Family of Ernst August of Hannover & Thyra of Denmark

[Kalafrana]

Is it simply the hairstyle or is there a resemblance to queen Mary?

Ann

[Carolath Habsburg]

Not a very good portrait picture of Thyra:

Here a clearer but smallest version



About the hairdo, it was a fashioable one in that era :-)

[Eric_Lowe]

I think this was based on a Kaubach paiting. I wonder if there is a photo of this painting in color.

[HerrKaiser]

Is it simply the hairstyle or is there a resemblance to queen Mary?

Ann

Agree. This image has a Queen Mary style and look to it. In fact, I'd bet that amongst those who don't know Thyra, they may well think this is a portrait of Mary.

[Eric_Lowe]

Thyra was smaller in size. Queen Mary was much bigger than Queen Alexandra.

[HerrKaiser]

^^^^^

no one would know that from the portrait.

[Eric_Lowe]

Thyra was also sweeter in expression than Queen Mary.

[Carolath Habsburg]

Yup, a, and softer facial features.

[Eric_Lowe]

Thyra actually befriended Queen Mary (when she was Duchess of York) when she first married George. She went to the last few Fredensborg gatherings after her wedding. They kept up a correspondence.

[Marie Valerie]

In the book "Prinz Max von Baden: Der letzte Kanzler des Kaisers" is a mention that Thyras and Ernst Augusts eldest son Georg Wilhelm was handicaped and unable to join the army.
What was wrong with him?

[grandduchessella]

In the book "Prinz Max von Baden: Der letzte Kanzler des Kaisers" is a mention that Thyras and Ernst Augusts eldest son Georg Wilhelm was handicaped and unable to join the army.
What was wrong with him?

I read an obituary once which stated that he was lame--crippled from the effects of blood poisoning after he injured his leg as a young adult. I don't know anything further though. Other obits said he was a captain in the Austrian Army but that could a) be wrong b) have been honorary or c) have occurred before the blood poisoning incident.

[Marc]

Not a very good portrait picture of Thyra:

Here a clearer but smallest version



About the hairdo, it was a fashioable one in that era :-)

Could you please repost that smaller version?I haven't seen it

[Maria Sisi]

Cumberland family in 1917
Ernst August, Duke of Cumberland; Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover, Ernst August, Duke of Braunschweig and his wife, née Princess Victoria Luise of Prussia holding baby Princess Friederike; Prince Ernst August of Hanover; Thyra, Duchess of Cumberland and Princess Olga of Hanover.

[from HANOVER - A Family Album]