Talk:Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe- Coburg and Gotha
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Did he shoot himself or die of syphilis? PatGallacher 19:21, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- died of his wounds Barliner 18:59, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] His Death
I have added my account of his death and in a seperate edit removed Packard's. Being seperate it should be easier to replace if necessary. That account said
One account states that the young Alfred had married an Irish woman. His parents insisted that the marriage be annulled under the 1772 Royal Marriages Act.[1] Alfred allegedly shot himself, but not quite fatally. He was sent (against the doctor's advice) with a tutor and a medical attendant to Meran, where he died. [2]
My account does not "allege" he shot himself, nor do I reference the British Royal Marriages Act. Saxe Coburg and Gotha law would govern the putative marriage, as by the time of the marriage Alfred was heir to a sovereign state which specifically precluded a union of its throne with that of Britain unless no other male heir existed. Barliner 19:12, 14 June 2007 (UTC)