Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn

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British prince duke member of the House of Hanover military officer son of a monarch

Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn was a British prince and military officer best known as the father of Queen Victoria and the fourth son of King George III.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British prince → duke → member of the House of Hanover → military officer → son of a monarch →
baptismDate	1767-11-30 →
birthDate	1767-11-02 →
birthPlace	Buckingham House, London →
burialPlace	St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle →
causeOfDeath	pneumonia →
child	Queen Victoria →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
deathDate	1820-01-23 →
deathPlace	Sidmouth, Devon, England →
education	University of Göttingen NERFINISHED →
father	George III of the United Kingdom →
fullName	Prince Edward Augustus →
honor	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath → Knight of the Garter → Knight of the Thistle →
languageSpoken	English → German →
memberOfRoyalHouse	House of Hanover →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryRank	Field Marshal → General →
monarchDuringLife	George III of the United Kingdom → George IV of the United Kingdom →
mother	Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz →
nobleTitleCreationDate	1799-04-23 →
notableFor	being the father of Queen Victoria →
positionHeld	Commander-in-Chief of British forces in North America → Governor of Gibraltar →
religion	Church of England →
residence	Amherstburg, Upper Canada (during service in North America) → Kensington Palace →
servedIn	French Revolutionary Wars → Napoleonic Wars → Seven Years' War (late stages, garrison duty) →
sibling	Ernest Augustus I of Hanover → George IV of the United Kingdom → Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge → Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex → William IV of the United Kingdom →
spouse	Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld →
title	Duke of Kent and Strathearn → Earl of Dublin →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge → Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex ("Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn") → Charlotte, Princess Royal → Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover → George IV of the United Kingdom → Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh → Prince Alfred of Great Britain → Prince Octavius of Great Britain ("Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn") → Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom ("Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn") → William IV →	sibling
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz → George III of the United Kingdom →	child
Queen Victoria ("Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn") →	father
Prince Edward County ("Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn") →	namedAfter
Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ("Duke of Kent and Strathearn") →	title