Prince Edward | |||||
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Duke of Kent and Strathearn | |||||
![]() Portrait by Sir William Beechey, 1818 (originally owned by Mme de Saint-Laurent) | |||||
Born | Buckingham House, London, England | 2 November 1767||||
Died | 23 January 1820 Woolbrook Cottage, Sidmouth, England | (aged 52)||||
Burial | 12 February 1820[1] | ||||
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Issue | Queen Victoria | ||||
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House | Hanover | ||||
Father | George III of the United Kingdom | ||||
Mother | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | ||||
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Service/branch | ![]() (active service) | ||||
Years of service | 1786–1805 (active service) | ||||
Rank | Field Marshal (active service) | ||||
Unit | 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) | ||||
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Awards | Mentioned in dispatches |
Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn was the fourth son of George III of the United Kingdom.
Edward Augustus married in 1818 Princess Victoria Duchess of Kent. He had one daughter, who was later Queen Victoria. He died when his daughter was six months old in 1819.
Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn | Father: George III of the United Kingdom |
Paternal Grandfather: Frederick, Prince of Wales |
Paternal Great-grandfather: George II of Great Britain |
Paternal Great-grandmother: Caroline of Ansbach | |||
Paternal Grandmother: Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | ||
Paternal Great-grandmother: Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst | |||
Mother: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
Maternal Grandfather: . Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prince of Mirow |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | |
Maternal Great-grandmother: Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | |||
Maternal Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen | ||
Maternal Great-grandmother: Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach |