Queen Victoria's youngest son, delivered at Buckingham Palace with the aid of chloroform. A haemophiliac he died aged 30. Married Helena and had two children: daughter Alice and son, Charles Edward, who fought with the Germans against Britain in WW1. Leopold died in Cannes, France where he had gone for his health.
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Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert, Duke of Albany, K.G., K.T.,
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Duke of Albany
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dissolution of the monasteries
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