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Nedan frånhttp://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/p/pr/prince_leopold
__duke_of_albany.htmlPrince Leopold, Duke of AlbanyPrince Leopold, Duke of Albany (Leopold George Duncan Albert Wettin)
(7 April 1853 - 28 March 1884), was the eighth-born child and fourth
son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her husband, Prince
Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.His Royal Highness The Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert, KG, KT,
PC, CGSI, GCMG, Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow was
born in Buckingham Palace. He was named for King Leopold I of the
Belgians, the uncle of both Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. His
christenting took place at Buckingham Palace on 28 June 1853, and his
sponsors were his first cousins-once removed, King George V of Hanover
and Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck and his eldest sister then
then-Crown Princess of Prussia. While still a bady, he was diagnosed
as a haemophiliac and spent most of childhood as a semi-invalid.In 1872, Prince Leopold, entered Christ Church, Oxford University,
where he studied a variety of subjects. He left the university with an
honorary doctorate in civil law (DCL) in 1876. Prince Leopold
travelled in Europe and 1880, he toured Canada and the United States
with his sister, Princess Louise, whose husband, the Marquess of Lorne
was the governor general of Canada. Incapable of pursuing a military
career because of his illness, Prince Leopold instead became a patron
of the arts and literature. In 1878, he became president of Royal
Society of Liberature and in the following year became vice president
of the Royal Society of Arts. From 1876 until his death, he served as
Queen's private secretary.Queen Victoria made Prince Leopold a Knight of the Garter on 18 May
1869, a Knight of the Thistle on 24 March 1871, and a Knight Commander
of the Order of the Star of India on 25 January 1877. Prince Leopold
became a member of the Privy Council on 20 October 1874. Finally, the
Queen created him Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow in
the peerage of the United Kingdom and made him a Knight Grand Cross of
the Order of St. Michael and St. George on 24 May 1881.On 27 April 1882 in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, the Duke of
Albany married Princess Helene Frederica, daughter of George Victor,
Reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. They had two children,
Princess Alice of Albany (1883-1981) and Prince Charles Edward, Duke
of Albany and later reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1884-1954).The Duke of Albany died at the age of 31, of a brain hemorrhage from a
minor blow to the head, in Villa Nevada in Cannes, in France. He was
burried in the Albert Memorial Chapel at Windsor. His posthumous son,
Prince Charles Edward, succeeded him as Duke of Albany upon birth.
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