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href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A5%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%8C%CE%BB%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B9" title="Εδουάρδος της Υόρκης και του Όλμπανι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Εδουάρδος της Υόρκης και του Όλμπανι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_de_York_y_Albany" title="Eduardo de York y Albany – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Eduardo de York y Albany" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard-Auguste_de_Grande-Bretagne" 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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">British prince (1739–1767)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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title="Norfolk House">Norfolk House</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Square" title="St James's Square">St James's Square</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster">Westminster</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">17 September 1767<span style="display:none">(1767-09-17)</span> (aged 28)<br /><a href="/wiki/Prince%27s_Palace_of_Monaco" title="Prince's Palace of Monaco">Prince's Palace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monaco-Ville" class="mw-redirect" title="Monaco-Ville">Monaco-Ville</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data">1 November 1767<br /><div style="display:inline" class="label"><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>, London</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; 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class="infobox-data">1759–1767</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Blue" title="Admiral of the Blue">Admiral of the Blue</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Saint_Cast" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Saint Cast">Battle of Saint Cast</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PrincesEdwardAndGeorge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/PrincesEdwardAndGeorge.jpg/220px-PrincesEdwardAndGeorge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/PrincesEdwardAndGeorge.jpg/330px-PrincesEdwardAndGeorge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/PrincesEdwardAndGeorge.jpg/440px-PrincesEdwardAndGeorge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="481" data-file-height="657" /></a><figcaption>Edward (left) and George examining a map of the fortifications of <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a> – a detail from <a href="/wiki/George_Knapton" title="George Knapton">George Knapton</a>'s <i>The Children of Frederick, Prince of Wales</i>, 1751</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany</b> (Edward Augustus;<sup id="cite_ref-gaz_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 25 March 1739 – 17 September 1767)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a younger brother of <a href="/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of the United Kingdom">George III of the United Kingdom</a> and the second son of <a href="/wiki/Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales" title="Frederick, Prince of Wales">Frederick, Prince of Wales</a>, and <a 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As a boy, Edward, with his brother, went through long hours of schooling in arithmetic, Latin, geometry, writing, religion, French, German, Greek and even dancing to be well rounded. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Seven_Years'_War"><span id="Seven_Years.27_War"></span>Seven Years' War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Seven Years' War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_in_the_Seven_Years%27_War" title="Great Britain in the Seven Years' War">Great Britain in the Seven Years' War</a></div> <p>Prince Edward showed an interest in naval affairs and sought permission to serve with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>. He participated in the <a href="/wiki/Naval_descents" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval descents">naval descents</a> against the French coast taking part in the failed <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_St_Malo" title="Raid on St Malo">Raid on St Malo</a>, which ended in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_St._Cast" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of St. Cast">Battle of St. Cast</a> in 1758. </p><p>He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Captain_(Royal_Navy)" title="Captain (Royal Navy)">captain</a> of <a href="/wiki/HMS_Phoenix_(1759)" title="HMS Phoenix (1759)">HMS <i>Phoenix</i></a> on 14 June 1759.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was made <a href="/wiki/Rear-Admiral_of_the_Blue" title="Rear-Admiral of the Blue">Rear-Admiral of the Blue</a> in 1761, <a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(Royal_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice admiral (Royal Navy)">vice-admiral of the blue</a> in 1762,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1766, only a year before his death, rising to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Blue" title="Admiral of the Blue">Admiral of the Blue</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life">Later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Edward%2C_Duke_of_York_and_Albany.jpg/220px-Edward%2C_Duke_of_York_and_Albany.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Edward%2C_Duke_of_York_and_Albany.jpg/330px-Edward%2C_Duke_of_York_and_Albany.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Edward%2C_Duke_of_York_and_Albany.jpg/440px-Edward%2C_Duke_of_York_and_Albany.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1641" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>The Duke of York and Albany, 1763, as painted by <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Reynolds" title="Joshua Reynolds">Sir Joshua Reynolds</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>He was created <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York_and_Albany" title="Duke of York and Albany">Duke of York and Albany</a> and <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Ulster" title="Earl of Ulster">Earl of Ulster</a> by his paternal grandfather, <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II</a>, on 1 April 1760. When Edward's brother ascended the throne on 25 October 1760 as George III, he named Edward a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Privy_Counsellors_(1714-1820)#1760_2" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Privy Counsellors (1714-1820)">privy counsellor</a>. From the time his brother became king and until the birth of the king's first child, the future <a href="/wiki/George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George IV of the United Kingdom">George IV</a>, on 12 August 1762, the duke was <a href="/wiki/Heir_presumptive" title="Heir presumptive">heir presumptive</a> to the British throne. </p><p>On 27 July 1765, he was initiated into the Masonic Order.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late summer of 1767, on his way to <a href="/wiki/Genoa" title="Genoa">Genoa</a>, the duke fell ill and had to be landed in the harbour of <a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a>. Despite the care and attention he was given, he died in the <a href="/wiki/Prince%27s_Palace_of_Monaco" title="Prince's Palace of Monaco">Palace</a> of <a href="/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_III,_Prince_of_Monaco" title="Honoré III, Prince of Monaco">Honoré III, Prince of Monaco</a>, on 17 September. The state bedchamber where the ill duke died has since been known as the York Room.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his death, his body was returned to London aboard <a href="/wiki/HMS_Montreal_(1761)" title="HMS Montreal (1761)">HMS <i>Montreal</i></a>, and is interred in <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward,_Duke_of_York.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Edward%2C_Duke_of_York.jpg/220px-Edward%2C_Duke_of_York.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="359" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Edward%2C_Duke_of_York.jpg/330px-Edward%2C_Duke_of_York.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Edward%2C_Duke_of_York.jpg/440px-Edward%2C_Duke_of_York.jpg 2x" data-file-width="920" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>The Duke of York and Albany in the robes of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter" title="Order of the Garter">Order of the Garter</a>, approx. 1764–1765</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 1762, <a href="/wiki/James_Boswell" title="James Boswell">James Boswell</a> published "<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cub_at_Newmarket&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Cub at Newmarket (page does not exist)">The Cub at Newmarket</a>", a poem which he dedicated to Prince Edward, without getting his permission. Boswell met the prince at the <a href="/wiki/Newmarket_racecourse" class="mw-redirect" title="Newmarket racecourse">Newmarket races</a> in 1760 during his first visit to London. The cub referenced in the work is Boswell himself. The dedication reads:</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>TO </p><p>His ROYAL HIGHNESS </p><p>EDWARD </p><p>Duke of YORK </p><p>Sir, </p><p>PERMIT me to take this method of thanking your Royal Highness, for condescending to like the following Sketch. Or, in other Words, permit me to let the World know that this ſame Cub has been laughed at by the Duke of YORK;---- has been read to your Royal Highness by the Genius himself, and warmed by the immediate beams of your kind Indulgence. </p><p>HAD I been able to conceal this, I should have imagined that I had not the least Spark of the Enthusiasm of Parnassus in my Composition.---- To be so deficient in Vanity, which, if I am not mistaken, may be reckoned an inseparable Characteristic of a Poet. </p><p>THIS Trifle, SIR, would not presume to interrupt you, when engaged in matters of Consequence. It only begs leave to pay it's Respects in an hour devoted to cheerful Festivity. </p><p>I wish your Royal Highness a long, a merry, and a happy Life; and am, </p><p>Your obliged </p><p> Devoted Servant.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <ul><li>Prince Edward is an important character in <a href="/wiki/Norah_Lofts" title="Norah Lofts">Norah Lofts</a>' historical novel <i>The Lost Queen</i> (1969), chronicling the life of his youngest sister, <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Matilda_of_Great_Britain" title="Caroline Matilda of Great Britain">Caroline Matilda</a>, Queen Consort of Denmark and Norway as wife of King <a href="/wiki/Christian_VII_of_Denmark" title="Christian VII of Denmark">Christian VII</a>. Edward is mentioned as having had a special link with her, stronger than with his other siblings. The book also depicts Edward as having planned shortly before his death to elope with a commoner woman with whom he was in love, marry her in Russia and never go back to Britain – which is not firmly attested in historical sources.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_and_people_named_after_Prince_Edward">Places and people named after Prince Edward</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Places and people named after Prince Edward"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_County,_Virginia" title="Prince Edward County, Virginia">Prince Edward County, Virginia</a>.</li> <li>Cape York, the tip of the <a href="/wiki/Cape_York_Peninsula" title="Cape York Peninsula">Cape York Peninsula</a> in <a href="/wiki/Far_North_Queensland" title="Far North Queensland">Far North Queensland</a>, is the northernmost point on the Australian <a href="/wiki/Continent" title="Continent">continent</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York_Islands" title="Duke of York Islands">Duke of York Islands</a> (formerly German: <i lang="de">Neu <a href="/wiki/Lauenburg" title="Lauenburg">Lauenburg</a></i>) in <a href="/wiki/East_New_Britain_Province" title="East New Britain Province">East New Britain Province</a>, Papua New Guinea. They are found in St George's Channel between <a href="/wiki/New_Britain" title="New Britain">New Britain</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Ireland_(island)" title="New Ireland (island)">New Ireland</a> islands and form part of the <a href="/wiki/Bismarck_Archipelago" title="Bismarck Archipelago">Bismarck Archipelago</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York_Island,_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Duke of York Island, Papua New Guinea">Duke of York Island</a>, the largest island of <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York_Islands" title="Duke of York Islands">Duke of York Islands</a>, Papua New Guinea.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Kent_and_Strathearn" title="Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn">Prince Edward Augustus</a>, fourth son of King George III, who was born the day after the Duke was buried at Westminster Abbey.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Edward_(town),_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Edward (town), New York">Fort Edward</a>, a town in <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> located on the eastern side of the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> which was formerly the site of a large British fort during the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Titles,_styles,_honour_and_arms"><span id="Titles.2C_styles.2C_honour_and_arms"></span>Titles, styles, honour and arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Titles, styles, honour and arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Titles_and_styles">Titles and styles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Titles and styles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>25 March 1739 – 1 April 1760: <i>His Royal Highness</i> Prince Edward<sup id="cite_ref-gaz_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1 April 1760 – 17 September 1767: <i>His Royal Highness</i> The Duke of York and Albany</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Honours">Honours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1752: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter" title="Order of the Garter">Royal Knight of the Garter</a> (KG)</li> <li>1760: <a href="/wiki/Privy_Counsellor" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Counsellor">Privy Counsellor</a> (PC)</li> <li>1760: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society" title="Royal Fellow of the Royal Society">Royal Fellow of the Royal Society</a> (FRS)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arms">Arms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Edward was granted use of the arms of the kingdom, differenced by a <i>label argent of five points, the centre bearing a cross gules, the other points each bearing a canton gules</i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <table border="0" align="center" width="80%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="25%"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Edward_Augustus,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Coat_of_Arms_of_Edward_Augustus%2C_Duke_of_York_and_Albany.svg/200px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Edward_Augustus%2C_Duke_of_York_and_Albany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Coat_of_Arms_of_Edward_Augustus%2C_Duke_of_York_and_Albany.svg/300px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Edward_Augustus%2C_Duke_of_York_and_Albany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Coat_of_Arms_of_Edward_Augustus%2C_Duke_of_York_and_Albany.svg/400px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Edward_Augustus%2C_Duke_of_York_and_Albany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1530" data-file-height="1430" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">Coat of arms of Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancestors">Ancestors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Ancestors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886387087">.mw-parser-output table.ahnentafel{border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;line-height:130%}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel tr{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-t{border-top:#000 solid 1px;border-left:#000 solid 1px}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-b{border-bottom:#000 solid 1px;border-left:#000 solid 1px}</style><div class="noresize"><table class="collapsible collapsed" style="margin:0.3em auto;clear:none;min-width:60em;width:auto;font-size:88%;border:1px solid #aaa"><tbody><tr><th style="padding:0.2em 0.3em 0.2em 4.3em;background:none;color:inherit;width:auto">Ancestors of Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center"><table class="ahnentafel" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">8. <a href="/wiki/George_I_of_Great_Britain" title="George I of Great Britain">George I of Great Britain</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">4. <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II of Great Britain</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">9. <a href="/wiki/Sophia_Dorothea_of_Celle" title="Sophia Dorothea of Celle">Princess Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Celle</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fb9;">2. <a href="/wiki/Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales" title="Frederick, Prince of Wales">Frederick, Prince of Wales</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">10. <a href="/wiki/John_Frederick,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg-Ansbach" title="John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach">John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">5. <a href="/wiki/Caroline_of_Ansbach" title="Caroline of Ansbach">Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">11. <a href="/wiki/Princess_Eleonore_Erdmuthe_of_Saxe-Eisenach" title="Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach">Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fcc;">1. <b>Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany</b></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="11"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/British_prince" title="British prince">British princes</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>The generations indicate descent from <a href="/wiki/George_I_of_Great_Britain" title="George I of Great Britain">George I</a>, who formalised the use of the titles <i>prince</i> and <i>princess</i> for members of the British royal family.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">King George II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales" title="Frederick, Prince of Wales">Frederick, Prince of Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_George_William_of_Great_Britain" title="Prince George William of Great Britain">Prince George William</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_William,_Duke_of_Cumberland" title="Prince William, Duke of Cumberland">Prince William, Duke of Cumberland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_III" title="George III">King George III</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_William_Henry,_Duke_of_Gloucester_and_Edinburgh" title="Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh">Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry,_Duke_of_Cumberland_and_Strathearn" title="Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn">Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Frederick_of_Great_Britain" title="Prince Frederick of Great Britain">Prince Frederick</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">4th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_IV" title="George IV">King George IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Frederick,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany" title="Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany">Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_IV" title="William IV">King William IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Kent_and_Strathearn" title="Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn">Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Augustus,_King_of_Hanover" title="Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover">King Ernest Augustus of Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_Frederick,_Duke_of_Sussex" title="Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex">Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Adolphus,_Duke_of_Cambridge" title="Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge">Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Octavius_of_Great_Britain" title="Prince Octavius of Great Britain">Prince Octavius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Alfred_of_Great_Britain" title="Prince Alfred of Great Britain">Prince Alfred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_William_Frederick,_Duke_of_Gloucester_and_Edinburgh" title="Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh">Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">5th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Albert</a><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_1"><sup>1</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_V_of_Hanover" title="George V of Hanover">King George V of Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_George,_Duke_of_Cambridge" title="Prince George, Duke of Cambridge">Prince George, Duke of Cambridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">6th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_VII" title="Edward VII">King Edward VII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Arthur,_Duke_of_Connaught_and_Strathearn" title="Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn">Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Leopold,_Duke_of_Albany" title="Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany">Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Augustus,_Crown_Prince_of_Hanover" title="Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover">Prince Ernest Augustus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">7th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert_Victor,_Duke_of_Clarence_and_Avondale" title="Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale">Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">King George V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Alexander_John_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Alexander John of Wales">Prince Alexander John of Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred,_Hereditary_Prince_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Arthur_of_Connaught" title="Prince Arthur of Connaught">Prince Arthur of Connaught</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Charles_Edward,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Augustus,_Crown_Prince_of_Hanover#Issue" title="Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover">Prince George William of Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Augustus,_Crown_Prince_of_Hanover#Issue" title="Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover">Prince Christian of Hanover</a></li> <li><i><a 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2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn">Alastair, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Johann_Leopold,_Hereditary_Prince_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prince_Hubertus_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha_(pilot)" title="Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (pilot)">Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prince_Ernest_Augustus_of_Hanover_(born_1914)" title="Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (born 1914)">Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prince_George_William_of_Hanover" title="Prince George William of Hanover">Prince George William of Hanover</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">9th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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