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Alfred (Alfred Ernest Albert; 6 August 1844 – 30 July 1900) was sovereign Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 22 August 1893 until his death in 1900. He was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Prince Alfred of Edinburgh was born on 15 October 1874 at Buckingham Palace, London. His father was Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, second eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. His mother, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, was a daughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine.
Prince Alfred's daughter (and Queen Victoria's granddaughter) Princess Marie of Edinburgh became Queen of Romania in 1914 after marrying the future King Ferdinand in 1893. King Ferdinand and Queen Marie's son King Carol II of Romania (Victoria's great-grandson) was the father of King Michael of Romania (the great-great-grandson of Victoria);
On his father's side, he was descended from Victoria's son Prince Alfred via his daughter, Marie. Marie married Ferdinand I in 1893 and they had six children, the oldest of whom was Carol II ...
In 1874, Maria married Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; she was the only Romanov to marry into the British royal family. The couple had five children: Alfred , Marie , Victoria Melita , Alexandra , and Beatrice .
5. 15-year-old Feodora was Queen Victoria's first great-grandchild, having born into Bernard III, Duke of SaxeMeiningen and Charlotte (No. 15). She was their only child, and committed suicde in 1945 after a lifetime of illhealth. 6. 20-year-old Alfred had just recently become the Heir Apparent to the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1894. He is ...
The true story of the iconic Queen Victoria and her relationships with her children, including what she was really like as a mother, and how she became one of England's most controversial parents.
In July 1900, Victoria's second son, Alfred ("Affie"), died. "Oh, God! My poor darling Affie gone too", she wrote in her journal. "It is a horrible year, nothing but sadness & horrors of one kind & another." [198] Following a custom she maintained throughout her widowhood, Victoria spent the Christmas of 1900 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.