Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence
Born Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward of the United Kingdom, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, known as “Eddy” by his family.
Son of Edward, Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910) and Alexandra, Princess of Denmark (1844-1925)
Born: Frogmore House, Windsor 8. Jan 1864
Christened: Buckingham Palace, London 10. Mar 1864
Godparents:
Leopold I. King of the Belgians (his father’s great-uncle)
Christian IX. King of Denmark (maternal grandfather)
Wilhelm, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel (maternal great-grandfather)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (paternal uncle)
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (paternal grandmother)
The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born Princess Alexandrine of Baden, paternal great-aunt)
The Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel, maternal great-grandmother)
The Crown Princess of Prussia (born Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, later German Empress, paternal aunt) George V. King of the United Kingdom (1865-1936) m. 1893 Mary, Princess of Teck (1867-1953)
Engagement: Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire (counry residence of the Danish ambassador) 3. Dec 1891 to Mary, Princess of Teck (1867-1953), daughter of Francis, Duke of Teck (1837-1900), himself the morganatic son of Alexander, Duke of Württemberg (1804-1885), and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833-1897). Mary later married Albert Victor’s younger brother George, who became King of the United Kingdom as George V. (1865-1936).
Died: Sandringham House, Norfolk 14. Jan 1892 from pneumonia
Buried: St. George’s Chapel, Windsor
Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997; for godparents see Yvonne’s Royalty Home Page http://users.uniserve.com/~canyon/index.htm