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Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn

1767 - 1820

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Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (Edward Augustus; 2 November 1767 – 23 January 1820) was the fourth son and fifth child of King George III and Queen Charlotte. His only child, Victoria, became Queen of the United Kingdom 17 years after his death. Prince Edward was created Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin on 23 April 1799 and, a few weeks later, appointed a General and commander-in-chief of British forces in the Maritime Provinces of North America. On 23 March 1802, he was appointed Governor of Gibraltar and nominally retained that post until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn is the 2,729th most popular politician (down from 2,716th in 2019), the 679th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 579th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular British Politician.

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn is most famous for being Queen Victoria's father.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ranks 2,729 out of 19,576. Before him are Konstantinos Karamanlis, Crown Prince Sado, Crazy Horse, Julia Minor, Ranavalona I, and Taichang Emperor. After him are Gaykhatu, Li Hongzhang, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Mario Beccaria, Eric XII of Sweden, and Jehoram of Israel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ranks 12. Before him are John VI of Portugal, Jean-Baptiste Say, Benjamin Constant, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Maria Theresa of Austria, and August Wilhelm Schlegel. After him are Nicolas Oudinot, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Manuel Godoy, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Andreas Hofer, and Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure. Among people deceased in 1820, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ranks 6. Before him are George III of the United Kingdom, Joseph Fouché, Jiaqing Emperor, Daniel Boone, and Elisa Bonaparte. After him are François Christophe de Kellermann, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, François Joseph Lefebvre, Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Manuel Belgrano, and Joseph Banks.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ranks 679 out of 8,785. Before him are Chaim Herzog (1918), Hugh Laurie (1959), Diana Rigg (1938), Robert Burton (1577), David Hockney (1937), and Peter D. Mitchell (1920). After him are Philip Miller (1691), Augustus Pugin (1812), William Dampier (1651), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), Roger Glover (1945), and Æthelflæd (869).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ranks 133. Before him are Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), James Wilson (1742), Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), and James Francis Edward Stuart (1688). After him are Æthelflæd (869), Thomas Fairfax (1612), Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), Tristan (535), and Anne Neville (1456).

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