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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

HRH Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow (7 April 1853 - 28 March 1884), was the hemophiliac son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

He was born in Buckingham Palace. He was created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow on 24 May 1881.

On 27 April 1882 in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, he married HSH Princess Helene Friederike Auguste of Waldeck and Pyrmont. They had two children, Princess Alice of Albany (1883-1981) and Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany and later reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1884-1954).

He died at the age of 31, of a brain hemorrhage from a minor blow to the head, in Villa Nevada in Cannes, in France. His posthumous son, Prince Charles Edward, succeeded him as Duke of Albany upon birth.