Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (formerly Prince Alastair of Connaught and Strathearn; 9 August 1914 – 26 April 1943) was a member of the British Royal Family, a great-grandson of Queen Victoria through his father and great-great-grandson of Victoria through his mother. Prince Alastair was denied the title of a British prince and the style His Highness in 1917. After this, he used a courtesy title from his mother, Ea...
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Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (formerly Prince Alastair of Connaught and Strathearn; 9 August 1914 – 26 April 1943) was a member of the British Royal Family, a great-grandson of Queen Victoria through his father and great-great-grandson of Victoria through his mother. Prince Alastair was denied the title of a British prince and the style His Highness in 1917. After this, he used a courtesy title from his mother, Earl of Macduff, and later, upon inheriting his grandfather's dukedom, the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn.
Alastair was born on 9 August 1914 at his parents' home at 54 Mount Street, Mayfair, London (now the Brazilian Embassy). His father was Prince Arthur of Connaught, the only son of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. His mother was Princess Arthur of Connaught (before her marriage Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife), the eldest daughter of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife and Louise...
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