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Frederick Louis Hanover
(1707-1751)
Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
(1719-1772)
Charles Louis Frederick von Mecklenburg
(1708-1752)
Elizabeth of Saxe-Hildburghausen
(1713-1761)
George III William Frederick Hanover
(1738-1820)
Charlotte-Sophia von Mecklenburg
(1744-1818)

Edward Augustus Hanover
(1767-1820)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Victoria Mary Louisa von Saxe-Coburg

Edward Augustus Hanover 1

  • Born: 2 Nov 1767, Buckingham House, London, England
  • Marriage: Victoria Mary Louisa von Saxe-Coburg on 13 Jul 1818 in Kew Palace, Surrey, England
  • Died: 23 Jan 1820, Sidmouth, Devon, England aged 52

  General Notes:

Geneticsts say he introduced haemophilia into the Royal family by being an elderly father of Queen Victoria. The mutation started here.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a Duke of Kent and Duke of Strathearn.


Edward married Victoria Mary Louisa von Saxe-Coburg, daughter of Franz I Friedrich Antony von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld and Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, on 13 Jul 1818 in Kew Palace, Surrey, England. (Victoria Mary Louisa von Saxe-Coburg was born on 17 Aug 1786 in Coburg, Germany and died on 16 Mar 1861 in Frogmore House, Windsor, England.)


Sources


1 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

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