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Duke Edward Augustus of Kent 1767–1820 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 November 1767

Birth Location: Buckingham Palace, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 23 January 1820

Death Location: Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England

Father: King Kingdom

Mother: Hannah Lightfoot

Spouse(s): Victoria Kent

Children(s): Queen Britain

Duke Edward Augustus of Kent was born in 1767 in Buckingham Palace, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom, the child of King George Iii Of The United Kingdom And Hannah Lightfoot. Duke Edward Augustus of Kent married Victoria Duchess Of Kent, and had children including Queen Victoria Of Great Britain. Duke Edward Augustus of Kent passed away in 1820 in Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Duke Edward Augustus of Kent was born in 1767 in Buckingham Palace, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom, the child of King George Iii Of The United Kingdom And Hannah Lightfoot.
  • Duke Edward Augustus of Kent married Victoria Duchess Of Kent, and had children including Queen Victoria Of Great Britain.
  • Duke Edward Augustus of Kent passed away in 1820 in Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

King Kingdom
1738–1800
Birth Location: Norfolk House, Westminster, Middlessex, London, England, United Kingdom
KK
Hannah Lightfoot
1730–1778
Birth Location: Parish of St. John's, Wapping, England, United Kingdom
HL

Spouses(s)

Victoria Kent
1786–1861
Birth Location: Coburg, Stadtkreis Coburg, Bavaria, Germany
VK

Children(s)

Queen Britain
1819–1901
Birth Location: Kensington, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England
QB

Duke Kent's Ancestors

Self
Duke Kent
1767–1820
Birth Place: Buckingham Palace, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
Parents
King George III of The United Kingdom
1738–1800
Norfolk House, Westminster, Middlessex, London, England, United Kingdom
Hannah Lightfoot
1730–1778
Parish of St. John's, Wapping, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Friedrich (Ludwig, Prince Of Wales Von) Hannover
1707–1751
Lower Saxony, Hanover, Niedersachsen, Allemagne
Augusta (of) SAXE-GOTHA
1709–1772
of Saxe-Coburg
Matthew Lightfoot
1689–1732
Wapping Whitechappel, Ratcliffe, England
Mary (Emily) Wheeler
1708–1760
Fairfield, London, England
Great-Grandparents
George (Welf)
1683–1760
Carolina Brandenburg-Ansbach
1683–1737
Frederik Saksen-Gotha-Altenburg
1676–1732
Madeleine-Augustine d'ASCANIE
1679–1740
Mathew Lightfoot
1649–1716
Ruth Newman
1657–1744
Hannah Wheeler
1677–1733
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Georg Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1660–1727
Sophia Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Cell
1666–1726
Johann Ansbach
1654–1686
Eleanor Eisenach
1662–1696
Frederik Saksen-Gotha-Altenburg
1646–1691
Magdalena Saksen-Weissenfels
1648–1681
Charles Anhalt-Zerbst
1652–1718
Sophie Weissenfels
1654–1724
Mary Salt
1635–

Duke Kent's Descendants

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Duke (Edward Augustus of) Kent (2 November 1767–23 January 1820) m. Victoria (Duchess of) Kent (17 August 1786–16 March 1861)
  1. 1. Queen (Victoria Of Great) Britain 1819–1901 m. Albert (of) Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1819–1861 m. Albert (Augustus) Charles 1819–1861
    1. 1. Prince (Arthur William Duke of Connaught and) Strathearn 1850–1942 m. Louise (of) Prussia 1860–1917
    2. 2. Prince (Leopold George Duncan Duke of Albany Saxe Coburg and) Gotha 1853–1884 m. Hélène (de) WALDECK-PYRMONT 1861–1922
      1. 1. Alice (Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline de) SAXE-COBOURG-GOTHA 1883–1981 m. Alexander (Augustus Frederick William Alfred George de) CAMBRIDGE 1874–1957
        1. 1. Marie (de) TECK 1906–1994 m. Henry (Abel) Smith 1900–1993
    3. 3. Duke (Alfred of) Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1844–1900
      1. 1. Alfred (of) Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1874–1899
      2. 2. Alexandra (Louise Olga Victoria von) Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha 1878–1942
      3. 3. Princess (Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg) Romanova 1876–1936
    4. 4. Alice (Maud Mary Louis United Kingdom, Princess of the United Kingdom, Großherzogin von Hessen und bei) Rhein 1843–1878 m. Friedrich (Wilhelm Ludwig IV Karl Louis IV von Hessen und bei Rhein, Großherzog von Hessen und bei) Rhein 1837–1892
    5. 5. Princess (Beatrice of The United) Kingdom 1857–1944 m. Henry (Maurice von) Battenberg 1858–1896
    6. 6. Princess (Helena of The United) Kingdom 1846–1923
    7. 7. Princess (Louise of The United) Kingdom 1848–1939 m. John (George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland) Campbell 1845–1914
    8. 8. Victoria (Adelheid Maria Louise van Saksen-Coburg-Gotha Prinses van Groot-Brittanië en Ierland Keizerin van) Duitsland 1840–1901 m. Frederik (Willem Nicolaas Karel van Hohenzollern Keizer van Duitsland Koning van) Pruisen 1831–1888
      1. 1. Waldemar (Friedrich Ernst von) Hohenzollern 1868–1879
      2. 2. Heinrich (Prince of) Prussia 1862–1929
      3. 3. Franz (Friederich Sigismund von) Hohenzollern 1864–1866
      4. 4. Friederike (Amalia Wilhellmine Viktoria von) Hohenzollern 1866–1929
      5. 5. Margarethe (Beatrice Feodora von) Hohenzollern 1872–1954
      6. 6. Charlotte (von) Preußen 1860–1919
    9. 9. Edward (VII) Wettin 1841–1910 m. Alexandra (of) Denmark 1844–1925
      1. 1. George V 1865–1936 m. Mary (Of) Teck 1867–1953
        1. 1. George (VI) Wettin 1895–1952 m. Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon 1900–2002

Duke Kent's Timeline

2 Records

1767
2 November 1767
Birth of Duke Edward Augustus of Kent in Buckingham Palace, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
Buckingham Palace, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
1820
23 January 1820
Age 53
Death of Duke Edward Augustus of Kent in Woodbrook Cottage, Sidmouth, shire, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Woodbrook Cottage, Sidmouth, shire, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 November 1767
    Event Place: Buckingham Palace, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Morpeth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 January 1820
    Event Place: Woodbrook Cottage, Sidmouth, shire, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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