Duke of Clarence and Avondale
Date & place of birth January 8, 1864 Frogmore House, Windsor
Born as HRH Prince Albert Victor of Wales
Names Albert Victor Christian Edward
Father King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (then Prince Albert Edward of Wales)
Mother Princess Alexandra of Denmark (Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom)

Royal house Saxe Coburg and Gotha

Siblings (5)
Eldest of six children (two brothers, three sisters)
Prince George, Duke of York (King George V of the United Kingdom)
Princess Louise, Princess Royal
Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom
Princess Maud (Queen Maud of Norway)
Prince Alexander John of the United Kingdom

Died January 14, 1892 Sandringham House, near King's Lynn, Norfolk (age 28)
Place of burialSt. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor
*Died of pneumonia

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, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Earl of Athlone, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony,
*Created Duke of Clarence and Avondale – May 24, 1890

Paternal grandparents
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Prince consort)
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Paternal great-grandparents
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Prince Edward of the United Kingdom, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Maternal grandparents
King Christian IX of Denmark
Princess Luise of Hesse-Kassel (Queen Louise of Denmark)
Maternal great-grandparents
Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark
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