![]() A few weeks later, he died during a major pandemic. After two unsuccessful courtships, he became engaged to be married to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck in late 1891. When young, he travelled the world extensively as a naval cadet, and as an adult he joined the British Army but did not undertake any active military duties. From the time of his birth, he was second in the line of succession to the British throne, but did not become king or Prince of Wales because he died before both his grandmother and his father.Īlbert Victor was known to his family, and many later biographers, as "Eddy". Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (Albert Victor Christian Edward 8 January 1864 – 14 January 1892) was the eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) and grandson of the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria. Later moved to Albert Memorial Chapel, St George's ChapelĪlbert Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) ![]() ![]() ![]() Royal Vault, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle ![]()
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