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{{short description|Queen of Norway from 1905 to 1938}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| consort      = yes
| name         = Maud of Wales
| image        = Portrett av dronning Maud (1869-1938), ca 1905 (1) crop.jpg
| caption      = Queen Maud in 1905
| succession   = [[Queen consort of Norway]]
| reign        = 18 November 1905 – {{nowrap|20 November 1938}}
| coronation   = 22 June 1906
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Haakon VII of Norway]]|22 July 1896}}
| issue        = [[Olav V of Norway]]
| full name    = Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria
| house        = [[House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]
| father       = [[Edward VII]]
| mother       = [[Alexandra of Denmark]]
| signature    = QueenMaudSignature.svg
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1869|11|26|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Marlborough House]], [[London]], England
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1938|11|20|1869|11|26|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Marylebone, London]], England
| burial_date  = 8 December 1938
| burial_place = [[Akershus Castle]], [[Oslo]], Norway
}}

'''Maud of Wales''' (Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria; 26 November 1869 – 20 November 1938) was [[List of Norwegian consorts|Queen of Norway]] as the wife of King [[Haakon VII]]. The youngest daughter of King [[Edward VII]] and [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] of the United Kingdom and a sister of [[George V|King George V]], she was known as Princess Maud of Wales before her marriage, as her father was the [[Prince of Wales]] at the time.

A daughter of [[Edward VII|Edward VII of the United Kingdom]] and [[Alexandra of Denmark]], Maud was the youngest of six children. She grew up in a warm and informal environment under the supervision of her mother, contrasting with the stricter upbringing of her older siblings. From an early age, Maud showed a spirited and lively nature, enjoying outdoor pursuits and sports; she was among the first [[Princess of the United Kingdom|British princesses]] to ride a bicycle and often spent time in the gardens and grounds of [[Sandringham House]]. Her education,  was primarily conducted at home, under the supervision of private tutors.

In 1896, Maud married her first cousin [[Haakon VII of Norway|Prince Carl of Denmark]]. Following the dissolution of the [[Union between Sweden and Norway|union with Sweden]] in November 1905, Prince Carl was elected king of Norway as [[Haakon VII of Norway]], and Maud became the first queen consort of an independent Norway in more than five centuries. Stepping into her new role, she combined her British upbringing with her Norwegian duties: while keeping strong ties to Britain, Maud embraced Norwegian national life, supported [[Charity (practice)|charitable causes]] particularly those connected to children, women, and the arts and took part in outdoor pursuits such as [[skiing]].

Despite her reserved public demeanour, Maud played a steady and stabilising role in the early 20th-century Norwegian monarchy, acting as a bridge between British and Norwegian royal traditions. She was widely admired for her dignity, charitable work, and quiet influence at court. Maud died in [[London]] on 20 November 1938, six days before her 69th birthday.

==Early life and education==
[[File:Alexandra, Princess of Wales with Princess Maud.jpg|left|thumb|Maud with her mother]]
Maud was born on 26 November 1869 at [[Marlborough House]], London. She was the third daughter and fifth child of [[Albert Edward, Prince of Wales]], and [[Alexandra, Princess of Wales]]. Albert Edward was the eldest son of [[Queen Victoria]], and Alexandra was the eldest daughter of [[Christian IX of Denmark]]. Maud was christened "Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria" at Marlborough House by [[John Jackson (bishop)|John Jackson]], [[Bishop of London]], on 24 December 1869.
Her godparents were her paternal uncle [[Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany|Prince Leopold]], for whom the [[Prince George, Duke of Cambridge|Duke of Cambridge]] stood proxy; [[Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel]], for whom [[Francis, Duke of Teck|Prince Francis of Teck]] stood proxy; [[Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg|Count Gleichen]]; the [[Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau|Duchess of Nassau]], for whom [[Princess Francis of Teck]] stood proxy; [[Charles XV of Sweden]], for whom Swedish minister [[Carl Fredrik Hochschild|Baron Hochschild]] stood proxy; [[Princess Marie of Baden (1834–1899)|Princess Marie of Leiningen]], for whom [[Princess Claudine of Teck]] stood proxy; her maternal aunt the [[Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)|Tsarevna of Russia]] for whom [[Philipp von Brunnow|Baroness de Brunnow]] stood proxy; [[Louise of Sweden|Crown Princess Louise of Denmark]], for whom Madame de Bülow, wife of the Danish minister, stood proxy; and her great-great-aunt the [[Duchess of Inverness]].

Growing up, Maud had a love for all outdoor sports. She was described as having a 'kind and cheerful disposition.'{{sfn|Aronson|1973|pp=103}} Of the three Wales girls, she was the most attractive. 'She did look so pretty and fresh,' wrote the [[Empress Frederick]] of Maud in 1895, 'like a little rose, with her bright eyes and dear intelligent expression.'{{sfn|Aronson|1973|pp=103}}
[[File:The three daughters of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra by Sydney Prior Hall.jpg|thumb|Maud with her sisters Louise and Victoria in 1883]]
<blockquote>The tomboyish Maud was known as "Harry" to the royal family, after Edward VII's friend Admiral [[Henry Keppel]], whose conduct in the [[Crimean War]] was considered particularly courageous at the time.<ref name="Hibbert1">Hibbert, p. 182</ref><ref name="King1">King, p. 144</ref> Maud took part in almost all the annual visits to the Princess of Wales's family gatherings in Denmark and later accompanied her mother and sisters on cruises to Norway and the Mediterranean. She was a bridesmaid at the 1885 wedding of her paternal aunt [[Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom|Beatrice]] to [[Prince Henry of Battenberg]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw145863/Prince-and-Princess-Henry-of-Battenberg-with-their-bridesmaids-and-others-on-their-wedding-day?LinkID=mp89748&role=art&rNo=2 |title=Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg with their bridesmaids and others on their wedding day |work=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> and at the wedding of her brother [[George V|George]] to [[Mary of Teck]] in 1893.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Duke and Duchess of York and Bridesmaids|url= http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw189219/The-Duke-and-Duchess-of-York-and-Bridesmaids|publisher=National Portrait Gallery, London}}</ref></blockquote>Maud, along with her sisters, [[Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom|Victoria]] and [[Louise, Princess Royal|Louise]], received the [[Imperial Order of the Crown of India]] from their grandmother Queen Victoria on 6 August 1887. Like her sisters, she also held the [[Royal Order of Victoria and Albert]] (First Class) and was a Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem]].

==Princess of Denmark==
[[Image:Marriage of Princess Maud.jpg|thumb|left|Wedding of Princess Maud of Wales and Prince Carl of Denmark]]
Maud married relatively late, waiting until her late twenties to find a husband.<ref name="Hibbert1"/> She had initially wanted to marry a distant cousin, [[Prince Francis of Teck]], younger brother of her sister-in-law [[Mary of Teck|Mary]]. Despite being relatively impoverished from mounting gambling debts and being in a position to possibly benefit from Maud's status, he ignored her advances.<ref name="King1"/>

There had been talk of Maud becoming a possible candidate as wife of [[Christian X|Prince Christian of Denmark]] along with her sister, Victoria.{{sfn|Aronson|1973|pp=104}} The idea petered out but in the following year, 1895, Prince Christian's younger brother, [[Haakon VII|Prince Carl of Denmark]], began paying court to Princess Maud. Carl and Maud had known each other all their lives. On the Princess of Wales's frequent visits to her father's court, her children and the children of her brother, the [[Frederick VIII of Denmark|Crown Prince Frederik]], had always played their boisterous games together. Prince Carl was twenty-two years of age; a tall, fair, slender, good-natured and level-headed young man. [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge|The Duchess of Teck]] considered him very good-looking. 'He seems charming!' she wrote, 'but looks fully three years younger than Maud, has no money.'{{sfn|Aronson|1973|pp=104}} Nevertheless, during one of those [[Danish royal family|Danish family]] gatherings at [[Fredensborg Palace|Fredensborg]], Prince Carl proposed and Princess Maud accepted. The couple were officially engaged in October 1895, and the engagement caused much delight to [[Queen Victoria]].{{sfn|Aronson|1973|pp=104}}

[[File:Princess Maud of Denmark 1897.jpg|thumb|right|Maud, 1897]]

On 22 July 1896, Maud married her first cousin, [[Prince Carl of Denmark]], in the private chapel at [[Buckingham Palace]]. Carl was the second son of Queen Alexandra's eldest brother, [[Frederik VIII of Denmark|Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark]], and Princess [[Louise of Sweden]]. The bride's father gave them [[Appleton House, Sandringham|Appleton House]] on the [[Sandringham Estate]] as a country residence for her frequent visits to England. It was there that the couple's only child, [[Olav V of Norway|Prince Alexander]], was born on 2 July 1903.<ref name=Appleton>{{cite web |url=http://www.kongehuset.no/artikkel.html?tid=77243 |title=Appleton House |date=5 March 2011 |publisher=The Norwegian Royal Household }}</ref>

While in Denmark, Maud was often homesick and preferred her native English accustoms, her talk, interests and pursuits were those of English county society, she was never happier than when gardening, riding, bicycling or driving a wagonette.{{sfn|Aronson|1973|pp=152}} Although her Copenhagen home a suite of twelve rooms in what was known as [[Bernstorff Mansion]], beside the [[Amalienborg Palace]] was furnished 'to reflect English taste', she was still dissatisfied. However, she divided her time between her little mansion in Copenhagen, and Appleton House, her adored English country home. The responsibilities of marriage and motherhood had made very little difference to Maud's looks, personality or way of life. With her piled coiffure, her high collars and her small, slim-waisted figure, she was still like an echo of her mother.{{sfn|Aronson|1973|pp=152}}

Carl served as an officer in the [[Royal Danish Navy]], and he and his family lived mainly in Denmark until 1905. In June 1905 the Norwegian [[Storting]] [[Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden|dissolved]] [[Union between Sweden and Norway|Norway's 91-year-old union with Sweden]] and voted to offer the throne to Prince Carl of Denmark. Maud's membership in the British royal house played some part in why Carl was chosen. Following a plebiscite in November, Prince Carl accepted the Norwegian throne as King Haakon VII, while his young son was renamed Olav. King Haakon VII and Queen Maud were [[coronations in Norway|crowned]] at [[Nidaros Cathedral]] in [[Trondheim]] on 22 June 1906; there has not been a coronation in [[Scandinavia]] since.

==Queen of Norway==
[[Image:Maud of Wales.jpg|thumb|left|Maud following her coronation, wearing the [[Queen of Norway's Crown|Queen's Crown]], and holding a [[sceptre]] and [[globus cruciger|orb]]]]
Queen Maud quickly adapted to her new country and duties as a [[queen consort]]. A court was formed, and [[Marie Magdalena Rustad]] was appointed her principal lady-in-waiting. Maud played a strong and dominant role within the court and family, but a discreet role in public.<ref name="utdypning">{{Citation |last=Kjellberg |first=Anne |title=Maud – dronning |date=2024-07-09 |work=Store norske leksikon |url=https://snl.no/Maud_-_dronning |access-date=2024-07-31 |language=no}}</ref>

[[Image:Den norske kongefamilie, 1921.jpg|thumb|Queen Maud with her husband and their son in July 1921.|292x292px]]
During her first years in Norway, she and her husband were photographed in [[Norwegian folk costume]]s, and enjoying winter sports such as skiing, to give them a Norwegian appearance in the eyes of the public.<ref name=utdypning/> She disliked representation but performed her role as a queen with great care, and used clothes and jewellery to make a regal impression. She supported charitable causes, particularly those associated with children and animals, and gave encouragement to musicians and artists. Among her projects was ''Dronningens Hjelpekomité'' (the Queen's Relief Committee) during World War I. She supported the feminist [[Katti Anker Møller]]'s home for unwed mothers (1906), which was regarded as radical, designed furniture for the benefit of the ''Barnets utstilling'' (Children's Exhibition) 1921, and sold photographs for charitable purposes.<ref name=utdypning/> An avid [[Equestrianism|rider]], Maud insisted that the [[The Queen Sonja Art Stable|stables]] of the [[Royal Palace, Oslo|royal palace]] in Oslo be upgraded. Maud supervised much of this project herself and was greatly inspired by the [[Royal Mews]] in London when the stables were expanded.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kongehuset.no/artikkel.html?tid=156980&sek=80422|title=The Queen Sonja Art Stable|website=kongehuset.no|language=no|access-date=2018-05-23|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140803/http://www.kongehuset.no/artikkel.html?tid=156980&sek=80422|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Maud continued to regard Great Britain as her true home even after her arrival in Norway, and visited Great Britain every year.<ref name=utdypning /> She mostly stayed at her [[Appleton House, Sandringham]], during her visits.<ref name=norwayoff>{{cite web|title=Statue of Queen Maud unveiled by HM King Harald|url=http://www.norway.org.uk/ARKIV/Other/history/royalvisit/news2710/queenmaud/|publisher=Norway|access-date=9 July 2013|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507224519/https://www.norway.org.uk/ARKIV/Other/history/royalvisit/news2710/queenmaud/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She did, however, also appreciate some aspects of Norway, such as the winter sports, and she supported bringing up her son as a Norwegian. She learned to [[cross-country skiing|ski]] and arranged for [[English gardens]] at [[Kongsseteren]], the royal lodge overlooking Oslo, and at the summer residence at [[Bygdøy Royal Estate|Bygdøy]]. She is described as reserved as a public person but energetic and with a taste for practical jokes as a private person.

Maud's last public appearance in Britain was at the [[coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth]] in May 1937 at [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref name=norwayoff/> She sat in the royal pew at [[Westminster Abbey]] next to her sister-in-law [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] and her niece [[Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood|Mary, Princess Royal]], as part of the official royal party.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/royalty/9176069/The-Queen-Mother-in-pictures.html?frame=2181418 |title=The Queen Mother in pictures|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref>

Maud also acquired a reputation for dressing with fashionable [[chic]].  An exhibition of numerous items from her elegant wardrobe was held at the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in 2005 and published in the catalogue ''Style and Splendour: Queen Maud of Norway's Wardrobe 1896–1938''.

==Death and legacy==
[[File:Queen Maud statue at 10 Palace Green in London (June 2025).jpg|thumb|240x240px|Queen Maud statue at 10 Palace Green in [[London]] (June 2025)]]
Maud visited England in October 1938. Initially, she stayed at Sandringham, but then moved into a hotel in London's West End. She became ill and was taken to a nursing home at 18 Bentinck Street, [[Marylebone, London]], where an abdominal operation was performed on 16 November 1938, where modern-day information suggests that she suffered from advanced [[cancer]]. King Haakon immediately travelled from Norway to her bedside. Although she survived the surgery, Maud died unexpectedly of  [[coronary thrombosis]] on 20 November 1938,<ref name="norwayoff" /> six days before her 69th birthday and on the 13th anniversary of her mother's death. At the time of her death Maud was the last surviving child of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38727635 |title=Queen Maud Undergoes Operation|newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]]|location=Brisbane|date=17 November 1938|access-date=25 December 2011|page=7|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38702269 |title=Death of Queen|newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane|date=21 November 1938|access-date=25 December 2011|page=1|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Norwegian newspapers were allowed to break the law forbidding publication on Sundays in order to notify the Norwegian public of her death.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17539872 |title=Death of Queen Maud|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=22 November 1938 |access-date=25 December 2011|page=11|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> King Haakon returned Appleton House to the British royal family.<ref name="Appleton" />

Her body was returned to Norway on board {{HMS|Royal Oak|08|6}}, the flagship of the Second Battle Squadron of the [[Royal Navy]]'s Home Fleet.<ref name=san28oct>{{cite news|last=Sandelson|first=Michael |title=Norway's Queen Maud in euthanasia speculations|url=http://theforeigner.no/pages/news/norways-queen-maud-in-euthanasia-speculations/ |access-date=20 March 2017|newspaper=The Foreigner|date=28 October 2011}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Her body was moved to a small church in Oslo before the burial.<ref name=san28oct/> Maud was buried in the [[Royal Mausoleum (Norway)|royal mausoleum]] at [[Akershus Castle]] in Oslo.<ref name=norwayoff/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://norwegianhistory.no/the-secret-journey-of-queen-mauds-coffin/ |title=The secret journey of Queen Maud's coffin {{!}} norwegianhistory.no|last=Dahlmann|first=L. A.|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-02-07|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124430/https://norwegianhistory.no/the-secret-journey-of-queen-mauds-coffin/ |archive-date=9 February 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her will was sealed in London in 1939. Her estate in England and Wales was valued at £7,941 (or £362,400 in 2022 when adjusted for inflation).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Rob |last2=Pegg |first2=David |title=£187m of Windsor family wealth hidden in secret royal wills |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/18/187m-pounds-of-windsor-family-wealth-hidden-in-secret-royal-wills |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 July 2022 |language=en |date=18 July 2022}}</ref>

[[Queen Maud Land]] and [[Queen Maud Mountains]] in Antarctica; [[Queen Maud Secondary School]] in Hong Kong; and [[Queen Maud Gulf]] (including [[Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary]]) in [[Nunavut]], [[Canada]], are named after Maud. The ship ''[[Maud (ship)|Maud]]'', designed to the specifications of [[Roald Amundsen]] for service in the [[Arctic Ocean]] and launched in 1916 to traverse and explore the [[Northeast Passage]], was christened in honour of Maud of Wales. The [[replenishment ship]] [[HNoMS Maud|HNoMS ''Maud'']] of the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]] has also been named for her.<ref name="MOD">{{cite web|url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2017/september/08/170908-norwegian-navy-train-at-raleigh|title=Norwegian Navy train at Raleigh|publisher=royalnavy.mod.uk|date=8 September 2017|access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref> The [[Queen Maud fromage]] (a sweet dessert) is named after her.

==Titles, styles, and arms==

===Titles and styles===
* 26 November 1869 – 22 July 1896: ''Her Royal Highness'' Princess Maud of Wales
* 22 July 1896 – 18 November 1905: ''Her Royal Highness'' Princess Charles of Denmark<ref name="Gazette">{{cite news|title=Supplement to the London Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27316/supplement/3546/data.pdf|work=The London Gazette|date=22 May 1902}}</ref><ref name="Glasgow">{{cite news|title=The Glasgow Herald|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=18960727&id=Y1xEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4247,2297746|date=27 July 1896}}</ref><ref name="Times">{{cite news|title=Princess Charles has a son |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/20569947/|work=The Times|quote=Princess Charles of Denmark, daughter of King Edward, gave birth to a son to-day at Appleton cottage|date=3 July 1903}}</ref>
* 18 November 1905 – 20 November 1938: ''Her Majesty'' The Queen of Norway

===Arms===
Upon her marriage, Maud was granted the use of a personal [[coat of arms]], being those of the kingdom, with an [[Escutcheon (heraldry)#I|inescutcheon]] of the shield of [[Saxony]], differenced with a label argent of five points, the outer pair and centre bearing hearts gules, the inner pair crosses gules.<ref>[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/cadency.htm Heraldica – British Royal Cadency]</ref> The inescutcheon was dropped by royal warrant in 1917.
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==Ancestry==
{{See also|Descendants of Queen Victoria|Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark}}

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==References==
===Citations===
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===Bibliography===
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* {{ cite book | last=Bomann-Larsen | first=Tor | title=Haakon og Maud I/Kongstanken | location=Oslo | publisher=Cappelen | year=2004 | isbn=82-02-22527-2 | language=no }}
* {{ cite book | last=Bomann-Larsen | first=Tor | title=Haakon og Maud II/Folket | location=Oslo | publisher=Cappelen | year=2004 | isbn=978-82-02-22529-2 | language=no }}
* {{ cite book | last=Bomann-Larsen | first=Tor | title=Haakon og Maud III/Vintertronen | location=Oslo | publisher=Cappelen | year=2006 | isbn=978-82-02-24665-5 | language=no }}
* {{ cite book | last=Bramsen | first=Bo | year=1992 | title=Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt.| trans-title=The House of Glücksburg. The Father-in-law of Europe and his descendants | edition=2nd | publisher=Forlaget Forum | location=Copenhagen | isbn=87-553-1843-6 | language=da }}
* {{cite book|title=Edward VII: The Last Victorian King|last=Hibbert|first=Christopher|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2007|isbn=978-1-4039-8377-0|location=London, UL}}
* {{cite book|title=Twilight of Splendor: The Court of Queen Victoria During her Diamond Jubilee|last=King|first=Greg|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc|location=New Jersey|year=2007|isbn=978-0-470-04439-1}}
* {{Cite book|last1=Lerche|first1=Anna|last2=Mandal|first2=Marcus|year=2003|title=A royal family : the story of Christian IX and his European descendants|location=Copenhagen|publisher=Aschehoug|isbn=9788715109577}}
* {{cite book|title= Grandmama of Europe : the crowned descendants of Queen Victoria|last=Aronson|first=Theo|publisher=John Murray Publishers|location=London|year=1973|isbn=1839012587}}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Maud of Wales}}
* [http://www.kongehuset.no/c27313/seksjonstekst_person/vis.html?tid=28681 Website of the Royal House of Norway: Queen Maud]
* {{cite web |url= http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1333_styleandsplendour/whowas/whowas.html
|title= Style & Splendor – Who was Queen Maud of Norway?
|publisher= [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] |access-date= 2007-06-04 }} <!-- Queen Maud of Norway's Wardrobe from 1896 to 1938 from an exhibition held at the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], London -->
* {{PM20|FID=pe/019531}}
* {{NPG name|name=Maud, Queen of Norway}}

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