: Adolph Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz & Elizabeth of Anhalt

Married: King Danilo II (1871-1939)

Died: 17 February 1946, Rome

Karoline (see Caroline)

Karola of Urach

Born: 1896

Daughter of: William of Urach (1864-1928) & Amelie in Bavaria (1865-1912)

Died: 1980

Katherine (see Catherine)

Kira of Russia

Born: 9 May 1909, Paris

Daughter of: Kyril Vladimirovich & Victoria Melita of Edinburgh & Coburg

Married: Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1907-1994)

Children: Frederick William, Michael, Marie Cecile, Kira, Louis Ferdinand, Christian Sigismund, Xenia

Died: 8 September 1967 St-Briac