THE DUCHESS OF CUMBERLAND SURROUNDED BY HER CHILDREN [THYRA (1853-1933, sister of Queen Alexandra and the Tsarina, third daughter of Christian IX, Duchess of Cumberland) with her sons and daughters MARIE LOUISE (1879-1948, wife of Prince Max of Baden, 1867-1939), Prince GEORGE WILLIAM (1880-1912, died in a car accident on his way to the funeral of King Frederik VIII of Denmark), Princess ALEXANDRA (1882-1963, married Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin), Princess OLGA (1884-1958), Prince CHRISTIAN (1885-1901) and her son Crown Prince ERNST AUGUST (1887-1953, Duke of Brunswick)]

Suberb Unsigned Imperial Cabinet Photo by Carl Jagerspacher showing the boys standing behind their mother with George in uniform, Thyra is seated on a sofa with her daughters on either side of her, 8½” x 5¼”, no place but Vienna, no date but circa

Carl JAGERSPACHER (1844-1921) was an Austrian Photographer.
Thyra was the youngest daughter and fifth child of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. In 1878, she married Ernest Augustus, the exiled heir to the Kingdom of Hanover. As the Kingdom of Hanover had been annexed by Prussia in 1866, she spent most of her life in exile with her husband in Austria.

Item Date:  1900

Stock No:  43020      £375

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