THE CUMBERLAND FAMILY THYRA (1853-1933, sister of Queen Alexandra and the Tsarina, third daughter of Christian IX of Denmark, Duchess of Cumberland), her husband ERNST AUGUST (K.G., Crown Prince, 1845-1923, head of the House of Hanover and 3rd Duke of Cumberland), their eldest son GEORG WILHELM (1880-1912), their daughters ALEXANDRA (1882-1963) with her husband, 1904, FRIEDRICH FRANZ IV (1882-1945, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin, 1897-1918), OLGA (1884-1958) and MARIE LOUISE (1879-1948, wife, 1900, of Prince Max von Baden, German Chancellor) with her children BERTHOLD (1906-1963, husband, 1931, of Prince Philip's sister Theodora) and MARIE ALEXANDRA (1902-1944, wife, 1924, of Prince Wolfgang of Hesse)

Fine Group Portrait Photograph, by Artur Floeck of Vienna, signed "Tante Thyra" and dated, showing them full length, in two rows in the garden, the men in uniform, the Duchess in a gorgeous embroidered dress, next to her is Berthold in Austrian clothes and hat, then his mother, seated, and his sister, standing in sailor suit and hat, in the back row are Grand Duchess Alexandra, Prince Georg Wilhelm, Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, Princess Olga and the Duke, a delightful group, 8" x 5¼", no place,

In 1912, Prince Georg Wilhelm died in a car accident in the Mark of Brandenburg. The Kaiser sent two of his sons and a cavalry unit to Gmunden to express sympathy. The return visit by Prince Ernst August the younger and Prince Max added to the rapprochement of the families, sealed in 1913 by the former's marriage to the Kaiser's daughter Viktoria Luise.

Item Date:  1910

Stock No:  36116      £1750

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