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Published on Dec 6, 2018. Last updated on Dec 18, 2019. On May 10th, 1794, His Royal Highness, Prince Edward, future father of Queen Victoria, and Major General in the British army, arrived in Halifax from St. Kitts under a twenty-one-gun salute. His mistress, Madame Julie de Saint Laurent, left England in July and sailed into the harbour on ...
Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathern, was the fourth son of George III, by Queen Charlotte, born on 2 November 1767 at Buckingham House.He had his early education in England under John Fisher, successively bishop of Exeter and Salisbury, and completed it on the continent under Baron Wangenheim, with whom he spent two years (1785-7) at Luneburg and Hanover, and two years more at Geneva.
The Duke was interred at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, on 12 February 1820 and his wife and daughter took up residence at Kensington Palace. Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn's legacy remains prominent in Canada and Prince Edward Island is named after him.
May 31, 2024 · Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn. kinship to subject. elder brother. 0 references. Ernst August II of Hanover. kinship to subject. younger brother. 0 ...
The Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn KG KP GCB GCH PC (Edward Augustus; 2 November 1767 – 23 January 1820) was the fourth son and fifth child of King George III of the United Kingdom and the father of Queen Victoria. Prince Edward was created Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin on 23 April 1799 [2] and, a few weeks later ...
Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (the fourth son of King George III), and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After the deaths of her father and grandfather in 1820, she was raised under close supervision by her mother and her comptroller, John Conroy.
Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn KG KP GCB GCH PC (* 2. November 1767 in London; † 23. Januar 1820 in Sidmouth, Devon) war ein britischer Prinz aus dem Haus Hannover und der Vater Königin Victorias. Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn. Wappen des Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn.
