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Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale

1864 - 1892

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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). 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 father and paternal grandmother Queen Victoria. Albert Victor was known to his family, and many later biographers, as "Eddy". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale has received more than 5,214,458 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale is the 186th most popular nobleman (up from 187th in 2019), the 627th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 661st in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Nobleman.

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, was the eldest son of the Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne from 1892 until his death in 1892. He was known to his family as "Eddy."

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale ranks 186 out of 1,415. Before him are Userkare, Jobst of Moravia, Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Frederick, Prince of Wales, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, and Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden. After him are Germaine of Foix, Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Queen Noor of Jordan, and Maria Theresa of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale ranks 19. Before him are Miguel de Unamuno, Alfred Hermann Fried, Dmitri Ivanovsky, Rudolf Kjellén, Heinrich Wölfflin, and Vilhelm Hammershøi. After him are Jules Renard, Frank Wedekind, Alexej von Jawlensky, Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Branislav Nušić, and Yun Chi-ho. Among people deceased in 1892, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale ranks 15. Before him are Thomas Cook, Rudolf von Jhering, John Couch Adams, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Louis Vuitton, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. After him are Deodoro da Fonseca, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Tewfik Pasha, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Charles Spurgeon, and Princess Alexandrine of Prussia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale ranks 627 out of 8,785. Before him are Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Edgar Wallace (1875), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), Chris Norman (1950), Thomas Savery (1650), and John Newlands (1837). After him are Alfonso de Portago (1928), Charles Laughton (1899), Willibrord (658), William Shockley (1910), Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850), and Alice Liddell (1852).

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Among NOBLEMEN In United Kingdom

Among noblemen born in United Kingdom, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale ranks 25. Before him are Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486), Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960), Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885), Anne, Princess Royal (1950), Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751), and Henry, Duke of Cornwall (1511). After him are Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (1964), Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905), Prince Michael of Kent (1942), Lady Sarah Chatto (1964), Isabella of England (1214), and John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389).

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