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Alfred (Alfred Ernest Albert; 6 August 1844 – 30 July 1900) was sovereign Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 22 August 1893 until his death in 1900. He was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He was known as the Duke of Edinburgh from 1866 until he succeeded his paternal uncle Ernest II as the reigning Duke of ...
His father was Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, second eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. His mother, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia , was a daughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine .
Prince Alfred was born on 22 September 1780, at Windsor Castle. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was the fourteenth child and ninth and youngest son of King George III and his queen consort , Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , [ 4 ] and as such, was a member of the House of Hanover .
Alfred's only son, Prince Alfred, known as 'Young Affie' was engaged to Princess Elsa Matilda Marie of Württemberg, one of the twin daughters of Duke Wilhelm Eugene of Württemberg and his wife Grand Duchess Vera Constantinovna of Russia.
Alfred’s father and elder brother had both renounced their rights of succession, leaving Alfred as heir-apparent to his uncle. The Greek throne ended up going to Prince Vilhelm of Denmark, who reigned as King George I of the Hellenes.
May 21, 2015 · At the time of his birth, he was styled HRH Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, as his father had not yet become Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His christening was held November 27, 1874, in the Lower Bow Room at Buckingham Palace, with the following godparents: Queen Victoria (his paternal grandmother)
But as long as the recently married Albert Edward, Prince of Wales remained childless, Alfred occupied the linchpin role of a second-in-line. “[…] there are only two eyes between him and the throne”, his father Prince Albert had remarked in 1857. If his mum and brother should die prematurely – sadly not an uncommon possibility – he ...
