Second Generation

3. Edward VII, Pr. of Wales, King of Great Britain & Ireland, Emperor of India^1,3,14 was born on 9 Nov 1841 in Buckingham Palace, London, Middlesex, United Kingdom. He was christened on 25 Jan 1842 in Saint George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom. He reigned in Great Britain & Ireland, Emperor of India between 1901 and 1910 He died on 6 May 1910 in Buckingham Palace, London, Middlesex, United Kingdom. He was buried on 20 May 1910 in Saint George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Him Albert Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, etc.

Christened Albert Edward; called "the Peacemaker" Reign: 1901-1910; It is not always realized that Queen Victoria was the last sovereign of the House of Hanover and King Edward VII was the first of the House of Wettin or the House of Saxony. Edward VII, in an outburst of ant-German feeling engendered by the First World War, changed the nave of his "House and Family" from Wettin to Windsor in 1917. Edward gave his name to the Edwardian period.

Edward VII, Pr. of Wales, King of Great Britain & Ireland, Emperor of India and Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julie (Alix), Pss of Denmark were married on 10 Mar 1863 in Saint George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom.² or married 19 March? Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julie (Alix), Pss of Denmark^1,3,15,16 (daughter of Christian IX, King of Denmark and Luise Wilhelmine, Princess of Hesse Kassel Rumpenheim) was born on 1 Dec 1844 in Yellow Palace, Gyllen Slot, Kobenhavn, Kobenhavn, Denmark. She was christened on 7 Feb 1845 in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. She died on 20 Nov 1925 in Sandringham House, Sandringham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was buried on 28 Nov 1925 in Saint George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
Edward VII, Pr. of Wales, King of Great Britain & Ireland, Emperor of India and Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julie (Alix), Pss of Denmark had the following children:

19	i.	Albert Victor Christian Edward, "Eddy", Duke of Clarence Avondale & Hannover17,18,19,20 was born on 8 Jan 1864 in Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom. He died on 14 Jan 1892 in Sandringham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. He was buried on 20 Jan 1892 in Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Albert Victor Christian Edward, Duke of Clarence; "Eddy". He was of limited intellect, almost ineducable, and when he reached young manhood his dandyism earned him the nickname of "Prince Collar and Cuffs". His sexual proclivities were doubtful and he was believed to frequent a male brothel on Cleveland Street. He became engaged to Princess May of Teck, but before the marriage could take place he succumbed to typhoid fever. Princess May was passed on as fiancee to his younger brother George (later, George V). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Which British prince was rumored to be or at least knew of "Jack The Ripper"? Albert Victor ("Eddy") Duke of Clarence and Avondale, heir to the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VII.) Briefly engaged to May of Teck (who went on to marry his younger brother, who reigned as George V.) The Court Circular proved that "Jack" could not have been Eddy, who at any rate was too languid, disorganized and plain stupid to have pulled such capers off. Still, it was noted that after Eddy died, the Whitechapel murders ceased. alt.gossip.royalty
+20	ii.	George V, King of Great Britain & Ireland.
+21	iii.	Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar, Princess Royal of Great Britain & Northern Ireland.
22	iv.	Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary, Pss of Great Britain & Northern Ireland1,3 was born on 6 Jul 1868 in Marlborough House, Westminster, Middlesex, United Kingdom. She was christened on 6 Aug 1868 in Marlborough House, Westminster, Middlesex, United Kingdom. She died on 3 Dec 1935 in Coppins, Iver, Bucks, United Kingdom. Her
+23	v.	Maud Charlotte, Pss of Great Britain & Northern Ireland.
24	vi.	HRH Prince Alexander John Charles Albert of Great Britain & Northern Ireland1,3 was born on 6 Apr 1871 in Sandringham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. He was christened on 6 Apr 1871 in Sandringham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. He died on 7 Apr 1871 in Sandringham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Died shortly after birth. aka Alexander.

Edward VII, Pr. of Wales, King of Great Britain & Ireland, Emperor of India and Hon. Alice Frederica Edmonstone were married Not Married, Mistress of King Edward VII. Hon. Alice Frederica Edmonstone^{1,21,22,23,24} (daughter of Sir William Edmonstone 14th of Duntreath, 4th Baronet and Mary Elizabeth Parsons) was born in 1869 in Dunreath, Strathblane, Stirling, Scotland. She died on 11 Sep 1947 in Villa Bellosguardo, nr Firenze, Italy. Alice Edmonstone married George Keppel on 1.6.1891. Alice gave birth to a daughter, Violet, on 6.6.1894. Alice met the then-Prince of Wales in 1898 and "soon thereafter" became his mistress (so says the Dictionary of National Biography article on Alice). Alice gave birth to Sonia, Camilla's grandmother, on 24.5.1900.

Violet, later one of the (ahem) close friends of Vita Sackville-West, put on Royal airs something fierce, though, if the chronology above is accurate, she couldn't have been fathered by the Prince. Sonia's memoirs, published in 1958, are titled Edwardian Daughter, and this title has been interpreted by some in a "nudge, nudge, wink, wink" manner.

Edward VII, Pr. of Wales, King of Great Britain & Ireland, Emperor of India and Lily Langtree were married Not in NOT MARRIED - Mistress of Edward VII.