Royal Order of Victoria and Albert

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The Royal Order of Victoria and Albert was a British royal family order instituted by Queen Victoria and awarded as a mark of personal favor primarily to female members of the royal family and select court ladies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British royal family order ⓘ
chivalric order ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Order of Victoria and Albert ⓘ
associatedWith House of Hanover ⓘ
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
awardedFor closeness to the royal household ⓘ
personal service to Queen Victoria ⓘ
awardedTo female relatives of Queen Victoria ⓘ
ladies-in-waiting ⓘ
awardingBody Queen Victoria ⓘ
badgeMaterial enamel and diamonds ⓘ
badgeShape oval medallion ⓘ
centralMotive conjoined portraits of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1901 ⓘ
eligibility female courtiers ⓘ
female members of the British royal family ⓘ
endOfAwardingReason death of Queen Victoria ⓘ
foundedBy Queen Victoria ⓘ
genderRestriction female-only ⓘ
grades First Class ⓘ
Fourth Class ⓘ
Second Class ⓘ
Third Class ⓘ
higherInPrecedenceThan Royal Family Order of Edward VII (chronologically) ⓘ
inception 1862 ⓘ
insigniaAttachment bow ribbon ⓘ
insigniaWornOn left shoulder ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
lastConferredBy Queen Victoria ⓘ
locationOfInsigniaCollection Royal Collection, United Kingdom ⓘ
monarchAtInstitution Queen Victoria ⓘ
namedAfter Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
Queen Victoria ⓘ
postNominals VA ⓘ
purpose mark of personal favor by the sovereign ⓘ
relatedOrder Royal Family Order of Edward VII ⓘ
Royal Family Order of George IV ⓘ
religion secular ⓘ
ribbonColor white moiré ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
typeOfAward royal family order ⓘ
wornBy Princess Alice of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll ⓘ
Princess of Wales Alexandra of Denmark ⓘ
Queen Victoria ⓘ

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Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll → order → Royal Order of Victoria and Albert ⓘ
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom → orderOrDecoration → Royal Order of Victoria and Albert ⓘ
subject linked to: Helena
Royal Order of Victoria and Albert → alsoKnownAs → Order of Victoria and Albert ⓘ
linked to: Royal Order of Victoria and Albert