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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (Leopold George Duncan Albert; 7 April 1853 – 28 March 1884) was the eighth child and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Leopold was later created Duke of Albany , Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow.
- 7 April 1853, Buckingham Palace, London
- Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Mar 30, 2021 · Born in 1853 in Buckingham Palace, Prince Leopold was the eighth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and was created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow in 1881. But he died young, aged just 30, a tragedy that was deeply lamented by Victoria, who had already lost Prince Albert and another of her children.
His grandson, Ernst Leopold (1935–1996), only son of Charles Edward's eldest son Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1906–1972), sometimes used the title "Duke of Albany", although the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 stipulates that any successor of a suspended peer shall be restored to the peerage only by direction of ...
- 24 May 1881
- Peerage of the United Kingdom
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, was the eighth and the youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He was born on April 7, 1853, and was quite delicate from a very early age. He suffered from a rare disease, haemophilia. Since this is a hereditary disease, descendants of Queen Victoria suffered from this afterward.
His posthumous son, Prince Charles Edward, (Charles Edward George Albert Leopold) was born four months later, on 19 July 1884, and succeeded him as the 2nd Duke of Albany upon birth. In 1900 Charles Edward succeeded his uncle Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh as the last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
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left: Queen Victoria with Prince Leopold, 1862 | right: Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany Albert and Victoria’s youngest son Leopold was born on April 7, 1853 and was named after Uncle Leopold.
Leopold was later created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow. He had haemophilia, which contributed to his death following a fall at the age of 30. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany was the eighth child and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
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