Patricia of Connaught

Princess Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth of Connaught, called “Patsy” by her family. She renounced her royal titles on her wedding day and assumed the style “Lady Patricia Ramsay”.

Daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942) and Luise Margarethe, Princess of Prussia (1860-1917).

Born: Buckingham Palace, London 17. Mar 1886

Christened: Bagshot Park, Windsor 1. May 1886

Godparents:

• Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (paternal grandmother)

• Helena, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (born Princess of the United Kingdom, paternal aunt)

• Elisabeth Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg (born Princess of Prussia, maternal aunt)

• Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (later Wilhelm II. German Emperor, her paternal cousin)

• Ernst II. Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (her father’s paternal uncle)

• Albrecht, Prince of Prussia (her maternal grandfather’s cousin)

Married: Westminster Abbey, London 27. Feb 1919 Hon. Alexander Ramsay (1881-1972), her father’s aide de damp, younger son of John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie (1847-1887) and Lady Ida Bennet (1857-1887), daughter of the 6th Earl of Tankerville (1810-1899)

Issue:

• Alexander Ramsay of Mar (1919-2000) m. 1956 Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun in her own right (1930)

Died: Ribsden Holt, Windlesham, Surrey 12. Jan 1974

Buried: Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Windsor

  

  

Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997;  Alison Weir: “Britain’s Royal Families”, Vintage Books 2008; Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. III/1, 1983, Verlag J. A. Stargaardt; for christening see Yvonne Demoskoff: Yvonne’s Royalty Home Page http://users.uniserve.com/~canyon/index.htm