Royal Names－Adelaide

'Adelaide', meaning 'Noble nature', is the Old High German Adalheidisis, and a derivation of the Germanic name 'Adelheid' in modern times. It was popularised by Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort to William IV of the United Kingdom. Many British Royals and the descendants had it as their first or middle names.⁣⁣

(Queen Adelaide of the United Kingdom

by Sir William Beechey, c. 1831       Source : Wikipedia)

Here are some royals in history with this name, sorted by their nationality by birth : 

British Royals

Princess Elizabeth of Clarence (1820-1821)

[Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide]

Augusta, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1822-1916)

[Augusta Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louise]

Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck (1833-1897)
[Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth]

Victoria, German Empress (1840-1901)

[Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa]

Danish Royals

Caroline-Mathilde, Hereditary Princess of Denmark (1912-1995)

[Caroline-Mathilde Louise Dagmar Christine Maud Augusta Ingeborg Thyra Adelheid]

German Royals

Adelaide, Queen of the United Kingdom (1792-1849)

[Adelheid Amalie Luise Therese Caroline]

Adelheid, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (1835-1900)
[Adelheid Victoria Amalie Louise Maria Konstanze]

Feodora, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (1839-1872)
[Feodora Victoria Adelheid]

Louise Sophie, Princess Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (1866-1952)

[Feodora Luise Sophie Adelaide Henrietta Amelia]

Victoria Adelaide, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1885-1970)

[Viktoria Adelheid Helene Luise Marie Friederike]

Helena Adelaide, Princess Harald of Denmark (1888-1962)

[Helene Adelheid Viktoria Marie]

Adelaide, Princess of Solms-Baruth (1889-1964)

[Adelheid Luise]

Feodora, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1890-1972)

[Feodora Karola Charlotte Marie Adelheid Auguste Mathilde]

Victoria Louise, Duchess of Brunswick (1892-1980)

[Viktoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte]

Karoline Mathilde, Countess Hans of Solms-Baruth (1894-1972)

[Viktoria-Irene Adelheid Auguste Alberta Feodora Karoline Mathilde]

Barbara, Duchess Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1920-1994)

[Barbara Irene Adelaide Victoria Elizabeth Bathildis]

Hanoverian Royals

Princess Olga of Hanover (1884-1958)

[Olga Adelaide Louise Marie Alexandrina Agnes]

Italian Royals

Maria Gabriella, Princess of Savoy (1940-)
[Maria Gabriella Giuseppa Aldegonda Adelaide Ludovica Felicità Gennara]

Portuguese Royals

Maria das Neves, Duchess of San Jaime, (1852-1941) 
[Maria das Neves Isabel Eulália Carlota Adelaide Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Paula de Assis Inês Sofia Romana]

Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal (1855-1944)
[Maria Teresa da Imaculada Conceição Fernanda Eulália Leopoldina Adelaide Isabel Carolina Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Francisca de Assis de Paula Gonzaga Inês Sofia Bartolomeu dos Anjos]

Maria Josepha, Duchess in Bavaria (1857-1943)
[Maria José Joana Eulália Leopoldina Adelaide Isabel Carolina Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Francisca de Assis e de Paula Inês Sofia Joaquina Teresa Benedita Bernardina]

Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães (1858-1946)
[Adelgundes de Jesus Maria Francisca de Assis e de Paula Adelaide Eulália Leopoldina Carlota Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga Inês Isabel Avelina Ana Estanislau Sofia Bernardina]

Maria Antonia, Duchess of Parma (1862-1959), mother of Empress Zita of Austria
[Maria Antónia Adelaide Camila Carolina Eulália Leopoldina Sofia Inês Francisca de Assis e de Paula Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga Gregória Bernardina Benedita Andrea]

Royal Names－Albert

'Albert' is a derivation of the Germanic name 'Adalbert', meaning noble and bright, and was popularised by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, husband of Queen Victoria. All of their four sons had the name 'Albert', either the first name or one of the middle names. Most of their grandsons also had the name 'Albert', as well as some of their great-grandsons. ⁣⁣ 

(Albert, Prince Consort by Franz Xavier Winterhalter, 1842

Source：Royal Collection Trust)

Some translations : 

• Belgian : Albert, Albrecht
• Dutch : Albert, Aalbert
• Finnish : Albert, Alpertti
• French : Albert
• German : Albert, Albrecht, Adalbert
• Italian : Alberto
• Latin : Albertus
• Polish : Albert, Olbracht
• Portuguese : Alberto
• Spanish : Alberto
• Swedish : Albert

Here are some famous royals with the name Albert, sorted by their nationality by birth.

Austrian Royals

Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817-1895)

[Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf Dominik]

Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856-1936)

[Friedrich Maria Albrecht Wilhelm Karl]

Archduke Albrecht, Franz, Duke of Teschen (1897-1955)

[Albrecht Franz Josef Karl Friedich Georg Hubert Maria]

Belgian Royals

Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859-1869)

[Leopold Ferdinand Elias Viktor Albert Maria]

King Albert I of Belgium (1875-1934)

[Albert Leopold Clemens Maria Meinrad]

King Leopold III of Belgium (1901-1983)

[Leopold Filips Karel Albert Meinrad Hubertus Maria Miguel]

Baudouin, King of Belgium (1930-1993)

[Balduin Albrecht Karl Leopold Axel Marie Gustav]

King Albert II of Belgium (1934-)

[Albert Felix Humbert Theodore Christian Eugene Marie]

Born shortly after the accidental death of King Albert I of the Belgians, the infant's parents decided to name him after his grandfather, Albert I

Prince Alexandre of Belgium (1942-2009)

[Alexandre Emmanuel Henri Albert Marie Leopold]

British Royals

King Edward VII of United Kingdom (1841-1910)

[Albert Edward]

Like his younger brothers, nephews and descendants, the name Albert was after his father, Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (18

[Alfred Ernest Albert]

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942)

[Arthur Patrick Albert]

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884)
[Leopold George Duncan Albert]

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864-1892)
[Albert Victor Christian Edward]

King George V of United Kingdom (1865-1936)
[George Frederick Ernest Albert]

Prince Alexander John of Wales (1871)
[Alexander John Charles Robert Albert]

Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874-1899)
[Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert]

Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883-1938)

[Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert]

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884-1954)
[Leopold Charles Edward George Albert]

Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886-1960)

[Alexander Albert Victor]

King Edward VIII of United Kingdom (1894-1972)
[Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David]

King George VI of United Kingdom (1895-1952)

[Albert Frederick Arthur George]

Born on the 34th death anniversary of his great-grandfather, George VI was therefore named after him

Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974)
[Henry William Frederick Albert]

Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960-)
[Andrew Albert Christian Edward]

David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961-)
[David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones]

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984-)
[Henry Charles Albert David]

Danish Royals

King Christian X of Denmark (1870-1947)
[Christian Charles Frederick Albert Alexander William]

German Royals

Prince Albert of Prussia (1809-1872), son of King Frederick William III of Prussia
[Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht]

Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861)

[Franz Albert August Karl Emanuel]

Albert, King of Saxony (1828-1902)

[Friedrich August Albert Anton Ferdinand Joseph Karl Maria Baptist Nepomuk Wilhelm Xaver Georg Fidelis]

Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenberg (1843-1902)

[Albert Heinrich Joseph Carl Viktor Georg Friedrich]

Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1848-1914)
[Georg Adolf Friedrich Victor Ernst Adalbert Gustav Wilhelm Wellington]

Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1858-1941)
[Frederick William Victor Albert]

Prince Henry of Prussia (1862-1929)
[Albert William Henry]

King Ferdinand I of Romania (1865-1927)

[Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad]

Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865-1935)

[Albrecht Maria Alexander Philipp Joseph]

Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (1867-1900)
[Christian Victor Albert Ernst Anton]

Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868-1927)
[Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus]

Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1868-1937)

[Ernest Louis Charles Albert William]

Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869-1931)
[Albert John Charles Frederick Alfred George]

George William, Hereditary Prince of Hanover (1880-1912)
[George William Christian Albert Edward Alexander Frederick Valdemar Ernest Adolph]

Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1882-1918)
[Adolf Friedrich Georg Ernst Albert Eduard]

Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884-1948)
[Adalbert Ferdinand Berengar Viktor]

Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony (1893-1943)

[Friedrich Auguat Georg Ferdinand Albert Karl Anton Paul Marcellus]

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979)
[Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten]

Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1906-1972)
[Johann Leopold William Albert Ferdinand Victor]

Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907-1994), son of Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Prussia
(Louis Ferdinand Victor Eduard Adalbert Michael Hubertus)

Prince Wilhelm Victor of Prussia (1919-1989)

[Wilhelm Viktor Ernst Freund Friedrich Georg Adalbert]

Prince Peter Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1939-)

[Peter Albert friedrich Josias]

Prince Ernst August of Hanover (1954-), third husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco

[Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig]

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1955-), grandson of Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma
[Henri Albert Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume]

Andrea Casiraghi (1984-), eldest grandson of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco

[Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi]

Italian Royals

King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820-1878)
[Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso]

Prince Ferdinando, 1st Duke of Genoa (1822-1855)

[Ferdinando Maria Alberto Amendeo Filiberto Vincenzo]

Prince Tommaso, 2nd Duke of Genoa (1854-1931)

[Tommaso Alberto Vittorio)

Prince Ferdinando, 3rd Duke of Genoa (1884-1963)
[Ferdinando Umberto Filippo Adalberto]

Prince Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo (1898-1982)

[Adalberto Luitpoldo Elena Giuseppe Maria]

Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, Prince of Naples (1937-)
[Vittorio Emanuele Alberto Carlo Teodoro Umberto Bonifacio Amedeo Damiano Bernardino Gennaro Maria]

Monacan Royals

Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848-1922)

[Albert Honore Charles]

Albert II, Prince of Monaco (1958-)

[Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre]

Spanish Royals

Infante Jamie, Duke of Segovia (1908-1975)
[Jaime Leopoldo Isabelino Enrique Alejandro Alberto Alfonso Víctor Acacio Pedro Pablo María]

Swedish Royals

Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889-1918)
[Erik Gustav Ludvig Albert]

Wedding of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse

Princess Elisabeth, nicknamed Ella, was the second daughter and child of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (second daughter of Queen Victoria, who died in December 1878).

(Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, May 1875 

Source：Royal Collection Trust)

(Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, ca. 1879

Source：Royal Collection Trust)

Considered as one of the most beautiful Princess in Europe, Ella had many possible suitors and admirers, including Wilhelm II, German Emperor, who was still Prince of Prussia, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, and more. 

(Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, the future Kaiser

Wilhlem II, early 1880s

Source：Pinterest)

(Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, ca 1900

Source：Wikipedia)

However, at last, it was a Russian Grand Duke, Sergei Alexandrovich, the second youngest son of Tsar Alexander II and Empress Maria Alexandrovna (née Marie of Hesse) who stole Ella's heart. ⁣

(Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia

Source：Tumblr)

At first, Sergei was only deeply impressed by Ella's beauty however, after the death of both of his parents within a year of each other, Elisabeth sympathized with Sergei because she had felt this same grief after her mother's death. Both being artistic and religious, they were drawn closer together. It was said that Sergei was especially attached to Elisabeth because she had the same character as his beloved mother. Therefore, when Sergei proposed to her for the second time, she accepted. Alexander III supported the marriage, as he wanted his brother to marry a Hessian princess. For Ella's maternal grandmother, Queen Victoria however, showed opposition to it.

Sergei and Ella were married on 15th June 1884, and their wedding was held at Winter Palace, Russian Empire. and she took the name Elizabeth Feodorovna thereupon, as well as converting to Russian Orthodoxy in 1891. ⁣

(The Wedding Ceremony. Source：Wikipedia)

(Sergei and Ella on their wedding day

Source：Facebook)

(Sergei and Ella, 1884)

(Sergei and Ella, 1880s. Source：Wikipedia)

The new Grand Duchess made a good first impression on her husband's family and the Russian people. "Everyone fell in love with her from the moment she came to Russia from her beloved Darmstadt", wrote one of Sergei's cousins. ⁣

The couple never had children, but became the foster parents of the two children (Maria and Dmitri) of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, youngest brother of Sergei. ⁣

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