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Kent, George Edward Alexander Edmund

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Kent, George Edward Alexander Edmund (1902–1942)

English prince, fourth son of George V. He was killed in an air crash in Scotland while flying to Iceland to inspect British forces stationed there.

George was born in the royal residence at Sandringham, Norfolk. He joined the Royal Navy in 1916, but was forced by his health to retire in 1929. He married Princess Marina, daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1906–68), in 1934, and received the title of Duke of Kent. He was chancellor of the University of Wales from 1937. His children are Edward George Nicholas Patrick, Duke of Kent (born in 1935), Princess Alexandra (born in 1936), and Prince Michael of Kent (born in 1942).



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