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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert; 1 May 1850 – 16 January 1942) was the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He served as Governor General of Canada, the tenth since Canadian Confederation and the only British prince to do so.
Through his father, Prince Albert, he also bore the titles Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Saxony until 17 July 1917, when King George V discontinued the use of German titles. [3] On 24 May 1874, Prince Arthur was created Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of Sussex, [7] in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [8]
Prince Arthur 1850–1942 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn: Earldom of Dublin merged in the Crown, 1901: King George V 1865–1936: Prince Arthur of Connaught 1883–1938: Duke of Kent (2nd creation), Earl of St Andrews, and Baron Downpatrick, 1934: King Edward VIII 1894–1972: King George VI 1895–1952: Prince George 1902–1942
Prince Arthur was born on 13 January 1883 at Windsor Castle. His father was Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His mother was the former Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia.
Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883–1938), the only son of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn; King Arthur also features as "Prince Arthur" in some works, as in Richard Blackmore's epic Prince Arthur, an Heroick Poem in X Books and Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene; PS Prince Arthur, a paddle steamer in service 1867–1885
On 13 March 1879, Princess Louise Margaret married Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn at St. George's Chapel Windsor. [4] Prince Arthur was the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. [5]
Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 1874: Duke of Albany (6th creation), 1881: King Edward VII 1841–1910: Prince Ernest Augustus 1845–1923 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale: Princess Alice 1843–1878: Prince Alfred Ernest Albert 1844–1900 Duke of Edinburgh: Prince Arthur 1850–1942 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn: Prince Leopold ...
Prince William: Extinct in 1834 1764 Earl of Connaught: Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn: Prince Henry: Extinct in 1790 1766 Earl of Dublin: Duke of York and Albany: Prince Frederick: Extinct in 1827 1784 Earl of Ulster: Duke of Clarence and St Andrews: Prince William Henry: Merged with the Crown in 1830 1789 Earl of Munster: Duke of Kent and ...