Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Totally Explained

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Titles and styles

6 August 1844–24 May 1866: His Royal Highness The Prince Alfred

24 May 1866–23 August 1893: His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh

23 August 1893–30 July 1900: His Royal Highness The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alfred's full style in England at his death was His Royal Highness The Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Ulster, Earl of Kent, Knight the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle, Knight of the Star of Schwarzenberg, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Knight of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Order of St. Stephen, Knight of the Order of St. Andrew, Ostmanieh of the Ottoman Empire.
In Germany his style and titles included Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Herzog zu Sachsen, Prinz von Großbritannien und Irland, Herzog von Edinburg, Herzog zu Jülich, Kleve, und Berg, zu Engern und Westfalen, Graf von Ulster und von Kent, Landgraf in Thüringen, Markgraf zu Meissen, gefürstlicher Graf zu Henneberg, Graf zu der Mark und Ravensberg, Herr von Ravenstein und Tonna, which, in English, translates to Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Duke in Saxony; Prince of Great Britain and Ireland; Duke of Edinburgh; Duke of Jülich, Cleves and Berg, of Angria and Westphalia; Earl (Count) of Ulster and Kent; Princely Count of Henneberg; Count of the Mark and Ravensberg; Lord of Ravenstein and Tonna.

Honours

British Honours

KG: Knight of the Garter, 1863

KT: Knight of the Thistle, 1864

KP: Knight of St Patrick, 1880

GCB: Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, 1889

GCSI: Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India, 1870

GCMG: Knight Grand Cross of St Michael and St George, 1869

GCIE: Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire, 1887

GCVO: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Empire

PC: Privy Counsellor, 1866 Foreign Honours

Knight of the Black Eagle

Order of the Golden Fleece

Order of the Most Holy Annunciation

Legion of Honour

Order of St. Stephen

Order of St. Andrew

Ostmanieh of the Ottoman Empire

Arms

Prince Alfred gained use of the royal arms of the United Kingdom, with an inescutcheon of the shield of Saxony, the whole differenced by a label argent of three points, the outer points bearing anchors azure, and the inner a cross gules.

Issue

Name	irth	eath	otes
Prince Alfred ("Young Affie")	15 October 1874	6 February 1899	Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 22 August 1893
Princess Marie	29 October 1875	18 July 1938	married, 10 January 1893, King Ferdinand I of Romania (1865-1927); had issue
Princess Victoria Melita ("Ducky")	25 November 1876	2 March 1936	married (1), 19 April 1894, Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine; had issue; divorced 21 December 1901(2) 8 October 1905, the Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich of Russia; had issue
Princess Alexandra	1 September 1878	16 April 1942	married, 20 April 1896, Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg; had issue
Stillborn son	13 October 1879	13 October 1879
Princess Beatrice	20 April 1884	13 July 1966	married, 15 July 1909, Don Alfonso, Infante of Spain, 3rd Duke of Galliera; had issue

Legacy

Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, the main settlement of Tristan da Cunha was named after Alfred after he visited the remote Islands in 1867 while Duke of Edinburgh.
   The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, opened during his visit to Australia in 1868, and still one of the biggest hospitals in the city, is named for him. The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, again one of the busiest in the country, is named after Queen Victoria's second son despite the fact that he never visited the city.
   One of the stamp collectors in the Royal Family, he was elected honorary president of The Philatelic Society, London in 1890. He may have inspired his nephew George, later King George V, who benefited the sale of his collection by Alfred to his brother, the Prince of Wales. The merging of Alfred's and George's collections gave birth to the Royal Philatelic Collection.
   Prince Alfred College Adelaide South Australia was named after prince Alfred as well.

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