Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
(1846-1923), Wife of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; third daughter of Queen VictoriaSitter associated with 81 portraits
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein was a member of the British Royal Family, the fifth-born child and the third daughter of Queen Victoria. In 1866 she married Prince (Frederick) Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Helena devoted much time and effort to charitable causes. She set up and helped to supervise a holiday house for deprived and handicapped London children near Cumberland Lodge, and she was a founder member of the Red Cross. She was active in voluntary work during the First World War. In 1872 she became founding President of the School of Art Needlework, later the Royal School of Needlework, set up to provide employment for women.
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1891
NPG x31219
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1891
NPG x31220
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1891
NPG x8750
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, before 1891
NPG x197571
by Robert Milne
bromide print, 12 June 1897
NPG x8491
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession - In front of St Paul's Cathedral
possibly by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
bromide print, 22 June 1897
NPG x87194
by Lafayette
bromide proof print, April 1900
NPG Ax29330
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Lafayette, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, (April 1900)
NPG x36359
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Lafayette, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, (April 1900)
NPG x196491
Queen Victoria's Funeral Cortège
by James Russell & Sons
bromide print, 4 February 1901
NPG x135124
Domestic Life of the Royal Family
by Unknown artist
hand-coloured lithograph, 1848 or after
NPG D20924
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Thomas Fairland, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1849
NPG D31862
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Thomas Fairland, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1849
NPG D35057
The seven oldest children of Queen Victoria
by Frederick James Smyth, published by Illustrated London News, after Unknown artist
wood engraving, published 25 December 1852
NPG D33826
Queen Victoria, the Prince Consort and family
by Samuel Cousins, published by Thomas Boys, and Ernest Gambart & Co, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
mixed-method engraving, republished 15 February 1853 (originally published 20 March 1850 after a painting of 1846)
NPG D48098
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Ann Mary Newton
lithograph, April 1858
NPG D22135
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by John Mitchell, after Albert Graefle
lithograph, published 1 July 1864 (1864)
NPG D22118
Key to 'Royal Family Group, 1874' (Queen Victoria with her family)
after Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, after Unknown artist
ink on acetate, (1881)
NPG D33661
by Raphael Tuck & Sons
chromolithograph, 1887
NPG D43330
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Unknown photographer
print, 1866
NPG x36358
Related People
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (brother)
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father)
- Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein (son)
- Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (brother)
- Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (nephew)
- Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (sister)
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (brother)
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (sister)
- Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (husband)
- Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (son)
- King Edward VII (brother)
- Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll (sister)
- Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (daughter)
- Queen Victoria (mother)
- Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia (sister)
- Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (daughter)
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