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- Birth nameEdward Augustus
- Duke of Kent and Strathearn Prince Edward was born on November 2, 1767 in Buckingham Palace, Westminster, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled (2014) and Kings and Queens (2002). He was married to Duchess of Kent and Strathearn. He died on January 23, 1820 in Sidmouth, Devon, England, UK.
- SpouseDuchess of Kent and Strathearn(May 29, 1818 - January 23, 1820) (his death, 1 child)
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- Parents
- RelativesPrincess Augusta of Cambridge(Niece or Nephew)King George IV(Sibling)King George V(Great Grandchild)Prince Albert Victor(Great Grandchild)Princess Louise(Great Grandchild)Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom(Great Grandchild)Dronning Maud(Great Grandchild)Queen Victoria Eugenia(Great Grandchild)King Edward VII(Grandchild)Princess Royal Victoria(Grandchild)Kaiser Wilhelm II(Great Grandchild)Princess Charlotte of Prussia(Great Grandchild)Prince Henry of Prussia(Great Grandchild)Princess Irene of Prussia(Great Grandchild)Grand Duchess Alice(Grandchild)Victoria Mountbatten(Great Grandchild)Prince George(Niece or Nephew)Elizabeth Feodorovna(Great Grandchild)Ernest Louis(Great Grandchild)Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna of Russia(Great Grandchild)Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine(Great Grandchild)Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine(Great Grandchild)Tsarina Alexandra(Great Grandchild)Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alfred(Grandchild)Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alfred(Great Grandchild)Queen Marie of Romania(Great Grandchild)Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg(Great Grandchild)Helena of Schleswig-Holstein(Grandchild)Duchess of Argyll Princess Louise(Grandchild)Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught(Grandchild)Princess Margaret of Connaught(Great Grandchild)Princess Patricia of Connaught(Great Grandchild)Prince Leopold of Duke of Albany(Grandchild)Princess Alice(Great Grandchild)Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Charles Edward(Great Grandchild)Princess Henry of Battenberg(Grandchild)King William IV(Sibling)Queen of Württemberg Charlotte(Sibling)
- In 1790, while still in Geneva, the Duke took up with "Madame de Saint-Laurent" (born Thérèse-Bernardine Montgenet), the wife of a French colonel. She went with him to Canada in 1791, where she was known as "Julie de Saint-Laurent". She accompanied the Duke for the next 28 years, until his marriage in 1818 The portrait of the Duke by Beechey was hers.
- The prince was promoted to the rank of major-general in October 1793. He served successfully in the West Indies campaign the following year, and was commander of the British camp at La Coste during the Battle of Martinique, for which he was mentioned in dispatches by General Charles Grey for his "great Spirit and Activity." He subsequently received the thanks of Parliament.
- As a son of the British monarch, he was styled His Royal Highness The Prince Edward from birth, and was fourth in the line of succession to the throne. He was named after his paternal uncle, the Duke of York and Albany, who had died several weeks earlier and was buried at Westminster Abbey the day before his birth.
- His wife was the daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and the sister of King Leopold I of Belgium, widower of the Duke's niece, Princess Charlotte. The Duchess was also a widow: her first husband had been Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, with whom she had had two children: a son Carl and a daughter Feodora.
- Various sources report that the Duke had two mistresses in Geneva: Adelaide Dubus and Anne Moré. Dubus died during the birth of their daughter Adelaide (1789 - 1832); Moré was the mother of Edward Schenker Scheener (1789-1853). Scheener married but had no children and returned to Geneva in 1837, where he died.
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