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Her Royal Highness Princess Patricia of Connaught ( 17 March 1886- 12 January 1974) was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She is the only member of the Royal Family to formally relinquish her title of a British princess and the style of Her Royal Highness.1 Early Life
Patricia was born on March 17, 1886 at Buckingham Palace, London. Her father was His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, the third eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Her mother was Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Connaught (nee Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia. She had three elder siblings, TRH Prince Arthur of Connaught and Princess Margaret of ConnaughtPrincess Margaret of Connaught Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah Wettin ( January 15, 1882 May 1, 1920), Crown Princess of Sweden, was the daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and his wife, the Princess Luise Marguerite of Prussia, and a g, later Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden. She was christened Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth. She was named Victoria after Queen Victoria, and Patricia, the Saint of her birth. Informally, she was known as Patsy.
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Princess Patricia travelled extensively in her early years. Her father was posted to India with the army, and the young Princess spent two years living there. In 1911, her father, Duke of Connaught was appointed Governor General of CanadaThe Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada normally simply known as the Governor General of Canada in French, Gouverneur(e) general(e is the Canadian representative of the monarch (presently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II). Unlike in s. Princess Patricia accompanied her parents in their role, and she became very popular in the country.
She was named Colonel-in-Chief of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light InfantryPrincess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry is one of the most decorated regiments in the Canadian Armed Forces. A new regiment At the outbreak of World War I the regular military forces in Canada were pitifully small. To help rectify this situation the P on 22 February 1918 and held that appointment until her death. The regiment was named after her. Princess Patricia personally designed its badge and colours for the regiment to take overseas to France. As the regiment's Colonel-in-Chief, she played an active role in the regiment until her death. She was succeeded in 1974 by her cousin and goddaughter the Rt. Hon. Lady Patricia Brabourne, who became the Countess Mountbatten of Burma.
3 Marriage
The question of Patricia's marriage became a very hot topic of conversation in Edwardian times. She was matched with various foreign princes, including the future Kings of PortugalRepublica Portuguesa ( In Detail) National motto: None Official language Portuguese 3 Capital Lisbon President Jorge Sampaio Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes Area Total % water World ranking: 109th 92,391 km²0. 5 % Population Total ( 2004) Density World and SpainThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc; and Grand Duke Michael of RussiaMikhail II Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov ( November 22, 1878 ( O. about June 12, 1918) was the son of Tsar Alexander III of Russia, and brother of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. When Nikolai II abdicated the imperial crown on March 15, 1917, he did so in bot, a brother of Tsar Nicholas II.
However, in the end, her choice of husband was not of the royal blood, but a commoner. She married a naval officer, Commander (later Admiral) Sir Alexander Ramsay ( 29 May 1881- 8 October 1972), one of her father's aides de camp, and third son of the Earl of Dalhouise. She was married at Westminster Abbey on 27 February 1919. On the her wedding day, Princess Patricia of Connaught voluntarily relinquished the style of Royal Highness and the title of Princess of Great Britain and Ireland and assumed the style of "Lady Patricia Ramsay" with precedence immediately before the Marchionesses of England. She was not obligated to renounce her royal title. Rather, she wished to have a social status and rank closer to that of her husband.
