THE WEDDING OF PRINCESS BEATRICE WITH PRINCE HENRY OF BATTENBERG BEATRICE (Mary Victoria Feodore, 1857-1944, Princess, Daughter & Companion of Queen Victoria) & Prince Henry Maurice of BATTENBERG (1858-1896, Colonel, Her Husband)

Superb pair of printed photos both signed, showing the couple three quarters length, the Princess is wearing her wedding dress with a cross around her neck, holding a fan and Henry is wearing uniform and standing next to a table with his helmet on it, each 9" x 3½" in mount 10¾" x 7¾", no place but Isle of Wight, dated by Beatrice 23rd July

Beatrice fell in love with Prince Henry of Battenberg, the son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and Julia von Hauke and brother-in-law of her niece Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine. After a year of persuasion, the Queen, whose consent was required pursuant to the Royal Marriages Act, finally agreed to the marriage, which took place at Whippingham on the Isle of Wight on 23rd July 1885. Queen Victoria consented on condition that Beatrice and Henry make their home with her and that Beatrice continue her duties as the Queen's unofficial secretary. The Prince and Princess had four children, but 10 years into their marriage, on 20th January 1896, Prince Henry died of malaria while fighting in the Anglo-Asante War. Beatrice remained at her mother's side until Queen Victoria died on 22 January 1901.

Item Date:  1885

Stock No:  40779      £475

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