HRH Prince Edward of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Earl of Wessex

Youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom


Date & place of birth March 10, 1964 Buckingham Palace, London
Born as HRH Prince Edward of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Names Edward Antony Richard Louis

Father Philip Mountbatten (Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
Mother Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom





Royal house Windsor





Siblings (3)
Youngest of four children (2 brothers, 1 sister)
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
Princess Anne, Princess Royal
Prince Andrew, Duke of York





Married June 19, 1999 St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor
Spouse Sophie Rhys-Jones





Issue (2)
(1 son, 1 daughter)
Lady Louise Windsor
James Windsor, Viscount of Severn





Titles
HRH Prince Edward of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
HRH Prince Edward of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (since 1949)
HRH Prince Edward of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Earl of Wessex, Viscount Severn (since June 19, 1999)





Paternal grandparents
Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
Princess Alice of Battenberg

Paternal great-grandparents
King George I of the Hellenes *
Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia (Queen Olga of the Hellenes)
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine

Edward is a great-great-grandson of King Christian IX of Denmark*





Maternal grandparents
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom)

Maternal great-grandparents
King George V of the United Kingdom
Princess Mary of Teck (Queen Mary of the United Kingdom)
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck (Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne)