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Charles Edward (Leopold Charles Edward George Albert; [note 1] 19 July 1884 – 6 March 1954) was at various points in his life a British prince, a German duke and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a state of the German Empire, from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918.
- Alfred
Alfred (Alfred Ernest Albert; 6 August 1844 – 30 July 1900)...
- Saxe-Coburg
1674–1680 Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, 1st son of the...
- Alfred
El príncipe Alfredo, duque de Sajonia-Coburgo y Gotha ( Alfred Ernest Albert; Windsor; 6 de agosto de 1844- Coburgo; 30 de julio de 1900), fue un príncipe del Reino Unido y miembro de la familia real británica desde su nacimiento, duque de Edimburgo, conde de Kent y de Úlster desde 1866; y el penúltimo duque soberano de Sajonia-Coburgo y Gotha, ...
Carlos Eduardo de Sajonia-Coburgo y Gotha (en inglés: Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; en alemán: Carl Eduard von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha; Esher, 19 de julio de 1884-Coburgo, 6 de marzo de 1954) fue el cuarto y último duque de Sajonia-Coburgo y Gotha, dos ducados en Alemania (desde 30 de julio de 1900 hasta 14 de noviembre de ...
- Early Life
- Entering The Royal Navy
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Potential Matches
- Marriage
- Flag Rank
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Death
- Legacy
- Honours and Arms
Prince Alfred was born on 6 August 1844 at Windsor Castle to the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria, and her husband, Prince Albert, the second son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Nicknamed Affie, he was second in the line of succession to the British throne behind his elder brother, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. Alfred was bapt...
In 1856, when he reached age 12, it was decided that Prince Alfred, in accordance with his own wishes, should enter the Royal Navy. A separate establishment was assigned to him, with Lieutenant J.C. Cowell, RE, as governor. He passed a special entrance examination in July 1858, and was appointed as a naval cadet in HMS Euryalusat the age of 14. In ...
In the Queen's Birthday Honours on 24 May 1866, the Prince was created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Ulster, and Earl of Kent with an annuity of £15,000 granted by Parliament. He took his seat in the House of Lordson 8 June. While still in command of the Galatea, the Duke of Edinburgh started from Plymouth on 24 January 1867 for his voyage around the ...
In 1862, Queen Victoria wrote to Victoria, Princess Royal that she wanted Alfred to marry Princess Dagmar of Denmark. She wrote: "I hear that the Emperor of Russia has not given up his intention of asking for Alix or Dagmar for his son. I should be very sorry if any thing were decided for Dagmar before you had seen her, as it would be one chance le...
During a visit to his sister Princess Alice, in August 1868 he met Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, then fourteen years old. Princess Alice was married to Maria Alexandrovna's first cousin. The Grand Duchess was visiting her maternal relatives, the Princes of Battenberg, at Jugenheim. On 23 January 1874, the Duke of Edinburgh married the...
Alfred was stationed in Malta for several years and his third child, Victoria Melita, was born there in 1876. Alfred's last command prior to promotion to flag rank would be as captain of HMS Black Prince in 1878, when he represented the Crown during the installation of John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, as Governor General of Canada. Alfred was subs...
On the death of his uncle, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, on 22 August 1893, the duchy fell to the Duke of Edinburgh since his elder brother, the Prince of Wales, had renounced his right to the succession before he married. Alfred thereupon surrendered his British allowance of £15,000 a year and his seats in the House of Lords and the Pr...
Alfred died of throat cancer on 30 July 1900 in a lodge adjacent to Schloss Rosenau, the ducal summer residence just north of Coburg. He was buried at the ducal family's mausoleum in the Friedhof am Glockenberg[de] in Coburg.: 47 As his younger brother, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and nephew Prince Arthur, had renounced their su...
Australia
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, Prince Alfred Park in Sydney, Prince Alfred Square in Parramatta, and the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, now in the Sydney suburb of Newport, are named in his honour. The Alfred Hall in Ballarat was built in 1867 for his visit, and one of the city's suburbs was renamed Alfredton. Many streets, avenues, roads, halls, parks and schools bear his name in other parts of Australia. He laid...
Barbados
Prince Alfred Street in Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados, was named in his honour. It begins at the junction with Chapel Street and proceeds southward until reaching a car park along the Constitution river in the vicinity of the former James Fort.
Canada
Prince Alfred Bay, Nunavut, was named in his honour, as was Cape Prince Alfred in the North West Territories. Two islands in Ontario are named for Prince Alfred, one in the St Lawrence River near Brockville, and the other in Lake Nipigon north of Thunder Bay. The Prince Alfred Arch, a monumentin Tangier, Nova Scotia, marks the spot Prince Alfred visited in 1861.
Honours
British honours 1. KG: Royal Knight Companion of the Garter, 10 June 1863 2. KT: Extra Knight of the Thistle, 15 October 1864 3. KP: Knight of St. Patrick, 14 May 1880 4. GCB: Knight Grand Cross of the Bath (military), 25 May 1889 5. GCSI: Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India, 7 February 1870 6. GCMG: Knight Grand Cross of St Michael and St George, 29 June 1869 7. GCIE: Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire, 21 June 1887 8. GCVO: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 2...
Arms
Prince Alfred gained use of the royal arms of the United Kingdom, charged with an inescutcheon of the shield of the Duchy of Saxony, representing his paternal arms, the whole differenced by a label argent of three points, the outer points bearing anchors azure, and the inner a cross gules. When he became the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, his Saxon arms were his British arms inverted, as follows: the ducal arms of Saxony charged with an inescutcheon of the royal arms of the United Kingdom dif...
1674–1680 Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, 1st son of the previous Duke. Saxe-Coburg 1681–1735. 1681–1699 Albert V, 2nd son of Ernest I “the Pious”. 1699–1729 Johann Ernest IV, also Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld, 7th and youngest son of Ernest I “the Pious”, Duke of Saxe-Gotha.
Ernesto I de Sajonia-Coburgo y Gotha (en alemán, Ernst I von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha; Coburgo, 2 de enero de 1784-ibidem, 29 de enero de 1844) fue uno de los príncipes soberanos que gobernaron los Ducados Ernestinos en el siglo XIX.
28 de jun. de 2017 · The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha came into the British Royal Family in 1840 with the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, son of Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha. Queen Victoria herself was the last monarch of the House of Hanover. The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha as a British dynasty was short-lived.
