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Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester

1901 - 2004

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Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (born Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott; 25 December 1901 – 29 October 2004) was a member of the British royal family. She was the wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the mother of Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester. The daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch, Scotland's largest landowner, she became by marriage a princess of the United Kingdom, and a sister-in-law to Edward VIII and George VI. She was thus an aunt by marriage to Elizabeth II. Princess Alice was extremely well travelled, both before and after her marriage. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester is the 81st most popular companion (down from 69th in 2019), the 316th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 225th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Companion.

Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester is most famous for being the daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She was also the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Princess Alice was born on May 25, 1883 and died on February 12, 1969.

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Among companions, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ranks 81 out of 784. Before her are Claude of France, Anne of Kiev, Sepp Dietrich, Abigail, Julia, and Amalasuntha. After her are Isabeau of Bavaria, Charlotte, Princess Royal, Frederica of Hanover, Berenice II of Egypt, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, and Dinah.

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Among people born in 1901, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ranks 24. Before her are Magda Goebbels, Paul of Greece, Ernest Lawrence, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Giacometti, and André Malraux. After her are Joaquín Rodrigo, Jean Dubuffet, Mohamed Naguib, J. D. Bernal, Max Euwe, and Vincent du Vigneaud. Among people deceased in 2004, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ranks 10. Before her are Jacques Derrida, Ahmed Yassin, Juliana of the Netherlands, Ray Charles, Estée Lauder, and Czesław Miłosz. After her are Henri Cartier-Bresson, Francis Crick, Peter Ustinov, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Susan Sontag, and Françoise Sagan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ranks 316 out of 8,785. Before her are Henry Hallett Dale (1875), Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), Anne Brontë (1820), William Golding (1911), Thomas Reid (1710), and Roger Waters (1943). After her are Robert Shaw (1927), Kate Bush (1958), Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766), Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943), Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944), and Tim Berners-Lee (1955).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ranks 15. Before her are Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846), Catherine Howard (1523), Elizabeth of York (1466), Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), and Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496). After her are Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766), Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887), Margaret Tudor (1489), Elizabeth Woodville (1437), Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (1982), and Mordred (null).

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