page_title: Princess Patricia of Connaught
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Princess Patricia of Connaught / Early life
caption_attribution_description: The Duke and Duchess of Connaught with their children. Portrait by Hughes &amp; Mullins, 1893. Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883-1938) Princess Louise, Duchess of Connaught (1860-1917) Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942) Margaret, Crown Princess of Sweden (1882-1920) Princess Patricia of Connaught (later Lady Patricia Ramsay) (1886-1974),
context_page_description: Princess Patricia of Connaught was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Upon her marriage to Alexander Ramsay, she relinquished her title of a British princess and the style of Royal Highness.
context_section_description: Princess Patricia – "Patsy" to family and friends – was born on 17 March 1886, St Patrick's Day, at Buckingham Palace in London. Her father was Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, the third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her mother was Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. She had two elder siblings, Prince Arthur of Connaught and Princess Margaret of Connaught, later Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden.
  She was baptized Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth at St Anne's Church in Bagshot on 1 May 1886. Her godparents were Queen Victoria (her paternal grandmother); the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (her paternal granduncle, who was represented by her paternal uncle Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein); the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg (her maternal aunt); Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (her first cousin, for whom the German Ambassador, Count Hatzfeldt, stood proxy); Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (her paternal aunt); and Prince Albert of Prussia (her mother's first cousin once removed, for whom her maternal uncle the Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg stood proxy). She was named Victoria after Queen Victoria; Patricia, after St Patrick, the saint of her birthday; and Helena, in honour of her father's sister Princess Helena of the United Kingdom.
  She grew up as a member of the Royal Family. She was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousins the Duke and Duchess of York (future George V and Queen Mary) on 6 July 1893.
caption: The Duke and Duchess of Connaught with their children in 1893
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