Prince Edward Augustus Hannover, Duke of Kent

Male 1767 - 1820  (52 years)


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  • Name Prince Edward Augustus Hannover 
    Suffix Duke of Kent 
    Born 2 Nov 1767  Buckingham House, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 30 Nov 1767  Saint James's Palace, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Jan 1820  Woolbrook Cottage, Sidmouth, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 12 Feb 1820  St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14376  OGrady Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2021 

    Family Princess Marie Luise Viktoria Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld,   b. 17 Aug 1786, Coburg, Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, Thüringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1861, Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 29 May 1818  Schloss Ehrenburg, Saxe Coburg, Gotha, Thueringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Victoria of United Kingdom, I,   b. 24 May 1819, Kensington Palace, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1901, Osborne House, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F5767  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25503154/edward-augustus-hanover
    • Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and
      Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
      For his part the Duke of Kent, aged 50, was already considering marriage, and he became engaged to Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (17 August 1786 ? 16 March 1861), who had been the sister-in-law of his now-deceased niece Princess Charlotte. They were married on 29 May 1818 at Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg, in a Lutheran rite, and again on 11 July 1818 at Kew Palace, Kew, Surrey.

      Princess Victoria was the daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and the sister of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, husband of the recently deceased Princess Charlotte. She was a widow: her first husband had been Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, with whom she had had two children: a son Carl and a daughter Feodora.
      Issue......................
      They had one child, Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent (24 May 1819 ? 22 January 1901), who became Queen Victoria on 20 June 1837. The Duke took great pride in his daughter, telling his friends to look at her well, for she would be Queen of the United Kingdom.

      Mistresses
      Madame de Saint-Laurent- Mistress of Prince Edward
      Various sources report that the Duke of Kent had mistresses. In Geneva, he had two mistresses, Adelaide Dubus and Anne Moré. Dubus died at the birth of their daughter Adelaide Dubus (1789 ? in or after 1832). Anne Moré was the mother of Edward Schenker Scheener (1789?1853). Scheener married but had no children and returned to Geneva, perhaps significantly in 1837, where he later died.

      In 1790, while still in Geneva, the Duke took up with "Madame de Saint-Laurent" (born Thérèse-Bernardine Montgenet), the wife of a French colonel. She went with him to Canada in 1791, where she was known as "Julie de Saint-Laurent". She accompanied the Duke for the next 28 years, until his marriage in 1818. The portrait of the Duke by Beechey was hers.

      Mollie Gillen, who was granted access to the Royal Archive at Windsor Castle, established that no children were born of the 27-year relationship between Edward Augustus and Madame de Saint-Laurent; although many Canadian families and individuals (including the Nova Scotian soldier Sir William Fenwick Williams, 1st Baronet[20]), have claimed descent from them. Such claims can now be discounted in light of this research.



      Quebec
      Due to the extreme Mediterranean heat, Edward requested to be transferred to present-day Canada, specifically Quebec, in 1791. Edward arrived in Canada in time to witness the proclamation of the Constitutional Act of 1791, become the first member of the Royal Family to tour Upper Canada and became a fixture of British North American society. Edward and his mistress, Julie St. Laurent, became close friends with the French Canadian family of Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry de Salaberry; the Prince mentored all of the family's sons throughout their military careers. Edward guided Charles de Salaberry throughout his career, and made sure that the famous commander was duly honoured after his leadership during the Battle of Chateauguay.

      The prince was promoted to the rank of major-general in October 1793. He served successfully in the West Indies campaign the following year, and was commander of the British camp at La Coste during the Battle of Martinique, for which he was mentioned in dispatches by General Charles Grey for his "great Spirit and Activity."He subsequently received the thanks of Parliament.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Kent_and_Strathearn