Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
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Titles

  • 1870–1917: Her Highness Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
  • 1917–1948: Her Highness Princess Helena Victoria

Honours

British honours
  • VA: Lady of the Order of Victoria and Albert
    Royal Order of Victoria and Albert
    The Royal Order of Victoria and Albert was a British Royal Family Order instituted in on 10 February 1862 by Queen Victoria, and enlarged on 10 October 1864; 15 November 1865; and 15 March 1880. No awards were made after the death of Queen Victoria....

     (1883)
  • CI: Lady of the Order of the Crown of India
    Order of the Crown of India
    The Imperial Order of the Crown of India is an order in the British honours system.The Order was established by Queen Victoria in 1878, when she became Empress of India. The Order is open only to women; no new appointments have been made after the Partition of India in 1947...

     (1889)
  • GBE: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
    Order of the British Empire
    The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...

     (1918)
  • GCStJ: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St John
    Venerable Order of Saint John
    The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem , is a royal order of chivalry established in 1831 and found today throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, Hong Kong, Ireland and the United States of America, with the world-wide mission "to prevent and relieve sickness and...

     (1928)

Foreign honours Dame of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa
Order of Queen Maria Luisa
The Royal Order of Queen María Luisa is an Order created by Charles IV of Spain by royal decree in April 21 1792 at the request of his wife Queen Maria Luisa, to have a way to reward noble women who distinguished themselves for their services and talents, so it was established as a distinction...


Ancestry



Sources

  • Ronald Allison and Sarah Riddell, eds., The Royal Encyclopedia (London: Macmillan, 1992).
  • "Obituary: Princess Helena Victoria, Charity and Social Services," 15 March 1948, p. 7.
  • "Royal Titles: German Names Dropped, British Peerages for Princes," The Times 20 July 1917, p. 7.
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