Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg
Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg (1876-1936) in 1909 with her children by her second husband, Grand Prince Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia; Maria (standing) and Kira. Divorce was rare in the early 1900 and so when Victoria Melita (known as Ducky in the family) decided to end her unhappy marriage to her cousin Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt after seven years of unhappiness and marry Kirill, the decision shocked her family. Victoria Melita was the second daughter of Prince Alfred and his wife Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
Picture No
10223427
Media ID
45177307
Size
1949px x 3425px
(1.2MB)
Credit
©Charlotte Zeepvat/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
The Illustrated London News. 1909
Date
1909
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