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Prince George Duke of Kent

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Geburt:
20.12.1902
Tot:
25.08.1942
Zusätzliche namen:
Принц Великобритании Георг, George Edward Alexander Edmund
Kategorien:
Herzog, Prinz,Fürsten
Friedhof:
Highgate Cemetery, London

Prince George, Duke of Kent, KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO (George Edward Alexander Edmund; 20 December 1902 – 25 August 1942) was the fourth son and fifth child of King George V and Queen Mary.

He was the younger brother of Kings Edward VIII and George VI. He held the title of Duke of Kent from 1934 until his death in a military air-crash on 25 August 1942.

Early life

Prince George was born on 20 December 1902 at York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England. His father was George, Prince of Wales (later King George V), the only surviving son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. His mother was the Princess of Wales (later Queen Mary), the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Teck. At the time of his birth, he was fifth in the line of succession to the throne, behind his father and three older brothers.

George was baptised in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle on 26 January 1903 by Francis Paget, Bishop of Oxford.

Education and career

Prince George received his early education from a tutor and then followed his elder brother, Prince Henry (later the Duke of Gloucester), to St Peter's Court, a preparatory school at Broadstairs, Kent. At the age of thirteen, like his brothers, the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) and Prince Albert (later King George VI), before him, he went to naval college, first at Osborne and, later, at Dartmouth. He remained in the Royal Navy until March 1929, serving on HMS Iron Duke and later HMS Nelson. After leaving the navy, he briefly held posts at the Foreign Office and later the Home Office, becoming the first member of the royal family to work as a civil servant.

From January to April 1931 Prince George and his elder brother the Prince of Wales travelled 18,000 miles on a tour of South America. Their outward voyage was on the ocean liner Oropesa. In Buenos Aires they opened a British Empire Exhibition. They continued from the River Plate to Rio de Janeiro on the liner Alcantara and returned from Brazil to Europe on the liner Arlanza, landing at Lisbon. The princes returned via Paris and an Imperial Airways flight from Paris–Le Bourget Airport that landed specially in Windsor Great Park.

In October 1938 George was appointed Governor General of Australia in succession to Lord Gowrie with effect from November 1939. On 11 September 1939 it was announced that, owing to the outbreak of the Second World War, the appointment was postponed.

At the start of the Second World War, George returned to active military service in the rank of Rear Admiral, briefly serving on the Intelligence Division of the Admiralty. In April 1940, he transferred to the Royal Air Force. He temporarily relinquished his rank as Air Vice-Marshal (the equivalent of Rear Admiral) to assume the post of Staff Officer at RAF Training Command in the rank of Group Captain.

Marriage

On 12 October 1934, in anticipation of his forthcoming marriage to his second cousin Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark he was created Duke of Kent, Earl of St Andrews, and Baron Downpatrick. The couple married on 29 November 1934 at Westminster Abbey. They had three children:

  • Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (born 9 October 1935)
  • Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy (born 25 December 1936)
  • Prince Michael of Kent (born 4 July 1942)

Personal life

Both before and after his marriage, Prince George had a string of affairs with both men and women, from socialites to Hollywood celebrities. The better known of his lovers included banking heiress Poppy Baring, socialite Margaret Whigham (later Duchess of Argyll and involved in a notoriously scandalous divorce case), and Barbara Cartland (who believed him to be the father of her daughter Raine McCorquodale). There were "strong rumours" that he had affairs with musical star Jessie Matthews and Noël Coward, a relationship which Coward's long-term boyfriend, Graham Payn, denied. The security services "reported that Coward and Kent had been seen parading together through the streets of London, dressed and made up as women, and had once been arrested by the police for suspected prostitution".

The Duke of Kent is rumoured to have been addicted to drugs, especially morphine and cocaine, a rumour which reputedly originated with his friendship with Kiki Preston, whom he first met in the mid-1920s. Reportedly, Prince George shared Kiki in a ménage à trois with Jorge Ferrara, the bisexual son of the Argentinian ambassador to Britain. Other alleged sexual liaisons were with the art historian and Soviet spy Anthony Blunt and maharani of Cooch Behar, Indira Raje.

In his attempt to rescue his cocaine-addicted brother from the influence of Kiki, Edward VIII attempted for a while to persuade both George and Kiki to break off their contact, to no avail. Eventually, Edward forced George to stop seeing Kiki and also forced Kiki to leave England, while she was visiting George there in the summer of 1929. For years afterwards, Edward feared that George might relapse to drugs if he maintained his contact with Kiki. Indeed, in 1932, Prince George ran into Kiki unexpectedly at Cannes and had to be removed almost by force.

It has been alleged for years that American publishing executive Michael Temple Canfield (1926–1969) was the illegitimate son of Prince George and Kiki Preston. According to various sources, both Prince George's brother, the Duke of Windsor and Laura, Duchess of Marlborough, Canfield's second wife, shared this belief. Canfield was the adopted son of Cass Canfield, American publisher of Harper and Row. In 1953 Canfield married Caroline Lee Bouvier the younger sister of Jacqueline Bouvier who married US Senator and future US president John F. Kennedy the same year. Canfield and Bouvier divorced in 1959, and the marriage was annulled by the Roman Catholic Church in November 1962.

RAF career

As a young man the duke came to the opinion that the future lay in aviation. It became his passion, and in 1929 the duke earned his pilot's licence. He was the first of the Royal family to cross the Atlantic by air. Prior to his flying days, he entered the Royal Navy, and was trained in intelligence work while stationed at Rosyth.

In 1937, he was granted a commission in the Royal Air Force as a group captain. He was also made the Honorary Air Commodore of No. 500 (County of Kent) Squadron Auxiliary Air Force. Just before war broke out he became an RAF Air Vice-Marshal (approximately equal in rank to his Rear Admiral status earlier in the Royal Navy). In a characteristic gesture, he relinquished that rank in 1940 so that he would not be senior to more experienced officers, becoming a lower-ranked group captain and, in July 1941, an air commodore in the Welfare Section of the RAF Inspector General's Staff. In this role he went on official visits to RAF bases to help boost wartime morale. His death while in the service of the RAF marked the first time in more than 450 years that a member of the Royal family died on active service.

Death

Prince George died on 25 August 1942, at the age of 39, along with fourteen others, on board RAF Short Sunderland flying boat W4026, which crashed into a hillside near Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland, while flying from Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, to Iceland on non-operational duties. Prince George had a briefcase full of 100-krona notes, worthless in Iceland, handcuffed to his wrist, leading to speculation the flight was a military mission to Sweden, the only place where krona notes were of value.

The Prince's body was transferred initially to St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and he was buried in the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, directly behind Queen Victoria's mausoleum. His elder son, seven-year-old Prince Edward, succeeded him as Duke of Kent. Princess Marina, his wife, had given birth to their third child, Prince Michael, only seven weeks before Prince George's death.

In popular culture

The Duke's early life is dramatised in Stephen Poliakoff's television serial The Lost Prince (2003), a biography of the life of the Duke's younger brother John. In the film, the teenage Prince 'Georgie' is portrayed as sensitive, intelligent, artistic and almost uniquely sympathetic to his brother's plight. He is shown as detesting his time at the Royal Naval College and as having a difficult relationship with his austere father.

Much of George's later life was outlined in the documentary film The Queen's Lost Uncle. He is a recurring character in the revival of Upstairs, Downstairs (2010), played by Blake Ritson. He is portrayed as a caring brother, terrified of the mistakes that his family is making; later, he is portrayed as an appeaser of the German regime, but also as a supportive friend of Hallam Holland.

George and his eldest brother the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, are shown in Stephen Poliakoff's BBC television serial Dancing on the Edge (2013), in which they are portrayed as supporters of jazz and encouragers of Louis Lester's Jazz Band. A sexual attraction to Louis on George's part is also insinuated.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles
  • 20 December 1902 – 6 May 1910: His Royal Highness Prince George of Wales
  • 6 May 1910 – 12 October 1934: His Royal Highness The Prince George
  • 12 October 1934 – 25 August 1942: His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent
    • in Scotland from May 1935: His Grace the Lord High Commissioner

At the time of his death, Prince George's full style was His Royal Highness The Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund, Duke of Kent, Earl of Saint Andrews and Baron Downpatrick, Royal Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Royal Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.

Honours

British honours

  • KG: Knight of the Garter, 1923
  • KT: Knight of the Thistle, 1935
  • GCMG: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1934
  • GCVO: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 1924
  • Royal Victorian Chain
Appointments
  • 1932: Royal Bencher of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn
Arms

Around the time of his elder brother Prince Henry's twenty-first birthday, Prince George was granted the use of the Royal Arms, differenced by a label argent of three points, each bearing an anchor azure.

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        NameBeziehungGeburtTotBeschreibung
        1George  VGeorge VVater03.06.186520.01.1936
        2Jakob KettlerJakob KettlerRELATION_PROGENITOR28.10.161010.01.1682
        3Mary of TeckMary of TeckMutter26.05.186724.03.1953
        4Eduard  VIIIEduard VIIIBrüder23.06.189428.05.1972
        5George VIGeorge VIBrüder14.12.189506.02.1952
        6Princess Marina Duchess of KentPrincess Marina Duchess of KentEhefrau13.12.190627.08.1968
        7Prince AlfredPrince AlfredOnkel15.10.187406.02.1899
        8Sophia of  PrussiaSophia of PrussiaOnkel14.06.187013.01.1932
        9Nikolajs II RomanovsNikolajs II RomanovsOnkel19.05.186817.07.1918
        10Prince Albert VictorPrince Albert VictorOnkel08.01.186414.01.1892
        11Alexander CambridgeAlexander CambridgeOnkel14.04.187416.01.1957
        12Andrei  WladimirowitschAndrei WladimirowitschOnkel02.05.187930.10.1956
        13Michail Alexandrowitsch RomanowMichail Alexandrowitsch RomanowOnkel04.12.187813.06.1918
        14Anastasia RomanowaAnastasia RomanowaTante18.06.190117.07.1918
        15Princess Victoria of the  United KingdomPrincess Victoria of the United KingdomTante06.07.186803.12.1935
        16Maud of WalesMaud of WalesTante26.11.186920.11.1938
        17Великая княгиня Ксения АлександровнаВеликая княгиня Ксения АлександровнаTante06.04.187520.04.1960
        18Alice von BattenbergAlice von BattenbergTante25.02.188505.12.1969
        19Анастасия МихайловнаАнастасия МихайловнаTante28.07.186011.03.1922
        20Sophia of PrussiaSophia of PrussiaTante14.06.187013.01.1932
        21Marie of RomaniaMarie of RomaniaTante29.10.187518.07.1938
        22Ольга  РомановаОльга РомановаTante13.06.188224.11.1960
        23Princess AlicePrincess AliceTante25.02.188303.01.1981
        24Prince Nikita  Nikitich RomanovPrince Nikita Nikitich RomanovNeffe13.05.192303.05.2007
        25Prince Michael  Andreevich RomanoffPrince Michael Andreevich RomanoffNeffe15.07.192022.09.2008
        26Prince Alexander  RomanovPrince Alexander RomanovNeffe04.11.192921.09.2002
        27Princess Margaret, Countess of SnowdonPrincess Margaret, Countess of SnowdonNichte21.08.193009.02.2002
        28Elizabeth IIElizabeth IINichte21.04.192608.09.2022
        29Княгиня Ксения  РомановаКнягиня Ксения РомановаNichte10.03.191922.10.2000
        30Nikolaus  von GriechenlandNikolaus von GriechenlandSchwiegervater22.01.187208.02.1938
        31Grand Duchess Elena VladimirovnaGrand Duchess Elena VladimirovnaSchwiegermutter17.03.188213.03.1957
        32Princess Elizabeth of  Greece and DenmarkPrincess Elizabeth of Greece and DenmarkSchwägerin24.05.190411.01.1955
        33Wallis  SimpsonWallis SimpsonSchwägerin19.06.189624.04.1986
        34Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander Teck, DukeFrancis Paul Charles Louis Alexander Teck, DukeGroßvater28.08.183721.01.1900
        35Alexander IIIAlexander IIIGroßvater10.03.184501.11.1894
        36Edvards VIIEdvards VIIGroßvater09.11.184106.05.1910
        37Alfrēds Edinburgas, Olsteras un Kentas, Saksen- Koburgas  un Gotas HercogsAlfrēds Edinburgas, Olsteras un Kentas, Saksen- Koburgas un Gotas HercogsGroßvater06.09.184431.07.1900
        38Marija Alexandrowna RomanowaMarija Alexandrowna RomanowaGroßmutter17.10.185324.10.1920
        39Alix von  Hessen-DarmstadtAlix von Hessen-DarmstadtGroßmutter06.06.187217.07.1918
        40Мария ФёдоровнаМария ФёдоровнаGroßmutter26.11.184713.10.1928
        41Princess Mary Adelaide of CambridgePrincess Mary Adelaide of CambridgeGroßmutter27.11.183327.10.1897
        42Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise JuliaAlexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise JuliaGroßmutter01.12.184420.11.1925
        43Louis Ferdinand Prinz von PreußenLouis Ferdinand Prinz von PreußenPartner09.11.190726.09.1994
        44Jessie  MatthewsJessie MatthewsPartner11.03.190719.08.1981
        45Margaret  CampbellMargaret CampbellPartner01.12.191225.07.1993
        46
        Kiki PrestonPartner00.00.189823.12.1946
        47Noël  CowardNoël CowardPartner16.12.189926.03.1973
        48Ludwig IVLudwig IVUr-Großvater12.09.183713.03.1892
        49Alexander  Württemberg, DukeAlexander Württemberg, DukeUr-Großvater09.09.180404.07.1885
        50Albert von Sachsen-Coburg und GothaAlbert von Sachsen-Coburg und GothaUr-Großvater26.08.181914.12.1861
        51Christian IX DenmarkChristian IX DenmarkUr-Großvater08.04.181829.01.1906
        52Pawel  RomanowPawel RomanowUr-Großvater03.10.186030.01.1919
        53Константин КонстантиновичКонстантин КонстантиновичUr-Großvater10.08.185802.06.1915
        54Peter von  OldenburgPeter von OldenburgUr-Großvater26.08.181214.05.1881
        55George IGeorge IUr-Großvater24.12.184518.03.1913
        56Prince  AdolphusPrince AdolphusUr-Großvater24.02.177408.07.1850
        57Maximilian de  BeauharnaisMaximilian de BeauharnaisUr-Großvater02.10.181701.11.1852
        58Михаил НиколаевичМихаил НиколаевичUr-Großvater25.10.183218.12.1909
        59Alexander  II.Alexander II.Ur-Großvater29.04.181813.03.1881
        60Владимир АлександровичВладимир АлександровичUr-Großvater10.04.184704.02.1909
        61Николай СтаршийНиколай СтаршийUr-Großvater27.07.183113.04.1891
        62Elisabeth  von Sachsen-AltenburgElisabeth von Sachsen-AltenburgUr-Großmutter25.01.186524.03.1927
        63Marie von  Hessen-DarmstadtMarie von Hessen-DarmstadtUr-Großmutter08.08.182403.06.1880
        64Marija  Nikolajewna RomanowaMarija Nikolajewna RomanowaUr-Großmutter18.08.181921.02.1876
        65Alexandra von  OldenburgAlexandra von OldenburgUr-Großmutter02.06.183825.04.1900
        66Olga  RomanowaOlga RomanowaUr-Großmutter03.09.185118.06.1926
        67Olga  FjodorownaOlga FjodorownaUr-Großmutter20.09.183912.04.1891
        68Princess Theresa  of Nassau-WeilburgPrincess Theresa of Nassau-WeilburgUr-Großmutter17.04.181508.12.1871
        69Louise von  Hessen-KasselLouise von Hessen-KasselUr-Großmutter07.09.181729.09.1898
        70Marie  von MecklenburgMarie von MecklenburgUr-Großmutter14.05.185406.09.1920
        71Alexandra  GeorgievnaAlexandra GeorgievnaUr-Großmutter30.08.187024.09.1891
        72Alice Von Großbritannien und IrlandAlice Von Großbritannien und IrlandUr-Großmutter25.04.184314.12.1878
        73Queen VictoriaQueen VictoriaUr-Großmutter24.05.181922.01.1901
        74Princess AugustaPrincess AugustaUr-Großmutter25.07.179706.04.1889
        75Prince Philip,  Duke of EdinburghPrince Philip, Duke of EdinburghCousin10.06.192109.04.2021
        76Princess IrenePrincess IreneCousin13.02.190415.04.1974
        77
        Наталья МамонтоваCousin00.00.190300.00.1969
        78Марина  РомановаМарина РомановаCousin11.03.189215.05.1981
        79Тихон Куликовский-РомановТихон Куликовский-РомановCousin25.08.191708.04.1993
        80Elisabeth of  RomaniaElisabeth of RomaniaCousin12.10.189414.11.1956
        81Dmitri  RomanowDmitri RomanowCousin06.09.189105.03.1942
        82Татьяна РомановаТатьяна РомановаCousin10.06.189717.07.1918
        83Георг IIГеорг IICousin19.07.189001.04.1947
        84Великая княжна Мария НиколаевнаВеликая княжна Мария НиколаевнаCousin26.06.189917.07.1918
        85Irina  RomanowaIrina RomanowaCousin03.07.189526.02.1970
        86Князь Андрей АлександровичКнязь Андрей АлександровичCousin24.01.189708.05.1981
        87George BrasovGeorge BrasovCousin06.08.191021.07.1931
        88Prince Vasili AlexandrovichPrince Vasili AlexandrovichCousin07.07.190724.06.1989
        89Maria of YugoslaviaMaria of YugoslaviaCousin06.01.190022.06.1961
        90Ростислав АлександровичРостислав АлександровичCousin24.11.190231.07.1978
        91Гурий  КуликовскийГурий КуликовскийCousin23.04.191911.09.1984
        92Князь Никита АлександровичКнязь Никита АлександровичCousin16.01.190012.09.1974
        93Alexandrine  AugusteAlexandrine AugusteCousin24.12.187912.12.1952
        94Князь Дмитрий АлександровичКнязь Дмитрий АлександровичCousin15.08.190107.07.1980
        95Надежда  РомановаНадежда РомановаCousin15.03.189821.04.1988
        96Grand Duchess Maria PavlovnaGrand Duchess Maria PavlovnaCousin18.04.189013.12.1958
        97Князь Роман ПетровичКнязь Роман ПетровичCousin17.10.189623.10.1978
        98Natalie PaleyNatalie PaleyCousin05.12.190527.12.1981
        99Irina YusupovaIrina YusupovaCousin21.03.191530.08.1983
        100Wladimir Pawlowitsch  PaleyWladimir Pawlowitsch PaleyCousin09.01.189718.07.1918
        101Elena von  GriechenlandElena von GriechenlandCousin02.05.189628.11.1982
        102Ольга  НиколаевнаОльга НиколаевнаCousin15.11.189517.07.1918

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