Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

Born Prince Edward George Nicholas Patrick Paul of Kent, succeded as Duke of Kent in 1942.

Son of Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942) and his wife Marina, Princess of Greece and Denmark (1906-1968)

Born: No. 3 Belgrave Square, London 9. Oct 1935

Christened: Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace 20. Nov 1935

Godparents:

• George V. King of the United Kingdom (his paternal grandfather)

• Mary, Queen of the United Kingdom (his paternal grandmother)

• Nikolaos, Prince of Greece and Denmark (his maternal grandfather)

• Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (his paternal great-great-uncle)

• Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (his paternal great-great-aunt)

• Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood (his paternal aunt)

Married: York Minster 25. Aug 1942 Katharine Worsley (1933), daughter of Sir William Worsley, 4th Baronet (1890-1973) and his wife Joyce Brunner (d. 1979).

 Issue:

• George Windsor, Earl of St. Andrews (1962) m. 1988 Sylvana Tomaselli (1957)

• Lady Helen Windsor (1964) m. 1992 Timothy Taylor (1963)

• Lord Nicholas Windsor (1970) m. 2006 Paola Doimi de Frankopan (1969)

  

  

Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997; Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten II, Vol XVII 2004; Alison Weir: “Britain’s Royal Families”, Vintage Books 2008;  for godparents see Yvonne’s Royalty Home Page http://users.uniserve.com/~canyon/index.htm