Laura Williamina Seymour was a daughter of Admiral Sir George Seymour and his wife, Georgiana Berkeley, a granddaughter of the 4th Earl of Berkeley and a great-granddaughter of the 2nd Duke of Richmond. Her brother was Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford. Her English ancestry was not sufficient by German standards to allow her to enter into an equal marriage with Prince Victor zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, a nephew of Queen Victoria.
They were married January 26, 1861. Prior to their marriage she was created Countess Gleichen by Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. She used this title until December 15, 1885, when it was gazetted in the Court Circular that the Queen had granted her permission to share, within the British Empire, her husband's princely title and she would be known as HSH Princess Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. This did not change her status in Germany. Their children were not elevated in rank and were known as Count/Countess Gleichen, until World War I, at which time, King George V renounced on behalf of his German relatives in Britain their German titles and the children were known as Lord/Lady Gleichen.
They were married January 26, 1861. Prior to their marriage she was created Countess Gleichen by Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. She used this title until December 15, 1885, when it was gazetted in the Court Circular that the Queen had granted her permission to share, within the British Empire, her husband's princely title and she would be known as HSH Princess Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. This did not change her status in Germany. Their children were not elevated in rank and were known as Count/Countess Gleichen, until World War I, at which time, King George V renounced on behalf of his German relatives in Britain their German titles and the children were known as Lord/Lady Gleichen.
Laura Williamina Seymour was a daughter of Admiral Sir George Seymour and his wife, Georgiana Berkeley, a granddaughter of the 4th Earl of Berkeley and a great-granddaughter of the 2nd Duke of Richmond. Her brother was Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford. Her English ancestry was not sufficient by German standards to allow her to enter into an equal marriage with Prince Victor zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, a nephew of Queen Victoria.
They were married January 26, 1861. Prior to their marriage she was created Countess Gleichen by Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. She used this title until December 15, 1885, when it was gazetted in the Court Circular that the Queen had granted her permission to share, within the British Empire, her husband's princely title and she would be known as HSH Princess Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. This did not change her status in Germany. Their children were not elevated in rank and were known as Count/Countess Gleichen, until World War I, at which time, King George V renounced on behalf of his German relatives in Britain their German titles and the children were known as Lord/Lady Gleichen.
They were married January 26, 1861. Prior to their marriage she was created Countess Gleichen by Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. She used this title until December 15, 1885, when it was gazetted in the Court Circular that the Queen had granted her permission to share, within the British Empire, her husband's princely title and she would be known as HSH Princess Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. This did not change her status in Germany. Their children were not elevated in rank and were known as Count/Countess Gleichen, until World War I, at which time, King George V renounced on behalf of his German relatives in Britain their German titles and the children were known as Lord/Lady Gleichen.
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