Princess Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (17 December 1832–13 February 1912)Burke's Peerage, 107th edition - "Hertford, Marquess of".] was a British-born German princess and a friend of the British Royal Family.

Born Laura Williamina Seymour, she was a daughter of Admiral Sir George Seymour and his wife, Georgiana.Burke's Peerage, 107th edition - "Hertford, Marquess of".] Almost two weeks before her morganatic marriage to Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (a half-nephew of Queen Victoria who had worked under her father) on 26 January 1861, she was created Countess von Gleichen by Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.Burke's Peerage, 107th edition - "Hertford, Marquess of".] They later had four children:

*Count (Albert) Edward Wilfred (1863-1937), soldier.
*Countess Feodora Georgina Maud (1861-1922), sculptor.
*Countess Victoria "Valda" Alice Leopoldina Ada Laura (1868-1951), singer.
*Countess Helena Emily (1873-1947), artist.

When Countess von Gleichen's brother, Francis, inherited his cousin's marquessate of Hertford in 1870, the Queen granted her the rank and style of a daughter of marquess by Royal Warrant of Precedence less than a year later, enabling her to prefix "Lady" to her name, [London Gazette, 14 February 1871, p.2] although she continued to be known by her comital title until 1885, when the Queen granted her and her husband permission to reassume the princely title. On her death in 1912, her comital title passed to her only son, Edward, who later relinquished the title during the reforms of the family names of George V in 1917.

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