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  Prince George, Duke of Kent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prince George of the United Kingdom, Duke of Kent (George Edward Alexander Edmund) (20 December 1902 - 25 August 1942) was the fourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary.
On 29 November 1934, the Duke of Kent married Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and a great niece of Queen Alexandra, at Westminster Abbey.
By Royal Proclamation on 17 June 1917, King George V changed the name of the British Royal House to the House of Windsor and assumed Windsor as the surname for all descendants of Queen Victoria who were British subjects, excluding females who married and their descendants.
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 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO (Edward George Nicholas Patrick Windsor) (born 9 October 1935), is a member of the British Royal Family, a grandchild of King George V.
After their marriage, she was styled HRH The Duchess of Kent, though in 2002, she abandoned the style of Royal Highness and has expressed a preference to be known as Katharine Kent or Katharine, Duchess of Kent, the latter the typical style of a divorced peeress, which she is not.
The Duke and Duchess of Kent reside at Wren House, Kensington Palace in London.
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 DUKE OF KENT FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
On 23 April 1799, the dukedom of Kent was, as a joint title with the dukedom of Strathearn and the earldom of Dublin, given to King George III's fourth son, Prince Edward Augustus.
In 1934, Prince George (1902-1942), the fourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary, was created Duke of Kent, Earl of St Andrews and Baron Downpatrick.
King George V's Letters_Patent of 30 November 1917, restricted the style ''Royal Highness'' and the titular dignity of ''Prince'' to the sons of the Sovereign, the male line grandsons of the Sovereign, and the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince_of_Wales.
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 George VI of the United Kingdom World Encyclopedia, India encyclopedia, Featured Articles, Cover Stories, World wide ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor) (14 December 1895–6 February 1952) was the third British monarch of the House of Windsor, reigning from 11 December 1936 until his death.
George VI was born on 14 December 1895 at York Cottage, on the Sandringham Estate, Norfolk.
George VI was born on the anniversary of the death of Prince Albert, the Prince Consort.
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 22ND GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
George Edward Duke of KENT was born in 1902 in England - son of George VI of England.
He was married to Princess Marina of GREECE Duchess of Kent (daughter of King George II of GREECE and Elizabeth of ROMANIA) in 1934 in Milan (cousins).
Princess Marina of GREECE Duchess of Kent was born on 31 Jul 1905 in Greece - dtr of George II.
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 George V Of The United Kingdom Information - Articles Free   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor, (3 June 1865–20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917.
King George's paternal grandfather was Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; the King and his children bore the titles Prince and Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke and Duchess of Saxony.
George died on 20 January 1936 at Sandringham House, and is buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
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 George V of the United Kingdom Online Research :: Information about George V of the United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert House of Windsor, (June 3 1865 – January 20 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917.
Although a female-line great granddaughter of King George III of the United Kingdom, Queen Mary was the daughter of the Duke of Teck, a morganatic section of the Royal House of Württemberg.
George died on January 20 1936 at Sandringham House, and is buried at St.
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 Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
George was the eldest surviving son of his predecessor, but never prepared for his role as monarch, as his elder brother died when George was 27.
George had a wonderful relationship with his father, but he and his wife Mary were incapable of giving the same love to their children.
George started the tradition of Christmas addresses to the nation on the radio, and was always held with sincere affection by the populace.
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 Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Kent
His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (Edward George Nicholas Patrick Windsor), styled HRH The Duke of Kent (born 9 October 1935), is a member of the British Royal Family, a grandchild of King George V.
Later in 1970, the Duke commanded a squadron of his regiment serving in the British military bases in Cyprus, part of the United Nations force enforcing peace between the Greek and Turkish halves of the island.
After their marriage, she was styled HRH The Duchess of Kent, though in 2002, she voluntarily relinquished the style of Royal Highness and has expressed a preference to be known as Katharine Kent or Katharine, Duchess of Kent, the latter the typical style of a divorced peeress, which she is not.
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 George_VI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor, formerly Wettin) (December 14, 1895–February 6, 1952) was the third British monarch of the House of Windsor, reigning from December 11, 1936 to February 6, 1952.
His father was Prince George, Duke of York (later King George V), the second eldest son of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark.
George VI decided to create his brother, now reverted to his previous title of Prince Edward, as the Duke of Windsor.
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 Re: REMEMBERING WHO  WE ARE , BY REMEMBERING WHO WE WERE!  ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Duke of Kent was subsequently promoted to the honorary ranks of major general in 1983 and field marshal in 1993.
The Duke of Kent was married at York Minster on 8 June 1961 to Katharine Worsley.
Despite the Duchess of Kent's later conversion to Catholicism, the Duke of Kent did not lose his place in the line of succession due to a loophole in the 1701 Act of Settlement (The Duke married a fellow member of the Church of England in 1961, who only subsequently converted to Roman Catholicism).
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 Prince Michael of Kent : FAQs
The title Duke of Kent was inherited by Prince Michael’s older brother.
When King George V created the House of Windsor in 1917 he ruled that only the sons of a brother of the king would be princes with the title of Royal Highness.
The eldest son of the Duke of Kent is the Earl of St.Andrews and he will inherit the title of Duke of Kent but not the HRH.
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 Duke of Kent
Duke of Kent is a title which has been created various times in the peerages of Great Britain and the United Kingdom, most recently as a royal dukedom for the fourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom.
The title (in the form "Duke of Kent and Strathearn") was granted to Prince Edward Augustus, the fourth son of King George III.
The heir is George Philip Nicholas Windsor, Earl of St. Andrews.
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 King_George_V   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
His Majesty King George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor, formerly Wettin) (3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917.
George V changed the house name of the British Royal Family from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.
For the rest of that year, George was styled Duke of Cornwall and York, until November 9, 1901 when he was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester.
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 Royal Nazis and the Scottish connection
Prince George was not only a prominent listed in the ‘the Red Book’ but perceived to be a central figure in a British Nazi conspriracy against his brother, the King, and Churchill.
In 1862, Prince William of the Danes was installed as King George I of Greece, and married a granddaughter of Czar Nicholas I in 1866.
The Duke of Kent was killed in a plane crash on active service in World War II at Eagles Rock near Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland.
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 Prince george duke of kent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
National Portrait Gallery, list of portraits for Prince George, Duke of Kent including Prince George, Duke of Kent by Frank O. Salisbury, The four sons of King George V (Prince George, Duke of Kent; Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII);...
George, Duke of Kent was the fourth son of King George V; in the...
father was HRH Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V and...
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 Mary, Princess Royal Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
She was baptised in St Mary Magdalene's Church near Sandringham on June 7, 1897 by William Dalrymple Maclagan, Archbishop of York and her godparents were Queen Victoria, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the King of Greece, the Duke of Teck and Princess Victoria.
King George V created her Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (civil division) on 3 June 1917.
On the death of her younger brother, the Duke of Kent, she became the president of Papworth.
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 Princess Marina Of Greece And Denmark Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Her Royal Highness Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (née Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark), (13 December 1906 - 27 August 1968) was a member of the British Royal Family; she was the wife of HRH Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary.
Her father was HRH Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, the second son of King George I of Greece.
The Duke of Kent died on 25 August 1942 in an aeroplane crash at Eagles Rock, near Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland while on active service with the Royal Air Force.
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 Prince William of Gloucester - Biocrawler definition:Prince William of Gloucester - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
His father was HRH Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974), the third eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary.
His mother was HRH The Duchess of Gloucester, later known as Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901-2004), the third daughter of John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and 9th Duke of Queensbury.
In 1970, the Duke of Gloucester's health began to fail and he was diagnosed as suffering from porphyria.
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 Philip Alexius de Laszlo's Duke and Duchess of Ken 1934
This is the portrait of Prince George, Duke of Kent, the
the Duchess of Kent (nee Princess Marina of Greece).
Duke and Duchess of Kent were published as a special supplement to the
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 Prince_George,_Duke_of_Kent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
His Royal Highness The Prince George, Duke of Kent (George Edward Alexander Edmund von Wettin, later Windsor) (20 December 1902 - 25 August 1942) was the fourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary.
He remained in the Royal Navy until 1929, serving on the HMS Iron Duke and later the HMS Nelson.
According to claims made in The Queen's Lost Uncle, a television program produced by Flame (http://www.rogerbolton.co.uk/flame.php) and broadcast in November 2003 and March 2005 on Britain's Channel 4, Prince George was also involved in the events surrounding the capture of Rudolf Hess, deputy to Adolf Hitler.
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 Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942), Fourth son of George V   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942), Fourth son of George V
George, Duke of Kent was the fourth son of King George V; in the navy until 1929, he was serving as a staff officer, Training Command, with the Royal Air Force when killed in an air crash.
Prince George, Duke of Kent; King George V; King George VI; Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood; Queen Mary; Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
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 Re: BILDERBERG MEETINGS - FINAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
For Queen Victoria's father, see Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (2 November 1767 - 23 January 1820) was the fourth son of King George III of the United Kingdom and the father of Queen Victoria.
He was created the Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin on 23 April 1799.
He is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), styled HM The Queen (born April 21, 1926) is the Queen regnant and head of state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and 15 other Commonwealth countries.
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 Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood - Biocrawler definition:Princess Mary, Princess Royal and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Her father was His Royal Highness Prince George, Duke of York (later King George V), the second eldest son of King Edward VII.
Her mother was Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York (later Queen Mary), the only daughter of The Duke of Teck.
Later, in November 1947, she declined to attend the wedding of her niece, the future Queen Elizabeth II, and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, to protest the fact that the Duke of Windsor had not been invited.
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 Royalty and Australian Society: 7. Proposed Royal Tours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
It was initially intended that Prince George, the Duke of Kent visit Australia in 1934 to participate in Victoria’s centenary celebrations.
Prince George, however, withdrew in mid 1934 and his place on the tour was taken by his brother, the Duke of Gloucester.
Some of the files dealing with the appointment of the Duke contain examples of public disapproval at his appointment and objections to the expense the government was prepared to accept in order to accommodate the Duke as Governor-General.
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