Edinburgh Palace

The Palais was constructed between 1845 and 1846 on behalf of Karl August Freiherr von Wangenheim. Following his death in 1850, the property passed into the possession of the ducal family. In September 1865, Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, a son of Queen Victoria of Britain, acquired the building. He commissioned the master builder Georg Konrad Rothbart for a modernization in the Neo-Renaissance style, completed in 1866, which included adding a third floor. From 1881, when Prince Alfred and his family were announced as new residents, a further expansion was carried out by architect Hans Rothbart, adding a four-story east wing. The Palais served as home to Prince Alfred and his family until the death of his uncle Ernst II in 1893, becoming known as the Edinburgh Palais during this period. After Alfred's death in 1900 and that of his widow Maria in 1920, the Palais passed to their daughter Alexandra in 1921.