Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick

Lord Downpatrick
Born	Edward Edmund Maximilian George Windsor (1988-12-02) 2 December 1988 London, England, UK
Parent(s)	George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews

Edward Edmund Maximilian George Windsor, Lord Downpatrick (born 2 December 1988), is the only son and heir apparent of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, and Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews.

Lord St Andrews is the elder son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. As such is Lord Downpatrick, after his father, heir to the Dukedom of Kent. In 2003, following the example of his grandmother, the Duchess of Kent, and uncle, Lord Nicholas Windsor, he became a member of the Roman Catholic Church and therefore was barred from the line of succession to the British Throne.

Downpatrick is the most senior person excluded from the line of succession for being a Roman Catholic under the Act of Settlement 1701, followed by his younger sister Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor who also has been confirmed as a Roman Catholic. However, his younger sister Lady Amelia Windsor remains in line to the throne. He was one of Diana, Princess of Wales's 17 godchildren.

Education

Downpatrick grew up in the locality of Cambridge, where his mother is an academic. After Eton, he went up to Keble College, Oxford, where he reads Modern Languages, specialising in French and German.

Ancestry

Family of Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick

16. George V of the United Kingdom               8. Prince George, Duke of Kent                       17. Princess Mary of Teck               4. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent                             18. Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark               9. Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark                       19. Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia               2. George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews                                   20. Sir William Henry Arthington Worsley, 3rd Baronet               10. Sir William Worsley, 4th Baronet                       21. Augusta Chivers Bower               5. Katharine Worsley                             22. John Brunner, 2nd Baronet               11. Joyce Morgan Brunner                       23. Lucy Marianne Vaughan Morgan               1. Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick                                         6. Maximilian Karl Tomaselli                             3. Sylvana Palma Tomaselli                                   28. Albert Preschez               14. Symphorien Cyrille Preschez                       29. Olympe Marguerite Maslin               7. Josiane Preschez                             30. Marcel Derain               15. Marcelle Louise Désiré Derain                       31. Emélie Eléonore Vallée