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.
The Royal Family on the terrace of Osborne House
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen print, 1857
NPG P26
The Opening of the Royal Albert Infirmary at Bishop's Waltham, 1865
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1865
NPG 3083
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Susan D. Durant
metal medallion, 1866
NPG 2023a(11)
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Susan D. Durant
metal medallion, 1866
NPG 2023a(12)
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession - The Indian Contingent
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
vintage print, 22 June 1897
NPG P1700(26a)
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
vintage print, 22 June 1897
NPG P1700(27)
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession - In front of St Paul's Cathedral
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
vintage print, 22 June 1897
NPG P1700(28)
Queen Victoria with her family
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co, after Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s (1857)
NPG x134737
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, May 1860
NPG Ax46710
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Unknown photographer
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax46786
Helena Augusta Victoria, Princess Christian; Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 July 1860
NPG Ax26221
by and after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite photomontage, early 1860s
NPG x132718
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134740
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134741
Queen Victoria with her family
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134742
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Queen Victoria and their children
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1861
NPG Ax9571
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax131381
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG Ax46711
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax9580
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x36353
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, February 1861
NPG Ax196521
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by (Cornelius) Jabez Hughes
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x36352
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Ghémar Frères, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG Ax131379
Album introductory carte-de-visite with members of the Royal Family
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Ghémar Frères, and (Octavius) Charles Watkins, and Émile Desmaisons, and Unknown photographers
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG x197214
Queen Victoria; Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Louis Joseph Ghémar, for Ghémar Frères
albumen print, October 1862
NPG Ax196519
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Ghémar Frères
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG x36356
Queen Victoria with her family
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
carbon print, April 1863
NPG x36347
Queen Victoria with her family
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, April 1863
NPG Ax131299
Queen Victoria with her family
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, April 1863
NPG Ax46726
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 9 March 1863
NPG x131715
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Unknown photographer
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG Ax46775
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 9 March 1863
NPG x135123
'Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age'
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and Duroni & Murer, and Émile Desmaisons, and John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Herbert Watkins, and William Edward Kilburn, and Horatio Nelson King, and John & Charles Watkins, and James Mudd, and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x139661
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x36349
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x36354
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 2 April 1864
NPG Ax46747
The children of Queen Victoria
by Robert Jefferson Bingham
albumen carte-de-visite, August 1865
NPG x131268
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein; Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1866
NPG x36360
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 5 July 1866
NPG Ax46734
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 5 July 1866
NPG Ax46735
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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