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Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (Edward Augustus; 2 November 1767 – 23 January 1820) was the fourth son and fifth child of King George III and Queen Charlotte. His only child, Victoria, became Queen of the United Kingdom 17 years after his death.
The Duke and Duchess of Kent's only child, Victoria was born at 4:15 a.m. on Monday 24 May 1819 at Kensington Palace in London. [1] Victoria was christened privately by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, on 24 June 1819 in the Cupola Room at Kensington Palace.
Soon after, Victoria became pregnant, and the Duke and Duchess, determined to have their child born in England, raced back. [6] [7] Arriving at Dover on 23 April 1819, they moved into Kensington Palace, where Victoria gave birth to a daughter on 24 May 1819, Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent, later Queen Victoria. [4]
Both George III and the Duke of Kent died in January 1820. The Prince Regent became George IV and Victoria was third in line to the throne after her uncles, the Duke of York and Duke of Clarence (the future William IV). She would ultimately take the throne as Queen Victoria in 1837. A pedigree showing the succession of Victoria to the throne
Edward and Victoria had one child, Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent, born May 24, 1819. Princess Alexandrina became Queen Victoria upon the death of her uncle in 1837.
Duke of Kent and Strathearn: Dukedom of Kent and Strathearn and Earldom of Dublin extinct, 1820: Queen Victoria 1819–1901: Earl of Dublin (3rd creation), 1849/1850: Earl of Kent (9th creation), 1866: Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 1874: Albert Edward, Prince of Wales 1841–1910 Earl of Dublin, later King Edward VII: Prince Alfred Ernest ...
The child was Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent, later Queen Victoria. While the Duke of Kent had promised Conroy military advancement, he was still a captain by the time of the Duke's death in 1820. [9] Conroy was named an executor of the Duke's will, [15] though he was unsuccessful in persuading the dying man to name him Victoria's ...
The Duke of Kent, the oldest working member of the royal family, was joined by his wife the Duchess of Kent as he was serenaded with Happy Birthday on the bagpipes on the day he turned 89 ...