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Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Alfred
Duke of Edinburgh
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Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Reign 22 August 1893 – 30 July 1900
Predecessor Ernest II
Successor Charles Edward
Born (1844-08-06)6 August 1844
Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Died 30 July 1900(1900-07-30) (aged 55)
Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, German Empire
Burial 4 August 1900
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Coburg
Spouse Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
(m. 1874)
Issue
Full name
Alfred Ernest Albert
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Albert, Prince Consort
Mother Queen Victoria
Military career
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Years of service 1858-1900
Rank Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
Mediterranean Fleet
Channel Fleet
Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves, Malta
HMS Galatea
Full name
Alfred Ernest Albert

Alfred (Alfred Ernest Albert; 6 August 1844 – 30 July 1900) reigned as Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900. He was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He was known as the Duke of Edinburgh from 1866 until he succeeded his paternal uncle Ernest II as the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the German Empire.

Prince Alfred was born at Windsor Castle to the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria, and her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the second son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He was second in the line of succession behind his elder brother, the Prince of Wales. He was known to his family as "Affie", after a childhood mispronunciation of the name "Alfred".

Alfred was baptized by the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Howley, at the Private Chapel in Windsor Castle on 6 September 1844. His godparents were his mother's first cousin, Prince George of Cambridge (represented by his father, The Duke of Cambridge); his paternal aunt, the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (represented by his maternal grandmother, the Duchess of Kent); and Queen Victoria's half-brother, Carl, Prince of Leiningen (represented by The Duke of Wellington, Conservative Leader in the Lords).


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