Prins Richard, hertig av Gloucester

Prins Richard, hertig av Gloucester
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Prins Richard, 2023.
SuccessionHertig av Gloucester
GemålBirgitte van Deurs, hertiginna av Gloucester
(vigda 8 juli 1972)
Barn* Alexander Windsor, earl av Ulster
* Lady Davina Lewis
* Lady Rose Gilman
PersonnamnRichard Alexander Walter George (Windsor)
FarPrins Henry, hertig av Gloucester
MorLady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott
Född26 augusti 1944
Northampton, Northamptonshire,
Storbritannien Storbritannien
YrkePrins av Storbritannien
Hertigens heraldiska vapen

Prins Richard, hertig av Gloucester (Richard Alexander Walter George Windsor), född den 26 augusti 1944 i Northampton, Northamptonshire, är son till Prins Henry, hertig av Gloucester och dennes hustru Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott (dotter till John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7:e hertig av Buccleuch), och medlem av det brittiska kungahuset samt kusin till drottning Elizabeth II.[1]

Prins Richard är utbildad arkitekt vid Magdalene College på Cambridgeuniversitetet.[1] Hans äldre broder prins William (född 1941) omkom i en flygolycka den 28 augusti 1972, varefter han tvingades lämna sin yrkeskarriär för att ägna sig åt kungliga representationsplikter på heltid.[1] Prinsen ärvde hertigtiteln efter faderns död 1974.[1]

Familj

Prins Richard gifte sig 8 juli 1972 med danskan Birgitte van Deurs (född 20 juni 1946) och de har tre barn:

  • Alexander Windsor, earl av Ulster (född 24 oktober 1974, gift med Claire Booth)
  • Lady Davina Lewis (född 19 november 1977, gift med Gary Lewis)
  • Lady Rose Gilman (född 1 mars 1980, gift med George Gilman)[2]

Utmärkelser

Storbritannien

Ordnar

Militära hedersbetygelser

Europa och Utländsk

Referenser

Noter

  1. ^ [a b c d] ”Biography” (på engelska). www.royal.uk. Royal Household. https://www.royal.uk/the-duke-of-gloucester?ch=2#bio-section-1. Läst 24 januari 2022. 
  2. ^ www.burkespeerage.com

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