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John Charles Francis WINDSOR, 1905–1919?> (aged 13 years)
- Name
- John Charles Francis /WINDSOR/
- Surname
- WINDSOR
- Given names
- John Charles Francis
father |
1865–1936
Birth: 3 June 1865
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— London, England, Great Britain Death: 20 January 1936 — Sandringham, Norfolk, England, Great Britain |
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mother |
1867–1953
Birth: 26 May 1867
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34
— Kensington, Palace, London, England Death: 24 March 1953 — Marlborough Hse, London, England |
Marriage | Marriage — 6 July 1893 — St. James Palace, England |
1 year
elder brother |
1894–1972
Birth: 23 June 1894
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27
— Richmond, Surrey, England, Great Britain Death: 28 May 1972 — Paris, France |
18 months
elder brother |
1895–1952
Birth: 14 December 1895
30
28
— York Cottage, Sandringham Death: 5 February 1952 — Sandringham, England |
17 months
elder sister |
1897–1965
Birth: 25 April 1897
31
29
— Norfolk, England Death: 28 March 1965 — Yorkshire, England |
3 years
elder brother |
1900–1974
Birth: 31 March 1900
34
32
— Norfolk, England Death: 10 June 1974 — Barnwell Manor, Northamptonshire |
3 years
elder brother |
1902–1942
Birth: 20 December 1902
37
35
— Norfolk, England Death: 25 August 1942 — Morven, Scotland |
3 years
himself |
1905–1919
Birth: 12 July 1905
40
38
— Norfolk, England Death: 18 January 1919 — Norfolk, England |
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Burial of a paternal grandfather
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Death
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Reference number
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8577
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Unique identifier
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4D5BE2C06CF96748AA92C976BC89ADC5908E
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Note
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The royal family's refusal to acknowledge any human frailty is not new. Prince John, who would have become brother-in-law to both the Queen Mother and Princess Alice had he lived, was born in 1905. His life was transformed when he was four and had his first epileptic fit. His health-obsessed parents, later George V and Queen Mary, were appalled. He was excluded from official family photographs. He was not allowed to be present at his father's coronation in 1911. Early in 1917, John was removed from any risk of public discovery forever. He was consigned - with a nanny and two robust male attendants to hold him down whenever he had fits - to Wood Farm, on a corner of the Sandringham estate. He was never to see his parents again. Two years later John died in his sleep. The King and Queen drove the three miles from the main house at Sandringham to view his body. http://www.guardian.co.uk/monarchy/story/0,2763,346418,00.html Set against a backdrop of unprecedented upheaval in Britain, The Lost Prince tells the heartbreaking story of a prince that history forgot. Acclaimed writer and director Stephen Poliakoff (Shooting the Past) assembles a fabulous cast for this true story of an Edwardian prince, John, the youngest child of George V and Queen Mary. His short life spanned one of the most momentous periods in history -- the political build-up to the First World War and the machinations of European royalty in the early part of the 20th century. Diagnosed as an epileptic, and suffering from autistic-like learning difficulties, Prince John was unable to participate in public life and became increasingly isolated from his family. Gina McKee (The Forsyte Saga), Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters, Gosford Park), Miranda Richardson (The Hours, The Crying Game), and Michael Gambon (Wives and Daughters, Harry Potter) star in this human story of a unique family and an extraordinary boy. |
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