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created 1 April 2003. Corrected and updated
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H.R.H.
Prince Alfred
Duke of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg Gotha
1844-1900
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in the uniform of Admiral, RN |
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full name: |
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Alfred Ernest Albert |
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birth: |
1844.08.06 |
at Windsor Castle, Berks. |
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father: |
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Prince
Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, The Prince Consort |
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mother: |
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Queen
Victoria |
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marriage: |
1874.01.23 |
H.I.H. Maria Alexandrovna,
Grand Duchess of Russia (H.I.R.H. Marie, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha, VA, CI, DJStJ)
at the Winter Palace, St Petersburg |
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children: |
1874 |
Prince
Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert of Edinburgh, (H.R.H.
The Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) |
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1875 |
Princess Marie Alexandra
Victoria (H.M. Queen Marie of Rumania, VA, CI, RRC, DJStJ) |
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1876 |
Princess Victoria
Melita (H.I.H. Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna, VA, CI) |
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1878 |
Princess Alexandra
Louise Olga Victoria (H.R.H. The Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenberg,
VA, CI) |
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1879 |
daughter (stillborn) |
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1884 |
Princess Beatrice
Leopoldine Victoria (H.R.H. Princess Alphonso d'Orleans, Duchess of
Galliera, VA) |
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death: |
1900.07.30 |
at Rosenau Castle, Coburg
(buried: Coburg) |
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| Titles,
Orders and Awards |
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Titles: |
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1844.08.06 |
Prince of Great Britain and
Ireland, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, with the
style of His Royal Highness (H.R.H. The Prince Alfred). |
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1866.05.24 |
Duke of Edinburgh,
Earl of Ulster and Kent, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
(H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh) |
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1893.08.22 |
H.R.H. The Duke
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Julich, Cleves
and Berg, of Engern and of Westphalia, Landgrave in Thuringuia, Margrave
of Meisen, Princely Count of Henneberg, Count of the Mark and of Ravenstein,
Lord of Ravenstein and Tonna, etc. |
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British Empire/Commonwealth Orders and Awards: |
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1863.05.24 |
KG |
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1864.10.15 |
KT |
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1866.05.09 |
PC of Great Britain (introduced) resigned 1893 |
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1869.06.29 |
GCMG |
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1870.02.07 |
GCSI |
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1880.05.14 |
KP |
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1887.06.21 |
GCIE |
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1888.07.18 |
KJStJ |
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1889.05.25 |
GCB (mil) |
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1899.05.24 |
GCVO |
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Foreign Orders and Awards: |
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1893.08.22 |
Joint Grand Master, the Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order |
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1859.03 |
Grand Cross, the Ancient and Most Noble Military Order
of the Tower and Sword, for Valour, Loyalty and Merit (Portugal) |
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1863.03.09 |
Knight, the Order of the Elephant (Denmark) |
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1864.05.07 |
Knight, the Order of the Black Eagle (Prussia) |
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1864.05.07 |
Grand Cross, the Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia) |
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1865 |
Knight Grand Cross, the Royal Order of Kamehameha I
(Hawaiian Islands) |
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1865.06.06 |
Grand Cross, the Order of Ludwig (Hesse by the Rhine) |
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1865.07.01 |
Knight, the Order of the Golden Lion of Nassau (Netherlands) |
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1867.07.15 |
Grand Cross, the Imperial Order of the Southern Cross
(Brazil) |
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Knight, the Order of the Rue Crown (Saxony) |
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Knight, the Supreme Order of the Annunziata (Italy) |
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Knight Grand Cross, the Order of SS Maurice & Lazarus
(Italy) |
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Knight of the Orders of St Andrew the First Called,
Alexander Nevski, White Eagle, St Anne 1st class and St Stanislaus
1st class (Russia) |
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1873 |
Grand Cross, the Royal Hungarian Order of St Stephen
(Hungary) |
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1878.12.05 |
Grand Commander, the Royal Order of the House of Hohenzollern
with crossed swords (Prussia) |
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1881.05.24 |
Knight, the Royal Order of the Seraphim (Sweden) |
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1882.05.01 |
Knight Grand Cross, the Order of the Netherlands Lion
(Netherlands) |
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1886 |
The Imperial Order of the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh),
special class in brilliants (Turkey) |
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1887 |
Grand Cross, the Most Distinguished Order of Carlos
III (Spain) |
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1888 |
Knight, the Order of the Golden Fleece (Spain) |
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1890.04.15 |
Grand Cross, the Order of the Wurttemberg Crown (Wurttemburg) |
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| Honorary
Military Appointments |
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1868.07.22 |
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Honorary Colonel, 1st London Volunteer Artillery (City
of London) |
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1873.09.25 |
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Sea Captain, Imperial Russian Navy |
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1873.12.24 |
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Oberst à la suite, Infanterie-Regiment
Nr. 95 (6. Thüringisches) [Chef from 22
Aug.1893] |
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1874.04.23 |
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Chief, 2nd Equipage of the Black Sea Fleet, Imperial Russian Navy
[to 1882] |
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1874.04.23 |
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Colonel à la suite, Imperial Regiment
of Lancers "HIH The Grand Duchess Maria", Imperial Russian
Army |
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1874.06.24 |
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Honorary Colonel,
The
Duke of Edinburgh's Own Edinburgh Artillery |
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1878.12.30 |
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Admiral, Imperial Russian Navy |
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1879.02.08 |
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Major-General, Royal Prussian Army |
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1882.12.09 |
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Honorary Colonel, Corps
of Royal Marines |
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1883.12.06 |
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Lieutenant-General, Imperial Russian Army |
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1883.12.06 |
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Lieutenant-General, Royal Prussian Army |
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1887.06.21 |
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Honorary Colonel,
3rd Battalion, The Black Watch |
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1888.06.05 |
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General of Infantry, Imperial Russian Army |
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1888.06.05 |
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General of Infantry, Royal Prussian Army |
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18uu |
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Chief, 81st Regiment of Infantry, Imperial Russian Army |
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1893.01.09 |
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Admiral à la suite, Imperial German Navy |
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1894.04.20 |
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Chef, 2. Rheinisches Husaren-Regiment Nr. 9 (Army of the Grand Duchy
of Hesse by the Rhine) |
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1894.05.27 |
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Oberstinhaber, 84th Regiment of Infantry |
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1898.04.14 |
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General of Infantry, Royal Saxon Army [backdated
to 5 June 1888] |
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1856.08.31 |
Cadet, Royal Navy |
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1858.08 |
HMS Euryalus |
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1860.02.28 |
Midshipman, Royal Navy served on HMS St George
served in the Atlantic and West Indies. |
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1863.02.24 |
Lieutenant, Royal Navy |
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1863.02.24 |
HMS Racoon |
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1866.02.23 |
Post Captain, Royal Navy |
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1867.06.01 |
Captain HMS Galatea, served in the Atlantic,
South America, South Africa, Australia, Japan, China, Pacific and
Indian Oceans [to 26 June 1868] |
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1873-1874 |
attached to 2nd Flotilla, Imperial Russian Black Sea
Fleet |
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1876.02 |
HMS Sultan |
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1876.05.26 |
Personal Aide de Camp to the Sovereign |
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1878.12.30 |
Rear-Admiral, Royal Navy |
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1879-1882 |
Admiral Superintendent, Royal Naval Reserve |
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1882.11.30 |
Vice-Admiral, Royal Navy |
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1883-1885 |
Admiral commanding, Channel Squadron |
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1886-1889 |
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet (rcvd:
KCB) |
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1887.10.18 |
Admiral, Royal Navy |
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1890-1893 |
Commander-in-Chief, Devonport |
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1893.06.03 |
Admiral of the Fleet, Royal
Navy (rcvd: baton 22 June 1897) |
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