Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Paternal Family Tree: Wettin
Maternal Family Tree: Anna Schaunberg 1370-1396
1863 Marriage of the future King Edward VII and Alexandra
On 10th March 1863 [his father] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 21] and [his mother] Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 18] were married at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. She the daughter of [his grandfather] King Christian IX of Denmark [aged 44] and [his grandmother] Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [aged 45]. He the son of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 43]. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 3rd June 1865 King George V of the United Kingdom was born to [his father] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 23] and [his mother] Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 20] at Marlborough House.
On 1st December 1871 George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope 7th Earl Chesterfield [aged 40] died of typhoid unmarried. His third cousin George [aged 49] succeeded 8th Earl Chesterfield, 8th Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire. He had been staying at Londesborough Lodge Scarborough with the [his father] Prince of Wales [aged 30] who also contracted typhoid but survived.
In 1884 King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 18] was appointed 782th Knight of the Garter by [his grandmother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 64].
In 1889 [his future brother-in-law] Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife [aged 39] was created 1st Duke Fife. [his sister] Louise Windsor Duchess Fife [aged 21] by marriage Duchess Fife.
On 27th July 1889 [his brother-in-law] Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife [aged 39] and [his sister] Louise Windsor Duchess Fife [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of [his father] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 47] and [his mother] Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 44]. He the son of James Duff 5th Earl Fife and Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay Countess Fife. They were half third cousins. He a great grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
Life's Ebb And Flow Chapter IV. [Around September 1891]. In the autumn of 1891 the Duke and Duchess of Teck, with Princess May, were our guests at Easton. I remember that among the party were Lord Sandwich, Lord Richard Nevill, Count Albert Mensdorff, the Hon. Sidney Greville [aged 24] (my husband's brother, who was then equerry to the [his father] Prince of Wales [aged 49]), my sister-in-law, Lady Eva Greville [aged 31], the lifelong friend and companion of Queen Mary, Lord Chesterfield, Lord and Lady Alington, Lord Chelsea, Lord and Lady Bradford, Colonel Brabazon, Lady Dorothy Nevill, Colonel Stanley Clarke, and Lady Sophia Macnamara, who was in waiting on the Duchess of Teck.
At that house party the Prince of Wales gave his consent to the engagement of his son, Prince Eddy [aged 27], Duke of Clarence and Avondale, to Princess May. The prophecy of the Duchess of Teck that such an alliance would be popular was more than justified, but, to the great sorrow of all, the young prince died shortly after.
In her bereavement Princess May showed those gifts of character which have always distinguished her attitude to life and its responsibilities, and when some two years later sorrow was merged in the happiness of union with Prince George [aged 26], now our King, all the world rejoiced with her.
In 1892 King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 26] was created 1st Duke York.
In 1893 Derek William George Keppel [aged 29] was appointed Equerry to the Duke of York [aged 27].
On 6th July 1893 King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 28] and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 26] were married at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She by marriage Duchess York. He the son of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 51] and Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 48]. They were second cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.
The photograph by from left to right:
Alexandra Windsor Princess [aged 14]
Princess Alice of Battenburg [aged 8]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [aged 5]
Beatrice Windsor Duchess Galliera [aged 9]
King George V of the United Kingdom
Margaret "Daisy" Windsor [aged 11]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England
Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway [aged 23]
Victoria Patricia "Patsy" Windsor [aged 7]
Princess Victoria Windsor [aged 25]
Helena Victoria Oldenburg [aged 23]
Victoria Melita Windsor [aged 16]
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 1894 [his brother-in-law] Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck [aged 25] and Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck [aged 20] were married at Eaton Hall, Cheshire [Map]. She the daughter of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke Westminster [aged 68] and Constance Leveson-Gower Duchess Westminster.
On 23rd June 1894 [his son] King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom was born to King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 29] and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 27]. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.86%. He married 3rd June 1937 Wallis Warfield aka Simpson Duchess of Windsor.
On 14th December 1895 King George VI of the United Kingdom was born to King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 30] and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 28] at York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. The second son at birth he became King when his elder brother King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom [aged 1] Abdicated. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.86%. He married 26th April 1923 Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England, daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and had issue.
In 1896 [his brother-in-law] Haakon VII King Norway [aged 23] and [his sister] Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of [his father] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 54] and [his mother] Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 51]. He the son of [his uncle] Frederick VIII King of Denmark [aged 52] and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark [aged 44]. They were first cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 25th April 1897 [his daughter] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood was born to King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 31] and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 29]. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.86%. She married 28th February 1922 Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood, son of Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood and Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood, and had issue.
On 21st January 1900 [his father-in-law] Francis Teck [aged 62] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Adolphus [aged 31] succeeded Duke Teck. Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck [aged 26] by marriage Duchess Teck.
On 31st March 1900 [his son] Henry Windsor 1st Duke Gloucester was born to King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 34] and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 32] at York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.86%. He married 6th November 1935 Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott Duchess Gloucester, daughter of John Scott 7th Duke Buccleuch 9th Duke Queensberry and Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury, and had issue.
In 1901 Derek William George Keppel [aged 37] was appointed Equerry to the Prince of Wales [aged 35].
On 22nd January 1901 [his grandmother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 81] died at Osborne House, Isle of Wight. Her son [his father] Edward [aged 59] succeeded VII King of the United Kingdom.
Around 4th February 1901 Wilfred William Ashley 1st Baron Mount Temple [aged 33] and Amalia Mary Maud Cassel [aged 21] were married. The [his father] Prince of Wales [aged 59] attended some eighteen days before he acceeded the throne.
On 9th August 1902 [his father] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 60] was crowned VII King of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey [Map]. [his mother] Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 57] was crowned Queen Consort by Archbishop William Dalrymple Maclagan [aged 76].
Winifred, Duchess of Portland [aged 38], wearing the Portland Diamond Tiara, commissioned esppecially for the event, served as a canopy bearer to Queen Alexandra.
On 20th December 1902 [his son] Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent was born to King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 37] and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 35] at York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.86%. He married 29th November 1934 his second cousin Princess Marina Glücksburg Duchess Kent and had issue.
On 10th February 1904 [his brother-in-law] Alexander Teck 1st Earl Athlone [aged 30] and Princess Alice Countess Athlone [aged 20] were married at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. She the daughter of [his uncle] Leopold Saxe Coburg Gotha 1st Duke Albany and Helena Waldeck Duchess Albany. They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
In 1905 the union of Sweden and Norway was dissoved. [his brother-in-law] Haakon VII King Norway [aged 32] succeeded VII King Norway. [his sister] Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway [aged 35] by marriage Queen Consort Norway.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 12th July 1905 [his son] John Windsor was born to King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 40] and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 38]. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.86%.
The Times. 2nd February 1907.
Their Majesties the [his father] King [aged 65] and [his mother] Queen [aged 62], attended by the Countess of Gosford [aged 51], the Hon. Charlotte Knollys [aged 72], Captain the Hon. Seymour Fortescue, R.N [aged 50], and Major F. Ponsonby, left the Palace this morning for the British Embassy, Paris.
[his sister] Her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria [aged 38] accompanied Their Majesties to Calais [Map], and proceeded to Christiania on a visit to Their Majesties the [his brother-in-law] King [aged 34] and Queen of Norway [aged 37].
Lady Eva Dugdale and Colonel Sir Henry Knollys [aged 66] (Comptroller and Private Secretary to Her Majesty the Queen of Norway were in attendance upon Her Royal Highness. The King and Queen are travelling u the Duke and Duchess of Lancaster. The Countess of Gosford has succeeded Lady Alice Stanley as Lady in Waiting to Her Majesty.
The Prince of Wales [aged 41], accompanied by Prince Edward of Wales [aged 12], was present at Victoria Station, and took leave of the King and Queen on Their Majesties' departure for Paris. The Hon. Derek Keppel [aged 43] was in attendance.
On 6th May 1910 [his father] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 68] died. His son George [aged 44] succeeded V King of the United Kingdom. [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 42] by marriage Queen Consort England.
1911. Luke Fildes [aged 67]. Coronation Portrait of King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 45].
On 22nd June 1911 King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 46] was crowned V King of the United Kingdom. [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 44] was crowned Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland.
Dorothy Margaret Browne [aged 23] bore Queen Mary's train.
Edward Knollys 2nd Viscount Knollys [aged 16] carried the King's train
The Thistle Chapel, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map] was completed by autumn of 1910 with funding provided by John Leslie-Melville 12th Earl of Leven 11th Earl of Melville [aged 25] in time for the first St Andrew's Day gathering of the Knights. The Chapel was formally opened amidst much ceremony on 19 July 1911 by King George V [aged 46].
In 1912 George Holford [aged 51] and Susannah West Wilson [aged 47] were married at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. King George VI of the United Kingdom [aged 16], Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England [aged 11], Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 67] and Princess Victoria Windsor [aged 43] were present. The Times reported ... "The aisle was lined by non-commissioned officers of the bridegroom's old regiment the 1st Life Guards. The bride who was given away by her two sons, wore a gown of old Point d'Alençon lace with a train of gold brocade veiled in chiffon. Instead of a hat she wore a headdress of gold lace and pink roses and she carried a bouquet of orchids ... The King and Queen gave Sir George Holford a pair of sleeve links bearing the Royal monogram in diamonds and rubies."
On 4th June 1913 Emily Wilding Davison [aged 40] was hit by the King's [aged 48] horse Anmer after she had stepped into its path at Tattenham Corner during the Derby at Epsom Racecourse. The jockey Herbert Jones was injured. The King and [his wife] Queen [aged 46] were present. The King recorded in his diary "a most regrettable and scandalous proceeding". She was operated on two days later, but she never regained consciousness.
On 9th August 1914 Alastair Windsor 2nd Duke Connaught and Strathearn was born to Prince Arthur of Connaught [aged 31] and [his niece] Princess Alexandra Duff Duchess Fife [aged 23] at 54 Mount Street Grosvenor Square. He was baptised on 1st September 1914 at his parent's home. His godparents were his maternal great-uncle King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 49], Alfonso XIII King Spain [aged 28], his maternal great-grandmother [his mother] Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 69], his grandfather [his uncle] Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 64], his great-aunt [his aunt] Princess Louise Caroline Alberta Windsor Duchess Argyll [aged 66] and his cousin [his daughter] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood [aged 17]. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.89%.
On 7th November 1917 [his brother-in-law] Alexander Teck 1st Earl Athlone [aged 43] was created 1st Earl Athlone. Princess Alice Countess Athlone [aged 34] by marriage Countess Athlone.
On 18th January 1919 [his son] John Windsor [aged 13] died.
1921. Arthur Trevethin Nowell [aged 58]. Portrait of King George V [aged 55].
On 28th February 1922 [his son-in-law] Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood [aged 39] and Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood [aged 24] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His best-man was Major Victor Mackenzie 3rd Baronet [aged 39]. Her bridesmaids included Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox [aged 25], Mary Cambridge Duchess Beaufort [aged 24], Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon [aged 21], Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk [aged 28], Rachel Cavendish [aged 20], Helen Diana Bridgeman [aged 14], Mary Beatrice Thynne Baroness Nunburnholme [aged 18] and Princess May of Teck [aged 16]. The wedding was attending by her father and mother King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 56] and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 54]. She the daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England. He the son of Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood [aged 75] and Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood [aged 63].
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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28th February 1922 . Photograph of the wedding of [his son-in-law] Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood [aged 39] and [his daughter] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood [aged 24] with King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 56] and [his wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 54].
On 26th April 1923 King George VI of the United Kingdom [aged 27] and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England [aged 22] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 68] and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 60]. He the son of King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 57] and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 55].
Mary Elphinstone [aged 12] and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon [aged 11] were bridesmaids.
From 1925 to 1926 Vice Admiral Charles Andrew Fountaine [aged 45] served as Naval Aide de Camp to King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 59].
On 20th November 1925 [his mother] Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 80] died at Sandringham House, Norfolk at 5.25pm following a heart attack.
Adelaide Mail 1925 November 21. 21st November 1925. Death of Queen Alexandra [deceased]
Peaceful End of a Good Woman
Universal Tributes Of Love And Esteem
Alexandra, Dowager Queen of England, who was 81 years of age, and has been in feeble health for the past three years, was seized with a heart attack on Thursday morning about 11 o'clock and passed away at 5.25 on Friday afternoon.
('The Sun" Cable Service) London. Today. A high authority states that the first seizure which Queen Alexandra suffered occurred at 11 a.m. on Thursday, before she had risen. The dangerous nature of the condition was immediately realized. Queen Alexandra had wonderful vitality and met the crisis with all her courage, but was handicapped by her advanced age, coupled with her weak health for the past three years, which enfeebled her. The seizure followed a slight attack last week, of which the public were not informed.
Oxygen Administered
Despite the repeated administration of oxygen to Queen Alexandra, at 4.15 p.m. yesterday she was rapidly losing her strength, but was fighting death gallantly. She had not then realised the worst. She spoke to the King and Queen.
Last Moments
Sandringham was shrouded in a thick fog, which darkened the windows, at the time of the Queen's death. The scene in the death chamber was tragically impressive. Their Majesties, the Queen of Norway [aged 55], Princess Victoria [aged 57], and the Princess Royal [aged 58] arrived dressed in black. Prince Henry sat silently waiting and speaking little, though repeatedly questioning the physicians and expressing a hope for improvement. Queen Alexandra was in a most serious condition at 1 o'clock, but she rallied and appeared to recognize the family grouped at her bedside. She smiled sweetly and then an expression charged with poignant meaning illuminated her pale face. She immediately sank into unconscious ness, in which she died.
Official Bulletin
An official bulletin states that the King [aged 60] and Queen [aged 58] and members of the family were at the bedside. Queen Alexandra died at 5.25 p.m.
Prince Delayed
The railway station master at Sandringham broke the news of Queen Alexandra's death to the Prince of Wales [aged 31] and the Duke of York [aged 29], who arrived there at 6.45 p.m. Fog delayed the train carrying the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, who were stunned on learning the news in the station waiting room. Their faces showed the intensity of their grief. They entered a motor car, which crept slowly through the fog to Sandringham. Lady Charlote Knollys [aged 90], the lady in waiting; was lying ill in another; wing of the House, was among the first to be informed of Queen Alexandra's death.
Queen's Favorite Sister
Queen Alexandra's favorite sister the Dowager-Empress of Russia, is seriously ill at Hvidore, in Denmark. She has repeatedly expressed a wish to see Queen Alexandra.
Place of Burial
If is understood that Queen Alexandra will be buried in the vault alongside her husband and the Duke of Clarence in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, which has been the Boyal family's burial place' for 150 years.
The funeral arrangements have not yet fceen decided, pending the King's wishes but a state funeral in London is certain.
Lord Mayors Message
The King sent this message to the Lord Mayor:— 'I regret to inform you that my beloved mother has passed away." The Lord Mayor replied:— "On behalf of the London citizens I beg Your Majesty to accept our profound sympathy and condolences. The death of your illustrious mother removes a much revered and universally beloved public personality."
Great Press Tributes:
"According to 'The Westminster Gazette' the secret of the popular affection and esteem that Queen Alexandra enjoyed for 60 years was her personal charm and her devotion to her domestic and public duties. In any other walk of life she would have been known as an ideal mother. The extent of her private benefactions will never be known.
Her heavy personal sorrows were thrust bravely aside when public duty claimed her, and she was a gracious and majestic Queen Consort.
'The Daily News' says that Queen Alexandra leaves a memory of a gracious and winning personality, and a name that will always be held 'in honor among her adopted people.'
''The Dally Mail' says: — 'His people Empire-wide tender heartfelt sympathy to the King: in the hour of the greatest bereavement a man can know 'Queen Alexandra's life has been great and good, untouched by a breath of gossip or criticism. She was devoted to the welfare of her people, and was filled with affection and love for her own family and also for all sufferers. Queen Alexandra's wedding, as the first Royal marriage to evoke Empire-wide interest, was a landmark in Imperial history.'
The 'Daily Herald' says that the nation visualises Queen Alexandra as a good wife and good mother, whose most acute affliction was the death of her eldest son. Happily there was another to take his place.
Public Sorrow
Queen Alexandra's peaceful death was announced as Londoner were proceeding homeward along the streets. Immediately hushed expressions of sorrow were general. The news reached the Sandringham Rail way Station as the train was running in. Men removed their hats and women sobbed The Prince of Wales leaped on to the platform before the train stopped and vram followed by the Duke of York, who raised his hat slowly in response to the by standers' sympathy.
On 24th October 1927 [his brother-in-law] Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck [aged 59] died. He was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. His son George [aged 32] succeeded 2nd Marquess Cambridge.
On 4th January 1931 [his sister] Louise Windsor Duchess Fife [aged 63] died.
On 29th November 1934 Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent [aged 31] and Princess Marina Glücksburg Duchess Kent [aged 27] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Kent. The wedding was followed by a Greek ceremony in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace [Map]. She had eight bridesmaids: her first cousins Princess Irene Glücksburg [aged 30], He the son of King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 69] and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 67]. They were second cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 6th November 1935 Henry Windsor 1st Duke Gloucester [aged 35] and Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott Duchess Gloucester [aged 33] were married at Buckingham Palace [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Gloucester. She the daughter of John Scott 7th Duke Buccleuch 9th Duke Queensberry [deceased] and Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury [aged 63]. He the son of King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 70] and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 68].
On 20th January 1936 King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 70] died. His son Edward [aged 41] succeeded VIII King of the United Kingdom. Duke York merged with the crown.
In 24th March 1953 [his former wife] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 85] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Son of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 30 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert II Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Great x 2 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George August Count of Erbach Schonberg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ferdinande Henriette Countess of Stolberg Gedern 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Frederick III of Saxe Coburg Altenburg III 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Luise Dorothea Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anton Ulrich Duke of Saxe Meiningen
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Grand Duke Frederick Francis I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Sophie Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louise Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johann August Saxe Coburg Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: King Edward VII of the United Kingdom Son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland 2 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn Son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Adolphus Frederick II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Louis Frederick Duke of Mecklenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach
GrandMother: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Grand Daughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert II Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Great x 2 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George August Count of Erbach Schonberg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ferdinande Henriette Countess of Stolberg Gedern 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
King George V of the United Kingdom Son of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter August Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 
15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Karl Anton Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophie of Hesse-Philippsthal Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Great x 2 Grandfather: Friedrich Karl Ludwig Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frederica Charlotte Dohna Schlodien Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Great x 1 Grandfather: Friedrich Wilhelm Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg 18 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Friederike Schlieben Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
GrandFather: King Christian IX of Denmark 2 x Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hesse-Kassel 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Hesse-Kassel 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Hesse-Kassel Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland 2 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Hanover Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Louise Caroline Hesse-Kassel Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian VI King of Denmark and Norway 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick V King of Denmark and Norway 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louise Oldenburg Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland 2 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hesse-Kassel 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Hesse-Kassel 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Hesse-Kassel Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland 2 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Hanover Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Hesse-Kassel Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
GrandMother: Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian VI King of Denmark and Norway 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick V King of Denmark and Norway 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Prince Frederick Oldenburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert II Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliana Maria Welf Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Princess Charlotte of Denmark 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian Ludwig II Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Sophie Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England