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Leopold, Duke of Albany

Prince Leopold
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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
Duke of Albany
Successor Prince Charles Edward
Born (1853-04-07)7 April 1853
Buckingham Palace, London
Died 28 March 1884(1884-03-28) (aged 30)
Cannes
Burial St George's Chapel, Windsor
Spouse Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Issue Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Full name
Leopold George Duncan Albert
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Albert, Prince Consort
Mother Queen Victoria
Full name
Leopold George Duncan Albert

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, KG, KT, GCSI, GCMG, GCStJ (Leopold George Duncan Albert; 7 April 1853 – 28 March 1884) was the eighth child and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Leopold was later created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow. He had haemophilia, which led to his death at the age of 30.

Leopold was born on 7 April 1853 at Buckingham Palace, London. During labour, Queen Victoria chose to use chloroform and thus sanctioned the use of anesthesia in childbirth, recently developed by Professor James Young Simpson. The chloroform was administered by Dr. John Snow. As a son of the British sovereign, the newborn was styled His Royal Highness The Prince Leopold at birth. His parents named him Leopold after his grand-uncle, King Leopold I of Belgium.

He was baptised in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace on 28 June 1853 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Bird Sumner. His godparents were his first cousin once removed, King George V of Hanover; his fourth cousin once removed, Princess William of Prussia; his first cousin once removed, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge; and his maternal uncle by marriage, Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.


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