Charles Edward, Duke of Albany

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duke human last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Charles Edward, Duke of Albany, was the last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a grandson of Queen Victoria whose German allegiance during World War I led to the loss of his British titles and enduring controversy.

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Label Occurrences
Charles Edward, Duke of Albany canonical 3
Prince Charles Edward 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf duke ⓘ
human ⓘ
last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
allegiance Imperial German Army ⓘ
burialPlace Callenberg Castle, Coburg ⓘ
causeOfLossOfTitle service on German side in World War I ⓘ
child Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship German Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1884-07-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1954-03-06 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Bonn ⓘ
surface form: Bonn University

Eton College ⓘ
endTime 1918-11-18 ⓘ
familyName House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
surface form: Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
givenName Charles ⓘ
Edward ⓘ
grandparent Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
Queen Victoria ⓘ
languageSpoken German ⓘ
legalEvent deprived of British peerages under Titles Deprivation Act 1917 ⓘ
memberOf British royal family ⓘ
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
nobleTitle Duke of Albany ⓘ
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
Prince of the United Kingdom ⓘ
notableFor controversial role in Anglo-German relations during early 20th century ⓘ
loss of British titles due to German allegiance in World War I ⓘ
parent Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany ⓘ
Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont ⓘ
participantIn World War I ⓘ
placeOfBirth Claremont House, Surrey ⓘ
surface form: Claremont House, Esher, Surrey, United Kingdom
placeOfDeath Coburg ⓘ
surface form: Coburg, Bavaria, West Germany
politicalAlignment pro-German ⓘ
positionHeld Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
reasonForEndOfPosition abdication following German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone ⓘ
surface form: Princess Alice of Albany
spouse Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein ⓘ
startTime 1900-07-30 ⓘ
titleRevokedBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → hasNotableBearer → Charles Edward, Duke of Albany ⓘ
Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart → alsoKnownAs → Charles Edward, Duke of Albany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince Charles Edward
Palazzo Guadagni, Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany → associatedWith → Charles Edward, Duke of Albany ⓘ
subject surface form: Palazzo Guadagni
Palazzo Guadagni, Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany → notableResident → Charles Edward, Duke of Albany ⓘ
subject surface form: Palazzo Guadagni