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| Vita | Index
of Royal Colonels Index of Reigns & Peerages |
| full name: | Albert Edward | ||
| birth: | 1841.11.09 | at Buckingham Palace, London | |
| father: | Prince Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, The Prince Consort | ||
| mother: | Queen Victoria | ||
| marriage: | 1863.03.10 | Alexandra
Carolina Marie Charlotte Louise Julia, Princess of Denmark (Queen
Alexandra) at St. George Chapel, Windsor |
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| children: | 1864 | Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward (Duke of Clarence) | |
| 1865 | Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert (King George V) | ||
| 1867 | Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar (The Princess Royal) | ||
| 1868 | Princess Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary | ||
| 1869 | Princess Maude Charlotte Mary Victoria (Queen Maude of Norway) | ||
| 1871 | Prince Alexander John Charles Albert of Wales (d.1871) | ||
| accession: | 1901.01.22 | ||
| coronation: | 1909.08.09 | at Westminster Abbey, London | |
| death: | 1910.05.06 | at Buckingham Palace, London | |
| Titles, Orders and Awards |
| Titles: | ||
| 1841.11.09 | Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick and Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Great Steward of Scotland; Prince of Great Britain and Ireland; Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Duke of Saxony | |
| 1841.12.08 | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester | |
| 1850.01.17 | Earl of Dublin | |
| 1901.01.22 | H.M. Edward VII, 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 | |
| British Empire/Commonwealth Orders and Awards: | ||
| 1858.11.09 | KG | |
| 1867.05.24 | KT | |
| 1863.12.08 | PC of Great Britain (introduced) | |
| 1868.03.18 | KP | |
| 1868.04.21 | PC of Ireland (introduced) | |
| 1865.02.10 | GCB (mil) (Grand Master and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath 1897-1901) | |
| 1861.06.25 | GCSI | |
| 1877.05.30 | GCMG | |
| 1887.06.21 | GCIE | |
| 1896.05.30 | GCVO | |
| 1888.05.14 | KJStJ (Grand Prior of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England) | |
| 1892.12.06 | VD | |
| 1901.01.22 | Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the Most Ancient and Noble Order of the Thistle, the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, the Royal Victorian Order, the Distinguished Service Order, the Order of British India, the Indian Order of Merit, the Royal Family Orders, the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and the Order of Mercy | |
| 1902.06.23 | Sovereign of the Order of Merit | |
| 1902.08.08 | Sovereign of the Imperial Service Order | |
| Foreign Orders and Awards: | ||
| 1844 | Knight, the Order of the Rue Crown of the House of Saxony (Saxony) | |
| 1844.07.29 | Knight of the Orders of St Andrew the First Called, Alexander Nevski, White Eagle, St. Stanislas 1st class and St Anne 1st class (Russia) | |
| 1852.05 | Knight, the Order of the Golden Fleece (Spain) | |
| 1859 | Collar, the Supreme Order of the Annunziata (Italy) | |
| 1859 | Knight Grand Cross, the Order of SS Maurice & Lazarus (Italy) | |
| 1859 | Grand Cross, the Ancient and Most Honourable Military Order of the Tower and Sword, for Valour, Loyalty and Merit (Portugal) | |
| 1859 | Grand Cross, the Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order (Coburg) | |
| 1860 | Grand Cross, the Order of the White Falcon (Saxe-Weimar) | |
| 1862 | The Imperial Order of the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh), 1st class in brilliants (Turkey) | |
| 1862.01.01 | Grand Cross, the Order of Ludwig (Hesse by the Rhine) | |
| Grand Cross, the Order of Philip the Magnanimous (Hesse by the Rhine) | ||
| Grand Cross, the Order of the Golden Lion (Hesse Cassel) | ||
| 1862 | Grand Cross, the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) | |
| 1863.11.16 | Knight, the Order of the Elephant (Denmark) | |
| 1863.03.10 | Grand Cordon, the Order of the Legion of Honour (French Empire) | |
| 1864.10 | Knight, the Royal Order of the Seraphim (Sweden) | |
| 1865 | Knight, the Order of St George (Hanover) | |
| 1865 | GCH (Hanover) | |
| 1867.07.25 | Knight, the Order of the Golden Fleece (Spain) | |
| 1867.06.13 | Grand Cross, the Royal Hungarian Order of St Stephen (Hungary) | |
| 1868 | Knight, the Order of Charles XIII (Sweden) | |
| 1869.01.17 | Knight with Collar, the Order of the Black Eagle (Prussia) | |
| 1869.01.17 | Knight Grand Cross, the Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia) | |
| 1869 | The Imperial Order of Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidia), 1st class (Turkey) | |
| 1871.07.11 | Grand Cross, the Imperial Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil) | |
| 1874.01.03 | Grand Cross, the Order of St Olav (Norway) - rcvd: Collar 22.6.1906 | |
| 1874.10.01 | Grand Cross, the Orders of the Seal of Solomon and the Holy Cross (Ethiopia) | |
| 1876.04.26 | Grand Cross with Collar, the Most Distinguished Order of Carlos III (Spain) | |
| 1876.05.01 | Grand Cross, the Two United Military Orders of Christ and St Benedict of Aviz (Portugal) | |
| 1880 | Knight, the Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri (Thailand) | |
| 1881.06.14 | Grand Cross of Merit, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Vatican) | |
| 1881.11.16 | Knight Grand Cross with Collar, the Royal Order of Kalakaua (Hawaii) | |
| 1881 | Knight 3rd class, the Order of St Vladimir (Russia) | |
| 1882 | Grand Cross, the Order of the Star of Rumania (Rumania) | |
| 1884 | Knight of Justice, the Johanniter Order (Prussia) | |
| 1885.01.13 | Knight Grand Cross, the Order of the Netherlands Lion (Netherlands) | |
| 1886 | Grand Cordon, the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum (Japan) - rcvd: Collar (28.11.1902) | |
| 1886 | The Imperial Order of the Agdas (Nishan-i-Agdas), 1st class (Persia) | |
| 1887 | Knight Grand Cordon, the Order of the White Elephant (Siam) | |
| Knight, the The House Order of Fidelity (Baden) | ||
| Grand Cross, the Order of the Lion of Zahringen (Baden) | ||
| The Marian Cross (Austria) | ||
| Knight, the Order of Alexander (Bulgaria) | ||
| Grand Cross, the House Order of the Wendish Crown (Mecklenburg-Strelitz) | ||
| Knight, the Order of the Golden Lion (Nassau) | ||
| Grand Cross, the House Order of Merit of Duke Peter Frederick Louis (Oldenberg) | ||
| Knight with Collar, the Order of Carol I (Rumania) | ||
| Grand Cross, the Order of the Crown of Wurttemberg (Wurttemburg) | ||
| Grand Cross, the Order of Military Merit (Wurttemburg) | ||
| Grand Commander, the Royal Order of the House of Hohenzollern (Prussia) | ||
| 1901.03.19 | Knight, the Order of St Hubert (Bavaria) | |
| 1901.09.09 | Grand Commander, the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark) | |
| 1902 | The Exalted Order of the House of Osman (Hanedan-i-Ali-Osman Nishani) (Turkey) | |
| 1902 | Grand Cross, the Order of St Charles (Monaco) | |
| 1902 | The Order of Danilo I, 1st class (Montenegro) | |
| 1908.04.27 | Commander Grand Cross, the Royal Order of Vasa (Sweden) | |
| 1908.05.25 | Grand Cordon, Order of the Legion of Honour (French Republic) | |
| Honorary Military Appointments |
| 1860.03.02 |  |
Honorary Colonel, 1st Oxfordshire (Oxford University) Rifle Volunteer Corps [later Oxford University OTC] | |
| 1860.05.28 | |
Honorary Colonel, 21st (Civil Service) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers | |
| 1861 |  |
Honorary Colonel, Civil Service Rifle Regiment [to 1868] | |
| 1861.03.08 | |
Honorary Colonel, 3rd Cambridgeshire (Cambridge University) Volunteer Rifle Corps [later Cambridge University OTC] | |
| 1863.04.18 | |
Colonel, 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [Colonel-in-Chief from 1901] | |
| 1863.07.24 | |
Captain-General and Colonel, Honourable Artillery Company | |
| 1865.06.08 | |
Honorary Colonel, Huntingdonshire Light Horse [disbanded 1882] | |
| 1867.04.11 | |
Honorary Colonel, 1st Sutherland Rifle Volunteers [to 1908, later 5th Bn Seaforth Hldrs] | |
| 1868.08.03 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [tenure expired 1880] | |
| 1871.10.28 | |
Honorary Colonel, Prince of Wales's Own Norfolk Militia Artillery | |
| 1872.11.20 | |
Honorary Colonel, Royal Aberdeenshire Militia [later 3rd Bn, Gordon Hldrs] | |
| 1875.04.28 | |
Honorary Colonel, The Royal Cornwall Rangers, Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles Militia [later 3rd Bn, DCLI] | |
| 1876.03.10 |  |
Honorary Colonel, 11th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Bengal Lancers [Colonel-in-Chief from 1904] | |
| 1876.03.10 |  |
Honorary Colonel, 3rd (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry [Colonel-in-Chief from 1904] | |
| 1876.03.10 | |
Honorary Colonel, 3rd Prince of Wales's Own Hyderabad Lancers | |
| 1876.03.10 | |
Honorary Colonel, Queen's Own Corps of Guides [Colonel-in-Chief from 1904] | |
| 1876.03.10 | |
Honorary Colonel, 2nd (Queen's Own) Regiment of Rajput Light Infantry [Colonel-in-Chief from 1904] | |
| 1876.03.10 | |
Honorary Colonel, 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Grenadiers) [Colonel-in-Chief from 1904] | |
| 1876.03.10 | |
Honorary Colonel, 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) [Colonel-in-Chief from 1904] | |
| 1876.03.10 | |
Honorary Colonel, Queen's Own Sappers and Miners [Colonel-in-Chief from 1904] | |
| 1880.05.29 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 1st Life Guards | |
| 1880.05.29 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 2nd Life Guards | |
| 1880.05.29 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Horse Guards | |
| 1881.11.28 |  |
Honorary Colonel, Ceylon Light Infantry (Volunteers) | |
| 1883.01.25 |  |
Chef, Husaren-Regiment Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt (Pommersches) Nr.5 | |
| 1883.06.09 | |
Honorary Colonel, 3rd Glamorganshire Rifle Volunteer Corps | |
| 1883.09.01 | |
Honorary Colonel, 6th (Prince of Wales's) Bengal Cavalry [Colonel-in-Chief from 1904] | |
| 1887.07.18 |  |
Honorary Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Navy | |
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Honorary Captain, Royal Naval Reserve | ||
| 1888 |  |
Oberstinhaber, Das Husarenregiment Albert Eduard, Prinz von Wales (1888) Nr 12 | |
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Colonel, Hussars of the Guard | |
| 1894.05 | |
Chef, Garde-Dragoner-Regiment Königin Viktoria von Groß Britannien un Irland Nr.1 | |
| 1894.10.28 |  |
Chief, 27th Kiev Regiment of Dragoons | |
| 1896.07.27 | |
Honorary Colonel, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [from 1904 Colonel-in-Chief] | |
| 1898.04.12 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars | |
| 1898.06.11 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Gordon Highlanders | |
| 1898.08.05 | |
Honorary Colonel, 1st Prince of Wales's Fusiliers of Canada | |
| 1898.11.09 | |
Honorary Colonel, 4th Bn (Militia), The West Yorkshire Regiment | |
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Honorary Colonel, 8th Zamora Regiment of Infantry | ||
| 1901.01.22 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Grenadier Guards | |
| 1901.01.22 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Coldstream Guards | |
| 1901.01.22 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Scots Guards | |
| 1901.01.22 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Irish Guards | |
| 1901.10.23 | |
Honorary Colonel, The Norfolk Yeomanry (King's Own Royal Regiment) [from 1905 Colonel-in-Chief] | |
| 1901.11? | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry | |
| 1903.03.17 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment | |
| 1903.06.01 |  |
Colonel-in-Chief, The King's Own Malta Regiment | |
| 1904 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Regiment of Artillery | |
| 1904 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Corps of Royal Engineers | |
| 1904.05.13 | |
Honorary Colonel, Ceylon Volunteer Force | |
| 1904.06.30 | |
Honorary Colonel, Royal Malta Artillery | |
| 1905 |  |
Colonel-in-Chief, Scottish Horse | |
| 1906.06.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Transvaal Scottish | |
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Field Marshal-General, Prussian Army | ||
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General, Danish Army | ||
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Field Marshal, Austro-Hungarian Army | ||
| 1903.04.02 |  |
Admiral, Royal Portuguese Navy | |
| 1904.06.10 | |
Grand Admiral, Imperial Russian Navy | |
| 1905 | |
Captain-General, Spanish Army | |
| 1906 |  |
General, Norwegian Army | |
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Admiral, Royal Spanish Navy | ||
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General, Swedish Army | ||
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Admiral, Royal Swedish Navy | ||
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Admiral, Royal Hellenic Navy | ||
| Military Service |
| 1858.11.09 | brevet Colonel | |
| 1861 | training at the Curragh | |
| 1861 | Ensign | |
| 1862.11.09 | General | |
| 1875.05.29 | Field Marshal | |
| 1878.05.26 | Personal Aide de Camp to the Sovereign | |
| Other Military Connections |
| 1858.06.22 | gave his title to 100th (or Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot | |
| 1860.09.07 | gave his title to 1st (or Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Volunteer Rifles of Canadian Militia | |
| 1863.04.23 | gave his title to The Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment of Wiltshire Cavalry on the occasion of his marriage | |
| 1863.08.07 | gave his title to Prince of Wales's Volunteer Cavalry Regiment [Victoria] | |
| 1876.06.06 | gave his title to 14th (Buckinghamshire - The Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot | |
| 1876.10.27 | gave his title to 98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot | |
| 1880.02.24 | gave his title to 2nd Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps (Prince of Wales's) [later 5th Bn, The Devonshire Regt] | |
| 1881.07.01 | gave his title to The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry | |
| 1897 | gave his title to Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry (Earl of Carrick's Own) | |
| 1901.11 | gave his title to The King's Colonials, Imperial Yeomanry | |
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