Maud of Wales

Princess Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, VA (* November 26, 1869 in Marlborough House, London, † November 20, 1938 in London) was a British princess and since 1905 the first queen of the independent Kingdom of Norway.

Life

Maud was the youngest daughter of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII and Princess Alexandra of Denmark, the daughter of the future King Christian IX. of Denmark. Her brother was King George V of the United Kingdom.

On July 22, 1896, she married in the chapel of Buckingham Palace Prince Carl of Denmark, her cousin and also grandson of the Danish King Christian IX. , Who was elected in 1905 King Haakon VII of Norway. Your single, common child, Prince Alexander, born on July 2, 1903, later became King Olav V of Norway.

Queen Maud died shortly before her 69th birthday to heart failure and was buried in the Royal Mausoleum of the castle Akershus.

According to her, the Queen Maud Land and the Queen Maud Mountains was named in Antarctica.