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The Scots Royal Lineage - The House of Guelph

GEORGE I (the first of the HOUSE OF GUELPH), King of Great Britain, etc., born Georg Ludwig, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, at Osnaburg, 28 May, 1660, succeeded his father as Duke of Hanover and Elector, 23 Jan.1697-8, Duke of Zell, 1705, Duke of Bremen and Verden, 1719, (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD Vol. 1), naturalized English subject, 1705, succeeded his first cousin once removed, Queen Anne, 1 August, 1714, crowned 20 Oct. 1714, married 21 Nov. 1682, his 1st cousin Princess Sophia Dorothea (born at Zell, 3 Feb. 1666, div. 28 Dec. 1694, and died at Ahlden, 13 Nov. 1726, uncrowned, buried at Zell), only surviving daughter of George William, Duke of Brunswick-Zell, and had issue,

1a GEORGE AUGUSTUS, Prince of Wales, afterwards King.

1a Sophia Dorothea, born16 March, 1685, married 28 Nov. 1706, Frederick William I, King of Prussia, and died 29 June, 1757, having had issue, seven sons and eight daughters (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He died. 31 May, 1740.

George I also had several illegitimate children,

1a Petronelle Melusine, born circa 1693, married 1733 Philip Dormer (Stanhope), Earl of Chesterfield (died 24 March 1773), (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1967 Edn., CHESTERFIELD & STANHOPE, E), and died without issue 16 Sept. 1778.

2a Margaret Gertrude, born 1703, married Count von Lippe, and died 11 Nov. 1773.

George I  died at Osnaburg, 11 June, 1727 (buried at Hanover), and was succeeded by his only son,

GEORGE II, King of Great Britain, etc., born George August, Duke of Brunswick Luneburg, at Hanover, 30 Oct. 1683, Kurprinz of Hanover, 23 Jan. 1697-8, naturalized an English subject, 1705), Duke and Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Milford Haven, Viscount Northallerton, and Baron Tewkesbury, 1706, Duke of Cornwall, 1 Aug. 1714, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, 27 Sept. 1716, succeeded his father as King of Great Britain and Duke of Hanover and Elector, 11 June, 1727, Crowned 11 Oct. 1727, married 22 Aug. 1705 Princess Wilhelmina Charlotte CAROLINE (born at Anspach, 1 March, 1682, died at St. James's, 20 Nov 1737, buried at Westminster Abbey), daughter of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach, and had issue,

1a FREDERICK LEWIS, Prince of Wales, born Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, at Hanover, 20 Jan. 1707, Duke of Gloucester, 1717, Duke of Edinburgh, Marquess of Ely, Earl of Eltham, Viscount Launceston, and Baron Snowdon, 1726, Duke of Cornwall, etc., and Kurprinz of Hanover, 11 June, 1729, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, 8 Jan. 1729, married. 27 April, 1736, Princess Augusta (born 30 Nov. 1719, died 8 Feb. 1772), youngest daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and died in the lifetime of the father 20 March,1751, leaving issue,

1b GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK, Prince of Wales, afterwards King.

2b Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, Earl of Ulster, K.G., born 14 March, 1739, died unmarried 17 Sept. 1767.

3b William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Earl of Connaught, born 14 Nov. 1743, married 6 Sept. 1766, Maria (died 22 Aug. 1807), widow of James, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, K.G., and illegitimate daughter of Hon. Sir Edward Walpole (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn, WALPOLE, B.), and died 25 Aug. 1805, having had issue,

1c William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, etc., K.G., Field Marshal, born 15 Jan 1776, married 22 July 1816, his first cousin, Princess Mary (died 30 April, 1857), 4th daughter of GEORGE III, and died without issue 30 Nov. 1834.

1c Sophia Matilda, Ranger of Greenwich Park, born 29 May, 1773, died unmarried 29 Nov. 1844.

2c Caroline Augusta Maria, born 24 June, 1774, died 14 March, 1775.

4b Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Earl of Dublin, K.G., Admiral of the White, born 27 Oct. 1745, married 2 Oct. 1771, Hon. Anne (died. 28 Dec. 1808), widow of Christopher Horton, of Catton Hall, Derbyshire, and daughter of Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton (extinct 1829), and died without legitimate issue 18 Sept. 1790.

5b Frederick William, born13 May, 1750, died 29 Dec. 1765.

1b Augusta, born 31 July, 1737, married 17 Jan. 1764, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, and died 23 March, 1813, having had issue, four sons and three daughters (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He died of wounds received at the Battle of Jena, 10 Nov. 1806.

2b Elizabeth Caroline, born 30 Dec. 1740, died 4 Sept. 1759.

3b Louisa Ann, born 8 March, 1748-49, died 13 May, 1768.

4b Caroline Matilda, born posthumously, 11 July, 1751, married 1 Oct. 1766, her 1st cousin, Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, and died 10 May, 1775, having had issue, two sons and one daughter (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He died 13 March, 1808.

2a George William, born 3 Nov. 1717, died 6 Feb. 1718.

3a William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Marquess of Berkhampstead, Earl of Kennington, Viscount Trematon and Baron Alderney, K.G. , Field Marshal, and C-in-C cmd'd. the Army at Fontenoy and Culloden, born 15 April, 1721, died unmarried 31 Oct 1765.

1a Anne (Princess Royal), born 2 Nov. 1709, married 25 March, 1734, William IV, Charles Henry Friso, Prince of Orange and Nassau-Dietz, and died 12 Jan 1759, leaving issue, one son and one daughter (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He died 22 Oct. 1751.

2a Amelia Sophia Eleanor, born 10 June, 1711, died unmarried 31 Oct. 1786.

3a Caroline Elizabeth, born 10 June, 1713, died unmarried 28 Dec. 1757.

4a Mary, born 22 Feb. 1723, married as his 1st wife, 8 May, 1740, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, K.G., and died 14 Jan. 1772, having had issue, four sons (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He died 30 Oct. 1785.

5a Louisa, born 7 Dec. 1724, married 30 Oct. 1743, as his 1st wife, Frederick V, King of Denmark and Norway, and died 8 Dec. 1751, having had issue, two sons and two daughters (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He died 14 Jan. 1766.

George II died at Kensington Palace, 25 Oct. 1760 (buried at Westminster Abbey), and was succeeded by his grandson,

GEORGE III, William Frederick, King of Great Britain and Ireland, born at Norfolk House, Westminster, 4 June, 1738, succeeded his father as Duke of Cornwall, 2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and Kurprinz of Hanover, 20 March, 1751, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, 20 April, 1751, succeeded his grandfather as King of Great Britain and Duke of Hanover and Elector, 25 Oct. 1760, Sovereign Prince of Osnaburg and Munster, 1803, King of Hanover and Sovereign Prince of East Friesland, 1814, crowned 22 Sept. 1761, married 8 Sept. 1761, Princess Sophia Charlotte (born at Mirow, 19 May, 1744, died at Kew Palace, 17 Nov. 1818, buried at Windsor), yst. daughter of Charles I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD Vol. 1), and had issue,

1a GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, Prince of Wales, afterwards King.

2a Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, Earl of Ulster, K.G., Prince and Bishop of Osnaburg (1764-1803), Field Marshal and C-in-C, born 16 Aug. 1763, married 29 Sept. 1791, Princess Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherine (died 6 Aug.1820), daughter of Frederick William II, King of Prussia, and died without issue 5 Jan. 1827.

3a WILLIAM HENRY, Duke of Clarence, afterwards King.

4a Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Earl of Dublin, K.G., Field Marshal, born 2 Nov. 1767, married 20 May, 1818 Princess Victoria Mary Louise (died 16 March, 1861), widow of Emich Charles, Reigning Prince of Leiningen, and daughter of Francis Frederick Antony, Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg, and d 23 Jan. 1820, leaving issue, an only child,

1b ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA, afterwards Queen.

5a ERNEST AUGUSTUS, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and King of Hanover, 1st Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Earl of Armagh, K.G., Field Marshal, born 5 June, 1771, succeeded his brother, William IV, as King of Hanover, 20 June, 1837, married 29 May, 1815, Princess Frederica Sophia Charlotte Alexandrina (died 29 June, 1841), widow of (1) Prince Frederick Louis Charles of Prussia, and (2) Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels, and 3rd daughter of Charles Louis Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-­Strelitz (see BURKE's ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD Vol. 1), and died 18 Nov. 1851, leaving issue (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1).

6a Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Arklow, K.G., born 27 Jan. 1773, married at Rome, 4 April, 1793, and at St. George's, Hanover Square, London, 5 Dec. 1793 (annulled by the Prerogative Court, Aug. 1794, as contracted in violation of The Royal Marriage Act, 1772), Lady Augusta Murray, afterwards D'AMELAND (assumed by Royal Licence, 1506) (died 5 March, 1830), 2nd daughter of John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. He went through a form of marriage (in violation of The Royal Marriage Act, 1772), circa 2 May, 1831, with Lady Cecilia Letitia Buggin, afterwards UNDERWOOD (surname assumed by Royal Licence, 2 May, 1831), created Duchess of Inverness (1840) (died 1 Aug. 1873), widow of Sir George Buggin, Kt., and eldest daughter of Arthur Saunders, 2nd Earl of Arran, K.P., by his 3rd wife Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Underwood, and died without legitimate issue 21 April, 1843.

7a Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Tipperary, and Baron Culloden, K.G., Field Marshal, Viceroy of Hanover 1816-37, born 24 Feb. 1774, married at Cassel, 7 May and at Buckingham Palace, 1 June, 1818, Princess Augusta Wilhelmina Louise (died 6 April. 1889), 3rd daughter of the Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Cassel (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and died 8 July, 1850, leaving issue,

1b George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, etc., KG., Field Marshal and C-in-C 1856-95, born at Hanover, 26 March, 1819, went through a form of marriage in violation of The Royal Marriage Act, 1772, 8 Jan. 1847, with Sarah (Louisa) Fairbrother (Mrs Fitz-George) (died without legitimate issue 7. 17 March, 1904.

1b Augusta Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louisa, born 18 July, 1822, married 28 June, 1843, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, K.G., and died 4 Dec.1916, having had issue, two sons (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He died 30 May, 1904.

2b Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth, born 27 Nov. 1833, married 12 June, 1866, Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander, Prince and Duke of Teck, Major-Gen. (born 27 Aug. 1837, died 21 Jan.1900), only son of Duke Alexander of Württemberg, by his morganatic wife Claudine, Countess Rhedey (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and died 27 Oct. 1897, leaving issue,

1c Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislas, Duke of Teck, created MARQUESS of CAMBRIDGE, (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1970 Edn).

2c Francis Joseph Leopold Frederick, Prince of Teck, Major 1st Dragoons, served in S. Africa 1899-1900, born 9 Jan. 1870, died unmarried 22 Oct. 1910.

3c Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George, Prince of Teck, K.G., created EARL of ATHLONE, (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1956 Edn).

1c Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes, Princess of Teck (H.M. QUEEN MARY), born26 May, 1867, married 6 July, 1893, H.M. KING GEORGE V, and died 24 March, 1953, having had issue (see below). He died. 20 Jan.1936.

8a Octavius, born 23 Feb. 1779, died 3 May, 1783.

9a Alfred, born 22 Sept. 1780, died 20 Aug. 1782.

1a Charlotte Augusta Matilda (Princess Royal), b 29 Sept. 1766, married 18 May, 1797, Frederick I, King of Württemberg, and died without issue. 6 Oct. 1828 (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He died 30 Oct. 1816.

2a Augusta Sophia, born8 Nov. 1768, died unmarried 22 Sept. 1840.

3a Elizabeth, born 22 May, 1770, married 7 April, 1818, Frederick Joseph Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and died without issue. 10 Jan. 1840. He died 2 April, 1829.

4a Mary, born 25 April, 1776, married 22 July, 1816, her first cousin, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester (see above) and died without issue30 April, 1857. He died 30 Nov. 1834.

5a Sophia, born 3 Nov. 1777, died unmarried 27 May, 1848.

6a Amelia, b 7 Aug. 1783, died unmarried 2 Nov. 1810.

George III died at Windsor, 29 Jan. 1820 (buried there) and was succeeded by his eldest son,

GEORGE IV, Augustus Frederick, King of Great Britain and Ireland, born at St. James's Palace, 12 Aug.1762, Duke of Cornwall etc., and Kurprinz of Hanover at birth, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, 17 Aug.1762, Regent of the Duchy of Brunswick, 1806, Prince Regent of the United Kingdom, 5 Feb. 1811, Crown Prince of Hanover, 1814, succeeded his father as King of Great Britain, etc., and King of Hanover, 29 Jan. 1820, Crowned 10 July, 1821, married at St. James's Palace, 8 April, 1795, his first cousin, Princess Caroline Amelia Elizabeth (born at Brunswick, 1768, died at Hammersmith, 7 Aug. 1821, uncrowned, buried at Brunswick), 2nd daughter of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wölfenbuttel, by his wife Princess Augusta of Wales (see above), and had issue, an only daughter,

1a Charlotte Augusta, born7 Jan. 1796, married 2 May, 1816, Prince Leopold George Frederick of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg, 3rd son of Francis Antony Frederick, Reigning Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg, and died in the lifetime of the father after giving birth to a stillborn son, 6 Nov. 1817. Prince Leopold was elected King of the Belgians, 4 June, 1831 (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and married 2ndly, 9 Aug. 1832, Princess Louise Marie Thérèse (died 11 Oct. 1850), daughter of Louis Philippe, King of the French. He died 10 Dec. 1865, leaving issue.

George IV also had an illegitimate son,

1a George Seymour Crole, Ensign 21st Dragoons (1817), Lieut. 11th Dragoons (1820), ADC to Marquess of Hastings Gov. of Bengal, and subsequently Earl Amherst, Capt. 41st Foot (1823), Major (1826), born 23 Aug. 1799, educ RMC Sandhurst, died unmarried 13 June 1863.

George IV died at Windsor, 26 June, 1830 (buried there), and was succeeded by his brother,

WILLIAM IV Henry, King of Great Britain and Ireland, born at Buckingham Palace, 21 Aug. 1765, Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews, and Earl of Munster, 20 May, 1789, Admiral of the Fleet, 1811, Lord High Admiral, succeeded his brother as King of Great Britain, etc., and King of Hanover, 26 June, 1830, Crowned 8 Sept.1831, m at Kew Palace, 11 July, 1818, Princess Adelaide Louisa Theresa Caroline Amelia (b at Meiningen, 14 Aug. 1792, died at Sadbury Park, 2 Dec. 1849, buried at Windsor), eldest daughter of George I, Reigning Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and had issue,

1a Charlotte Augusta Louisa, born and died 21 March, 1819.

2a Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide, born 10 Dec. 1820, died 4 March, 1821.

William IV also had numerous illegitimate issue,

1a William Henry Courtenay, Midshipman RN, drowned at sea 1807 in the Indian Ocean.

2a George Augustus Frederick Fitz-Clarence, 1st Earl of Munster, born 16 Jan. 1794, married 18 Oct. 1819 Mary Wyndham, illegitimate daughter of George, 3rd Earl of Egremont, and had issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn.). He committed suicide 20 March 1842.

3a Henry Edward Fitz-Clarence, born 27 March 1795, died unmarried Sept. 1817.

4a Frederick Fitz-Clarence, GCH, born. 9 Dec. 1799, married 19 May 1821 Lady Augusta Boyle (died 28 July 1876), daughter of 4th Earl of Glasgow (see that family), and died 30 Oct. 1854, leaving issue a daughter

5a Adolphus Fitz-Clarence, GCH, Rear-Adm., born 18 Feb.1802, died unmarried 17 May 1856.

6a Augustus Fitz-Clarence (Rev.), born 1 March 1805, married 2 Jan. 1845 Sarah Elizabeth Catherine (died 23 March 1901), eldest daughter of Lord Henry Gordon (see GORDON, Marquesses of Huntly), and died 14 June 1854, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn., MUNSTER, E.).

1a Sophia Fitz-Clarence, born Aug. 1796, married 13 Aug. 1835 1st Baron De L’Isle, and died 10 April 1837, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn., L’ISLE, V.).

2a Mary Fitz-Clarence, born 19 Dec. 1798, married 19 June 1824 Gen. Charles Richard Fox, MP, illegitimate son of 3rd Baron Holland (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn., ILCHESTER, E.).

3a Elizabeth Fitz-Clarence, born 17 Jan. 1801, married 4 Dec. 1820 18th Earl of Erroll (see that family), and died 16 Jan. 1856, leaving issue.

4a Augusta Fitz-Clarence, born 17 Nov. 1803, married 1stly 5 July 1827 Hon. John Kennedy-Erskine, 2nd son of 1st Marquess of Ailsa and had issue (see that family), he married 2ndly 24 Aug. 1836 Lord John Frederick Gordon-Halyburton, 3rd son of 9th Marquess of Huntly (see that family), and died 8 Dec. 1865.

5a Amelia Fitz-Clarence, born 21 March 1807, married 27 Dec. 1830 10th Viscount Falkland and died 2 July 1858, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn.).

William IV died at Windsor, 20 June, 1837 (buried there), and was succeeded by his niece,

VICTORIA, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, born at Kensington Palace, 24 May, 1819 succeeded her uncle as Queen of Great Britain, etc., 20 June, 1837, crowned 28 June, 1838, proclaimed Empress of India at Delhi, 1 Jan. 1877, married at St. James's Palace, 10 Feb. 1840, H.R.H. Francis ALBERT Augustus Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, created PRINCE CONSORT by Letters Patent, under the Great Seal, 25 June, 1857, K.G., Field-Marshal (2nd son of Ernest I, Reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1)), born at Rosenau, nr. Coburg, 26 Aug. 1819, died at Windsor, 14 Dec. 1861 (buried at Frogmore). They had issue,

1a ALBERT EDWARD, Prince of Wales, afterwards King.

2a Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, succeeded his uncle, Duke Ernst II, 22 Aug. 1893, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent and Earl of Ulster, K.G., Admiral of the Fleet, born 6 Aug. 1844, married 23 Jan. 1874, Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna (died 25 Oct.1920), only daughter of Alexander II, Emperor of all the Russias (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and died 30 July, 1900, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1900 Edn), when he was succeeded in Saxe-­Coburg and Gotha by his nephew, Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany (see below)).

3a Arthur William Patrick, 1st Duke of Connaught & Strathearn and Earl of Sussex, KG, Field Marshal, Gov-Gen of Canada 1911-16, b 1 May 1850, m 13 March 1879 Princess Louise Margarety Alexandra Victoria Agnes (d 14 March 1917), 3rd daughter of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia, (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1) and d 16 Jan 1942, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1940 Edn).

4a Leopold George Duncan Albert, 1st Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow, K.G., Col. in the Army, born 7 April, 1853, married 27 April, 1882, Princess Helen Frederica Augusta (died 1 Sept. 1922), daughter of George Victor, Reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and died 28 March, 1884, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1917 Edn).

1a Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa (Princess Royal), born 21 Nov. 1840, married 25 Jan. 1858, Frederick III, German Emperor and King of Prussia, K.G. (died 15 June, 1888), and died 5 Aug. 1901, leaving issue (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1).

2a Alice Maud Mary, born 25 April, 1843, married 1 July, 1862, H.R.H. Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, K.G. (died 13 March, 1892), and died 14 Dec. 1878, having had issue (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1 and BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn, MILFORD HAVEN, M).

3a Helena Augusta Victoria, born 25 May, 1846, married. 5 July, 1866, Prince (Frederick) Christian (Charles Augustus) of Schleswig-Holstein, K.G. (died 28 Oct.1917), and died 9 June, 1923, having had issue (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1).

4a Louise Caroline Alberta, born.18 March, 1848, married at Windsor Castle, 21 March, 1871, 9th Duke of Argyll, KG (see that family), and died without issue 3 Dec.1939. He died 2 May, 1914.

5a Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore, born 14 April, 1857, married. 23 July, 1885, Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg, K.G. (died at sea, 20 Jan. 1896, from fever contracted in the Ashanti Expedition), and died 26 Oct.1944, having had issue (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1 HESSE and BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn, MILFORD HAVEN, M)),

Victoria died at Osborne, 22 Jan.1901 (buried at Frogmore), and was succeeded by her eldest son,

EDWARD VII, Albert, styled "By The Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India", born at Buckingham Palace, 9 Nov. 1841, Duke of Cornwall, etc., at birth, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, 8 Dec. 1841, Earl of Dublin, 17 Jan. 1850, succeeded his mother as King of Great Britain, etc., and Emperor of India, 22 Jan.1901, crowned 9 Aug.1902, married at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 10 March, 1863, Princess ALEXANDRA Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julie, K.G. (born at Copenhagen, 1 Dec.1844, died at Sandringham, 20 Nov.1925, buried at Windsor), eldest daughter of Christian IX, King of Denmark (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and had issue,

1a Albert Victor Christian Edward, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, and Earl of Athlone, K.G., born 8 Jan. 1864, died in the lifetime of the father unmarried 14 Jan. 1892.

2a GEORGE FREDERICK ERNEST ALBERT, Prince of Wales, afterwards King.

3a Alexander John Charles Albert, born 6 April, died 7 April, 1871.

1a Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar (Princess Royal), born 20 Feb. 1867, married 27 July, 1889, Alexander William George, 1st Duke of Fife, K.G. (see that title), and died 4 Jan.1931, leaving issue.

2a Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary, born 6 July, 1868, died unmarried 3 Dec. 1935.

3a Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria, born 26 Nov. 1869, married 22 July, 1896, her first cousin, Prince Christian Frederick Charles George Valdemar Axel of Denmark, K.G., afterwards Haakon VII, King of Norway (died 21 Sept.1957), 2nd son of Frederick VIII, King of Denmark (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and died 20 Nov.1938, leaving issue.

Edward VII died at Buckingham Palace, 6 May, 1910 (buried at Windsor), and was succeeded by his only surviving son.

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