Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn

Full name
	Edward Augustus

Prince Edward
Prince Edward
Duke of Kent and Strathearn
	Portrait by Sir William Beechey, 1818 (originally owned by Mme de Saint-Laurent)
Born	2 November 1767; Buckingham House, London, England
Died	23 January 1820 (aged 52); Woolbrook Cottage, Sidmouth, England
Burial	12 February 1820; St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Spouse	Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (m. 1818)
Issue	Queen Victoria
Full name
Full name
	Edward Augustus
House	Hanover
Father	George III of the United Kingdom
Mother	Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain; United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army; (active service)
Years of service	1786–1805; (active service)
Rank	Field Marshal; (active service)
Unit	7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers)
Commands held	Commander-in-Chief, North America; Governor of Gibraltar;
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars; Coalition Wars; War of the First Coalition Battle of Martinique; Battle of Guadaloupe; ;
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.

Ancestors[change | change source]

*Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn*s ancestors in three generations
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

References[change | change source]

↑ "Royal Burials in the Chapel since 1805". College of St George. stgeorges-windsor.org. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

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[1] "Royal Burials in the Chapel since 1805". College of St George. stgeorges-windsor.org. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

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