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Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent

1767–1820

Victoria's father

Victoria's father · Albert's uncle by marriage and father-in-law

Facts

Born:
2 November 1767
Died:
23 January 1820 (aged 52)
  • At Victoria's birth (1819): aged 51

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Life in the Almanack

  1. 2 November 1767 Birth of Prince Edward Augustus, the future Duke of Kent, Victoria's father
  2. 23 April 1799 Prince Edward Augustus, Victoria's father, is created Duke of Kent and Strathearn aged 31
  3. 29 May 1818 Edward, Duke of Kent, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Victoria's future parents, marry in Coburg aged 50
  4. 11 July 1818 Edward, Duke of Kent, and Princess Victoria of Coburg also marry in an English ceremony at Kew – a double wedding with the Duke of Clarence aged 50
  5. 23 April 1819 The Duke and Duchess of Kent land at Dover so that their child will be born in England aged 51
  6. 23 January 1820 Edward, Duke of Kent, Victoria's father, dies at Sidmouth – his daughter is not yet a year old aged 52
  7. 29 January 1820 George III dies at Windsor, six days after his son the Duke of Kent
  8. 12 February 1820 Funeral of Edward, Duke of Kent
  9. 20 December 1902 Birth of George, Prince of Wales, the future Duke of Kent, Victoria's great-grandchild
  10. 25 August 1942 Death of George, Prince of Wales, the future Duke of Kent, Victoria's great-grandchild

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