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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 241 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FROGMORE  , a

mansion within the royal demesne of Windsor, England, in the Home Park, r m . S.E. of Windsor Castle . It was occupied by George III.'s queen,
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Charlotte, and later by the duchess of Kent,
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mother of Queen Victoria, who died here in 1861 . The mansion, a plain
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building facing a small lake, has in its grounds the
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mausoleum of the duchess of Kent and the royal mausoleum . The first is a circular building surrounded with Ionic columns and rising in a dome, a
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lower chamber within containing the tomb, while in the upper chamber is a statue of the duchess . There is also a bust of Princess
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Hohenlohe-Langenberg,
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half-
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sister of Queen Victoria; and before the entrance is a 1876), wife of Dean Stanley . The royal mausoleum, a cruciform building with a central octagonal lantern, richly adorned within with
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marbles and mosaics, was erected (1862—1870) by Queen Victoria over the tomb of Albert, prince consort, by whose side the queen herself was buried in 19or . There are also memorials to Princess Alice and Prince Leopold in the mausoleum . To the south of the mansion are the royal gardens and
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dairy .

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