Genealogy of the Royal Family of Great Britain¹

HRH Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester and his descendants

HRH Prince Henry William Frederick Albert of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony ("Harry")
(Since July 17th, 1917:) HRH Prince Henry William Frederick Albert of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
(Since March 31st, 1928:) HRH Prince Henry William Frederick Albert of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Gloucester
(Since 1949:) HRH Prince Henry William Frederick Albert of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Duke of Gloucester
* York Cottage, Sandringham near King's Lynn, Norfolk, March 31st, 1900
† Barnwell Manor, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, June 10th, 1974
Created Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster, Baron Culloden, March 31st, 1928; Governor of Australia, 1945-1947
Knight of the Garter, 1921

Married:

Privat Chapel, Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London, November 6th, 1935:
Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott
* Montagu House, London, December 25th, 1901
† Kensington Palace, London, October 29th, 2004
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of India and Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, 1937; Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 1948; Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, 1975

Children from this marriage:

1. Miscarriage
   End of 1937
2. Miscarriage
   Autumn 1938
3. HRH Prince William Henry Andrew Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
   (Since 1949:) HRH Prince William Henry Andrew Frederick of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
   * Lady Carnarvon's Home, Barnet, Hertfordshire, December 18th, 1941
   † (plane crash) Halfpenny Green Airport near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, August 28th, 1972
4. HRH Prince Richard Alexander Walter George of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ("Proggy")
   

HRH Prince Richard Alexander Walter George of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ("Proggy")
(Since 1949:) HRH Prince Richard Alexander Walter George of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
(Since June 10th, 1974:) HRH Prince Richard Alexander Walter George of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2nd Duke of Gloucester
* St. Matthew's Nursing Home, Northampton, Northamptonshire, August 26th, 1944
2nd Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster, Baron Culloden, June 10th, 1974
Grand Prior of the Order of St. John; Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 1974; Knight of the Garter, 1997

Married:

Parish Curch of St. Andrew, Barnwell, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, July 8th, 1972:
Birgitte Eva van Deurs
* Odense, Isle of Funen, June 20th, 1946
Deputy Colonel-in-Chief of the of the Adjutant General's Corps
Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order

Children from this marriage:

1. Miscarriage
   1973
2. Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard Windsor Earl of Ulster ("Alex")
   * St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, October 24th, 1974

   Married:

   Queen's Chapel, St. James's Palace, London, June 22nd, 2002:
   Claire Alexandra Booth
   * Sheffield, December 29th, 1977
   

   Child from this marriage:

   1. Xan Richard Anders Windsor Lord Culloden
      * March 12th, 2007
3. Lady Davina Elizabeth Alice Benedikte Windsor
   * St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, November 19th, 1977

   Married:

   Kensington Palace, London, July 31st, 2004:
   Gary Lewis
   * Gisborne, August 15th, 1970
   

4. Lady Rose Victoria Birgitte Louise Windsor
   * St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, March 1st, 1980
   

Footnotes:

1. Sources: Queen Victoria's Descendants by Marlene A. Eilers and Britain's Royal Families by Alison Weir. With special thanks to Brigitte Gastel Lloyd, Netty Leistra, Claes Mattsson and Paul Theroff.

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Last updated: November 17th, 2007.