Friday 15 February 2013

HRH Prince Henry of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Gloucester

Date & place of birth March 31, 1900 York Cottage, Sandringham House, near King's Lynn, Norfolk
Born as HRH Prince Mary of York
Names Henry William Frederick Albert

Father King George V of the United Kingdom (then Prince George, Duke of York)
Mother Princess Mary of Teck (Queen Mary of the United Kingdom)





Royal house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha later changed to Windsor





Siblings (5)
Third of six children (4 brothers, 1 sister)
Prince Edward, Prince of Wales (King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom)
Prince Albert, Duke of York (King George VI of the United Kingdom)
Prince George, Duke of Kent
Prince John of the United Kingdom





Married November 6, 1935 Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London
Spouse Lady Alice Douglas Scott





Issue
(2 sons)
Prince William of Gloucester
Prince Gerald of Gloucester





Grandchildren (3)
(1 grandson , 2 grandsons)
Alexander Windsor, Ear of Ulster
Lady Davina Windsor
Lady Rose Windsor





Died June 10, 1974 Barnwell manor, Northamptonshire (age 74)
Place of burial Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Great Windsor Park, Windsor





Titles
HRH Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
HRH Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (since July 7, 1917)
HRH Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster
HRH Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster (since 1949)

*Created Duke of Gloucester, March 31, 1928





Paternal grandparents
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Princess Mary of Teck (Queen Mary of the United Kingdom)

Paternal great-grandparents
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
King Christian IX of Denmark
Princess Luise of Hesse-Kassel (Queen Louise of Denmark)





Maternal grandparents
Prince Francis, Duke of Teck
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge

Maternal great-grandparents
Duke Alexander of Wurttemberg
Countess Claudine Rhehedey of Kis-Rhede
Prince Adolphue, Duke of Cambridge*
Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel

Henry is a maternal great-great-grandson of King George III of the United Kingdom*

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