Prince George, Duke of Kent

Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund of the United kingdom, created Duke of Kent in 1934

Son of George V. King of the United Kingdom (1865-1936) and his wife Mary, Princess of Teck (1867-1953)

Born: York Cottage, Sandringham 20. Dec 1902

Christened: Private Chapel, Windsor Castle 26. Jan 1903

Godparents:

• Edward VII. King of the United Kingdom (his paternal grandfather)

• Alexandra, Queen of the United Kingdom (born Princess of Denmark, his paternal grandmother)

• Maria Feodorovna, Dowanger Empress of Russia (born Princess Dagmar of Denmark, his grandmother’s sister)

• Waldemar, Prince of Denmark (his grandmother’s brother)

• Helena, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein (born Princess of the United Kingdom, his paternal great-aunt)

• Ludwig (Louis), Prinz von Battenberg (later 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, husband of his first cousin once removed, Victoria, Princess of Hesse and by Rhine)

Married: Westminster Abbey, London 29. Nov 1934 Marina, Princess of Greece and Denmark (1906-1968), his third cousin, daughter of Nikolaos, Prince of Greece and Denmark (1872-1938) and his wife Yelena Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1882-1957).

Issue:

• Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935) m. 1961 Katharine Worsley (1933)

• Princess Alexandra of Kent (1936) m. 1963 Hon. Sir Angus Ogilvy (1928-2004)

• Prince Michael of Kent (1942) m. 1978 Marie Christine Freiin von Reibnitz (1945)

Died: Morven, Scotland 25. Aug 1942 in a plane crash while on active service

Buried: Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Windsor

  

  

Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997; Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten II, Vol XVII 2004; Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; Alison Weir: “Britain’s Royal Families”, Vintage Books 2008;  for godparents see Yvonne’s Royalty Home Page http://users.uniserve.com/~canyon/index.htm