Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke of Saxony |
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15 October 1874 Buckingham Palace, London |
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| Died | 6 February 1899 (aged 24) Sanatorium Martinnsbrunn, Meran, Austria–Hungary |
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| Burial | Friedhof am Glockenberg, Coburg, German Empire | ||||
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| House | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
| Father | Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
| Mother | Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia | ||||
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| Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert |
Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert; 15 October 1874 – 6 February 1899), was the only son and heir apparent of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He died aged 24 under circumstances still not entirely clear.
Prince Alfred of Edinburgh was born on 15 October 1874 at Buckingham Palace, London.
His father was Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, second eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. His mother was Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, a daughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. He was baptised in the Lower Bow Room of Buckingham Palace 23 November 1874 by Archibald Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury and his godparents were the Queen of the United Kingdom, the Emperor of Russia (Alfred's maternal grandfather Alexander II, whose son Czarevich Alexander stood proxy for him), the German Emperor (for whom Alfred's paternal uncle Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn stood proxy), the German Crown Princess (Alfred's paternal aunt, for whom her sister Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein stood proxy), the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (his paternal grand-uncle, for whom Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein stood proxy), and the Prince of Wales (his paternal uncle).
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