#queen ingrid

Great-granddaughters of Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria had 31 great-granddaughters (one born out of wedlock, not listed). Among her great-granddaughters were several consorts to European monarchs, including Queen Louise of Sweden, Queen Elisabeth 'Elisabeta' of Greece, Queen Helen of Romania, Queen Maria of Yugoslavia, and Queen Ingrid of Denmark. Four great-granddaughters were victims of political assassination: Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia of Russia.

Another of her great-granddaughter was Princess Alice of Battenberg, the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, thus the grandmother of King Charles III.

Princess Ingrid of Sweden (later Queen of Denmark) tending to her little garden, 1910s

January 1928 ♦ Princess Ingrid of Sweden (later Queen of Denmark) photographed a few months short of her 18th birthday wearing The Turquoise Daisy Bandeau that she had inherited from her late mother, Princess Margaret of Connaught ✨

Happy International woman’s day 💐📖👑

History of the Turquoise Daisy Bandeau:

?-1920: Princess Margaret of Connaught (later Crown Princess of Sweden)

1926-2000: Princess Ingrid of Sweden (later Queen of Denmark)

2000-2025: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

"In loving memory of Queen Ingrid, who passed away 25 years ago today.

Queen Ingrid was born in Stockholm in 1910 as a Swedish princess and was married to the then Crown Prince Frederik (9th) in 1935. She was Queen of Denmark from 1947 to 1972. Queen Ingrid is the mother of, among others, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe and the grandmother of His Majesty the King."

Source: Det Danske Kongehus