Frogmore (Windsor)
Frogmore (officially Frogmore Estate ) is an estate on the grounds of Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England . Distinctive buildings are Frogmore House , the mausoleum of the Duchess of Kent , the Royal Mausoleum for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and the Royal Burial Ground as the private cemetery of the royal family . The property is used privately by the royal family and is only open to the public on a few days of the year. The name is derived from the frogs that have always lived in large numbers in the low-lying swampy area near the Thames . Frogmore Cottage is also on the property .
Frogmore House
Frogmore House was built in 1680 and was rebuilt by King George III in 1792 . Bought as a country palace for Queen Charlotte. Queen Victoria's mother, Victoria von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of Kent , lived here as a widow and was later buried in a mausoleum built for her in the park (see below). After her death, Frogmore House served as a residence for various relatives of the royal family. Around 1900, for example, Admiral Prince Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg and Princess Victoria Alberta of Hesse and near Rhine , a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, lived here. Their son Louis , later First Sea Lord and Viceroy of India , was born at Frogmore House. On May 19, 2018, the wedding took place here ball for Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan Markle at the invitation of the groom father, Charles, Prince of Wales , instead (see also: Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ) .
Burial places
In the gardens of Frogmore House, Queen Victoria had a second mausoleum (Royal Mausoleum, 51 ° 28 ′ 26.4 ″ N , 0 ° 35 ′ 54 ″ W ) built for herself and her husband in the immediate vicinity of her mother's mausoleum was determined because they did not want to be buried in one of the two important tombs of the English kings ( Westminster Abbey or Windsor Castle ). On a lawn behind the Royal Mausoleum is the Royal Burial Ground, where most members of the royal family - with the exception of the monarchs and their wives - have been buried since 1928.
The following members of the English royal family found their final resting place in Frogmore:
Mausoleum of the Duchess of Kent
- Victoria von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld , Duchess of Kent (August 17, 1786 - March 16, 1861) - (Mother of Queen Victoria )
Royal mausoleum
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 26, 1819 - December 14, 1861) - (Consort of Queen Victoria )
- Queen Victoria of Great Britain (May 24, 1819 - January 22, 1901)
Royal Burial Ground
- Prince Harold (May 12, 1876 - May 20, 1876) - (son of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg )
- Francis Joseph, Prince of Teck (January 9, 1870 - October 22, 1910)
- Princess Luise Margareta of Prussia (July 25, 1860 - March 14, 1917) - (Wife of Prince Arthur )
- Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (January 22, 1831 - October 28, 1917) (Consort of Princess Helena)
- Leopold Mountbatten (May 21, 1889 - April 23, 1922) - (grandson of Queen Victoria)
- Princess Helena (May 25, 1846 - June 9, 1923) - (daughter of Queen Victoria)
- Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (August 13, 1868 - October 24, 1927)
- Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon (April 24, 1907 - April 15, 1928)
- Margaret Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge (April 9, 1873 - March 27, 1929) - (wife of Adolphus Cambridge )
- Princess Victoria (July 6, 1868 - December 3, 1935) - (daughter of King Edward VII )
- Prince Arthur (January 13, 1883 - September 12, 1938) - (son of Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn )
- Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (March 18, 1848 - December 3, 1939) - (daughter of Queen Victoria)
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (May 1, 1850 - January 16, 1942) - (Son of Queen Victoria)
- Prince George, 1st Duke of Kent (December 20, 1902 - August 25, 1942) - (son of King George V )
- Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (May 3, 1870 - March 13, 1948) (daughter of Princess Helena )
- Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (August 12, 1872 - December 8, 1956) (daughter of Princess Helena )
- Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (April 14, 1874 - January 16, 1957)
- Princess Marina of Greece , Duchess of Kent (December 13, 1906 - August 27, 1968) - (Wife of Prince George )
- Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII of Great Britain (June 23, 1894 - May 28, 1972)
- Prince Wilhelm (December 18, 1941 - August 28, 1972) - (Son of Prince Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester )
- Sir Alexander Ramsay (May 29, 1881 - October 8, 1972) - (Consort of Princess Patricia )
- Princess Patricia , Lady Ramsay (March 17, 1886 - January 12, 1974)
- Prince Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester (March 31, 1900 - June 10, 1974) - (son of King George V )
- Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (February 25, 1883 - January 3, 1981) - (Granddaughter of Queen Victoria)
- George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge (October 11, 1895 - April 16, 1981)
- Wallis Simpson , Duchess of Windsor (June 19, 1896 - April 24, 1986) - (Wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor )
- Dorothy, Marchioness of Cambridge (May 18, 1899 - April 1, 1988) - (Wife of George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge)
- Sir Henry Abel Smith (March 8, 1900 - January 24, 1993)
- Lady May Abel Smith (January 23, 1906 - May 29, 1994) - (daughter of Princess Alice of Albany )
- Princess Alice , Duchess of Gloucester (December 25, 1901 - October 29, 2004) - (Wife of Henry, Duke of Gloucester )
- Sir Angus Ogilvy (September 14, 1928 - December 26, 2004) - (Consort of Princess Alexandra of Kent )
Formerly buried in the Royal Burial Ground
- Queen Mary of Yugoslavia (January 6, 1900 - June 22, 1961) - (Wife of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia ). In 2013 the body of the former queen was transferred to the crypt of the Church of St. George in Oplenac .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Frogmore House and Gardens. In: royal.uk. Retrieved July 2, 2019 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 27.3 " N , 0 ° 35 ′ 39.7" W.