Princess Patricia of Connaught
Princess Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth of Connaught and Strathearn ( born March 17, 1886, Buckingham Palace, London, † 12 January 1974 in Windlesham, Surrey ) was a member of the British royal family from the House of Saxe -Coburg and Gotha.
Life
Patricia was the youngest daughter of Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), and his wife Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1860-1917), daughter of Field Marshal Prince Frederick Charles and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt- Dessau. Your paternal grandparents were the British Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort Albert of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha.
The Princess was christened on 1 May 1886 in the private chapel at Bagshot Park by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archibald Campbell Tait. As godparents served Queen Victoria, Princess Helena of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- August Castle, Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Oldenburg, prince and later emperor Wilhelm ( II ) of Prussia, Duke Ernst II of Saxe -Coburg and Gotha and Prince Albrecht of Prussia. As a granddaughter of an English monarch in the male line she wore from birth to the title Her Royal Highness Princess Patricia of Connaught. Within the family she was called Patsy.
Her childhood revolved around perfect behavior and the social representation. She was taught entirely at home by governesses and tutors with the help of her father's library. In addition to geography, history, mathematics, art, dance and music - Patricia also learned French and German. Early on, she accompanied along with their siblings, parents abroad; either to visit relatives or by the military obligations of her father. From 1911 to 1916 Patricia accompanied her parents to Canada, where her father was appointed Governor General of Canada. There she acted as hostess at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, including banquets, dance balls, garden parties, dinners, dances and costume parties because of the health problems of her mother. Together with her mother, she supported several charitable organizations, including the British Red Cross, and filled the society columns of the newspapers.
In the years there has been much speculation about who would Princess Pat, as she was called by the press, to get married. Among the candidates were, among others, the future King Emanuel II of Portugal and Alfonso XIII. of Spain, later Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI. of Mecklenburg -Strelitz and the Russian Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov. In the end, however, she chose a Scottish aristocrat. On February 27, 1919 married Princess Patricia at Westminster Abbey, London, and later the commander of the Royal Navy Admiral Sir Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay ( 1881-1972 ), the youngest son of John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie, and the Lady Ida Louisa Bennet. Princess Patricia gave after their marriage the title of Princess of Great Britain and Ireland and, with them, the salutation HRH voluntarily and called himself henceforth Lady Patricia Ramsay. From the marriage, which by all accounts was happy, was a son, Alexander (1919-2000), out.
In the first years of their marriage the couple lived in Clarence House and after the death of her aunt, Louise, Duchess of Argyll, they lived in their house Ribsden Holt in Windlesham. Lady Patricia was a gifted painter and presented their works regularly. She left behind around 600 works until her death in 1974. Due to her work, she was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. It was ( Royal Burial Ground ) buried next to her husband on the Royal Cemetery on the grounds of Windsor Castle.
Titles, orders and Coat of Arms
Title
Orders and Awards
- Colonel -in- Chief of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
- GBE: Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire
- CI: Companion of the Crown of India
- GCStJ: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St. John
- GCVO: Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- RRC: Member ( First Class) of the Royal Red Cross
- Family north of King George V.
- Family north of King George VI.
- Family north of Queen Elizabeth II
Coat of arms
At her marriage in 1919, Princess Patricia was named as granddaughter in the male line of Queen Victoria, to lead the coat of arms of the United Kingdom. As is common in women, it was not as a shield but as a hash ( "Ladies Shield " ) is configured.