Princess Mary Catherine of Wessex

Mary Catherine Bagration was born in Sussex, Cornwall at Jewell House. Her parents were Lady Anne Edwardas and Prince George Bagration the then Duke and Duchess of St. Ives.

Mary Catherine was born during the reign of her grandfather King Robert II of Cornwall, and thus third in line to the succession to the throne, behind her mother and aunt, Lady Mary Edwardas.

Queen Mary I of Wessex became Queen-Regnant _ Mary Catherine and her family moved into Hillsborough Castle _ Anne and her husband were given the Welsh title the "Duke and Duchess of Uxbridge".

During the Watts Rebellion _ Mary I sent back to Cornwall were

On Mary's death _

Upon her mother's ascension as Queen-Regnant the family moved into Woodstock Palace, while Mary's younger siblings: Princess Maud and Prince William remained at Hillsborough Castle under the care of a governess.

As the daughter of the Sovereign _ Third Act of Succession _ Mary Catherine became second in the line of succession _ behind her brother, the newly created Crown Prince George. She was the highest ranking women in the country behind her mother.

Mary and her family were seen as outsiders by members of the Nobility and the Welsh public.

Thus, Anne was protective over her children and access to them was _. When the issue on whether Prince George Bagration should thus be called King of Wessex or Prince Consort of Wessex as the husband of the Sovereign, public outraged ensued. Many didn't want a Bagration Prince to be their King and many called for the Prince to renounce his claim and the claim of his sons to the Macedonian Crown.

It was decided that Prince George would keep his style as a Bagration Prince and the titles of Duke of St. Ives and Duke of Uxbridge in the peerages of Cornwall and Wessex, without the additional titles of King or Prince Consort.

Princess Mary Catherine Bagration

Princess Mary Catherine of Wessex

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