Princess Alice | |||||
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Countess of Athlone | |||||
![]() Princess Alice in 1911 | |||||
Born | Princess Alice of Albany 25 February 1883 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England | ||||
Died | 3 January 1981 Kensington Palace, London, England | (aged 97)||||
Burial | 8 January 1981 | ||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | Lady May Abel Smith Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon Prince Maurice of Teck | ||||
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House | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (until 1917) Windsor (from 1917) | ||||
Father | Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany | ||||
Mother | Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont | ||||
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Viceregal consort of Canada | |||||
In role 21 June 1940 – 12 April 1946 | |||||
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline; 25 February 1883 – 3 January 1981) was a member of the British royal family. She was one of the longest-lived British royals. Princess Alice was the chatelaine of Rideau Hall in Ottawa from 1940 until 1946, while her husband Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, served as Governor General of Canada.