Who married Edward VII?
Alexandra of Denmark married Edward VII on . Edward VII was 21 years old on the wedding day (21 years, 4 months and 1 days). Alexandra of Denmark was 18 years old on the wedding day (18 years, 3 months and 9 days). The age gap was 3 years, 0 months and 22 days.
The marriage lasted 47 years, 1 months and 26 days (17223 days ). The marriage ended on . Cause: death of subject's spouse
Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; ur. 9 listopada 1841 w Londynie, zm. 6 maja 1910 tamże) – od 22 stycznia 1901 król Zjednoczonego Królestwa Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii i dominiów brytyjskich oraz cesarz Indii. Syn królowej Wiktorii. Panowanie Edwarda przyniosło pewien powiew świeżości w zakresie obyczajów – konserwatywna królowa Wiktoria stała się symbolem pruderii, jej syn słynął z rozrywkowego trybu życia. W przeciwieństwie do matki raczej nie brał bezpośredniego udziału w rządzeniu państwem, zajmując się pełnieniem funkcji reprezentacyjnych. Swoimi wizytami w Paryżu i ujmującym sposobem bycia podłożył jednak podwaliny pod porozumienie brytyjsko-francuskie (na przełomie XIX i XX wieku Francja i Wielka Brytania traktowały się z nieufnością, a często z wrogością) oraz powstanie Trójporozumienia, do którego dołączyła Rosja.
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Alexandra of Denmark
Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 22 January 1901 to 6 May 1910 as the wife of Edward VII.
Alexandra's family had been relatively obscure until 1852, when her father, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, was chosen with the consent of the major European powers to succeed his second cousin Frederick VII as King of Denmark. At the age of sixteen, Alexandra was chosen as the future wife of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the son and heir apparent of Queen Victoria. The couple married eighteen months later in 1863, the year in which her father became king of Denmark as Christian IX and her brother William was appointed king of Greece as George I.
Alexandra was Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1901, the longest anyone has ever held that title, and became generally popular; fashion-conscious women copied her style of dress and bearing. Largely excluded from wielding any political power, she unsuccessfully attempted to sway the opinion of British ministers and her husband's family to favour Greek and Danish interests. Her public duties were restricted to uncontroversial involvement in charitable work.
On the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, Albert Edward became King-Emperor as Edward VII, with Alexandra as queen-empress consort. She became queen mother on Edward VII's death in 1910, at which point their son George V acceded to the throne. Alexandra died aged 80 in 1925.
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