- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAlbert Victor Christian Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Nicknames
- His Royal Highness The Duke of Clarence and Avondale
- His Royal Highness Prince Albert Victor of Wales
- Prince Eddy
- Duke of Clarence and Avondale
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (Albert Victor Christian Edward "Eddy"; 8 January 1864 - 14 January 1892), was the eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and grandson of the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria. From the time of his birth, he was second in the line of succession to the British throne, but never became king because he died before his father and grandmother.
After two unsuccessful courtships (to his cousin Tsarina Alexandra in 1889 - she would later marry Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, another of Albert Victor's cousins, in 1894 -, and with Princess Hélène of Orléans in 1890), he was engaged to be married to Queen Mary in late 1891. A few weeks later, he died during an influenza pandemic. Mary later married his younger brother, who became King George V in 1910.
- IMDb mini biography by: LPV
- Parents
- RelativesPrincess Louise(Sibling)Dronning Maud(Sibling)Queen Victoria(Grandparent)Prince Albert(Grandparent)Christian IX(Grandparent)Princess Alexandra(Niece or Nephew)King Olav V(Niece or Nephew)Duke of Kent and Strathearn Prince Edward(Great Grandparent)Duchess of Kent and Strathearn(Great Grandparent)Princess Royal Victoria(Aunt or Uncle)Grand Duchess Alice(Aunt or Uncle)Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alfred(Aunt or Uncle)Helena of Schleswig-Holstein(Aunt or Uncle)Duchess of Argyll Princess Louise(Aunt or Uncle)Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught(Aunt or Uncle)Prince Leopold of Duke of Albany(Aunt or Uncle)Princess Henry of Battenberg(Aunt or Uncle)King Frederik VIII(Aunt or Uncle)King George of Greece(Aunt or Uncle)Czarina Maria Fyodorovna(Aunt or Uncle)Prinsesse Thyra(Aunt or Uncle)Prins Valdemar(Aunt or Uncle)Kaiser Wilhelm II(Cousin)Princess Charlotte of Prussia(Cousin)Prince Henry of Prussia(Cousin)Elizabeth Feodorovna(Cousin)Princess Irene of Prussia(Cousin)Ernest Louis(Cousin)Tsarina Alexandra(Cousin)Queen Marie of Romania(Cousin)Princess Margaret of Connaught(Cousin)Princess Patricia of Connaught(Cousin)Princess Alice(Cousin)Queen Victoria Eugenia(Cousin)King Christian X(Cousin)King Haakon VII(Cousin)Princess Ingeborg(Cousin)King Constantine(Cousin)Grand Duke Michael(Cousin)Prins Harald(Cousin)Prins Gustav(Cousin)Prins Aage(Cousin)Prins Axel(Cousin)Prins Erik(Cousin)Prins Viggo(Cousin)Prinsesse Margrethe(Cousin)Tsar Nicholas II(Cousin)Victoria Mountbatten(Cousin)Georgiy Aleksandrovich Romanov(Cousin)King George VI(Niece or Nephew)Duke of Windsor(Niece or Nephew)Princess Mary(Niece or Nephew)Duke of Gloucester(Niece or Nephew)Duke of Kent(Niece or Nephew)Prince John(Niece or Nephew)King George V(Sibling)Ernest Augustus(Cousin)
- Eldest son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Brother of King George V, and Dronning Maud. Uncle of Duke of Windsor, Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Kent, King Olav V, and King George VI.
- Nephew of King George of Greece, King Frederik VIII, Prins Valdemar, Czarina Maria Fyodorovna, and Prinsesse Thyra.
- Created Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of Athlone by his grandmother Queen Victoria.
- Has been played by Dennis Davies, Gerard Cooke, Mark Dexter, Samuel West, Marc Culwick, Charles Dance, Jerome Watts, and Robin Marchal.
- Two months premature, he weighed less than four pounds at birth.
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