HRH Prince Leopold of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Albany

Youngest son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom


Date & place of birth April 7, 1853 Buckingham Palace, London
Born as HRH Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Names Leopold George Duncan Albert

Father Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Prince consort)
Mother Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland





Royal house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha later change to Windsor





Siblings (8)
Eight of nine children (three brothers, five sisters)
Princess Victoria, Princess Royal (German Empress Friedrich)
Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII of the United Kingdom)
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine)
Prince Alfred (Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
Princess Helena (Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg)
Princess Louise (Duchess of Argyll)
Prince Arthur (Duke of Connaught and Strathearn)
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (Princess Henry of Battenberg)





Married April 27, 1882 St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor
Spouse Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont





Issue (2)
(1 son, 1 daughter)
Princess Alice of Albany (Princess Alexander of Teck)
Prince Charles Edward of Albany (Duke Carl of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)





Grandchildren (8)
(5 grandsons, 3 granddaughters)
Princess May of Teck
Hereditary Prince Johnann Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Rupert of Teck
Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Princess Gustaf Adolf of Sweden)
Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Richard of Teck
Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha





Died March 28, 1884 Villa Nevada, Cannes (age 30)
Place of burial Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Great Windsor Park

*Died of cerebral hemorrhage, after slipping and hitting his head





Titles
HRH Prince Leopold of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
HRH Prince Lepold of of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Earl of Sussex (from March 28, 1884)





Paternal grandparents
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg

Paternal great-grandparents
Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf
Duke Emil of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin





Maternal grandparents
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Maternal great-grandparents
King George III of Great Britain
Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen Charlotte of Great Britain)
Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf