Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster

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Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard Windsor, Earl of Ulster (born 24 October 1974) is the only son of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. As the eldest son and heir of the Duke of Gloucester, he is styled Earl of Ulster. He attended Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and at King's College London where he took a BA in War Studies.

He was married on 22 June 2002 to Claire Booth, a physician, in the Queen's Chapel, St. James's Palace, London.

Lord Ulster was commissioned into the King's Royal Hussars in 1995 and has been a Captain since 2000; he saw active service in Kosovo in 2002. Lord Ulster has been even more rarely in the public eye than his two sisters, Lady Davina Lewis and Lady Rose Gilman.

Lord Ulster is currently 20th in the line of succession to the British Throne and serves as London Programmme Manager for the Transnational Crisis Project.^[1]

Lord and Lady Ulster had their first child, Xan Richard Anders, styled Lord Culloden by courtesy, on 12 March 2007.

[edit] Titles, styles, honours and arms

[edit] Titles

• 24 October 1974 – Earl of Ulster

[edit] Patrilineal descent

Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son.

His patrilineal descent (the principle behind membership in Germanic royal houses) can be traced back through the generations -- which means that if Earl of Ulster were to choose an historically accurate house name it would be Wettin, as all his male-line ancestors have been members.

The line diverges from the British royal line at Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, and from then on follows his paternal ancestors.

Descent before Conrad the Great is taken from fabpedigree.com and may be inaccurate.

House of Wettin

1. Burkhard I, Duke of Thuringia, d. 870
2. Burchard, Duke of Thuringia, 836 - 908
3. (possibly) Burkhard III of Grabfeldgau, 866 - 913
4. Dedi I, Count in the Hessegau, 896 - 957
5. (probably) Dietrich I, Count of Wettin, d. 976
6. (possibly) Dedi II, Count in the Hessegau, 946 - 1009
7. Dietrich II of Wettin, 991 - 1034
8. Thimo I, Count of Wettin, d. 1099
9. Thimo II the Brave, Count of Wettin, d. 1118
10. Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, 1098 - 1157
11. Otto II, Margrave of Meissen, 1125 - 1190
12. Dietrich I, Margrave of Meissen, 1162 - 1221
13. Henry III, Margrave of Meissen, c. 1215 - 1288
14. Albert II, Margrave of Meissen, 1240 - 1314
15. Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen, 1257 - 1323
16. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen, 1310 - 1349
17. Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia, 1332 - 1381
18. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 1370 - 1428
19. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, 1412 - 1464
20. Ernest, Elector of Saxony, 1441 - 1486
21. John, Elector of Saxony, 1468 - 1532
22. John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 1503 - 1554
23. Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, 1530 - 1573
24. John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, 1570 - 1605
25. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, 1601 - 1675
26. John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1658 - 1729
27. Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1697 - 1764
28. Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1724 - 1800
29. Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1750 - 1806
30. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1784 - 1844
31. Albert, Prince Consort, 1819 - 1861
32. Edward VII of the United Kingdom, 1841 - 1910
33. George V of the United Kingdom, 1865 - 1936
34. The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, 1900-1974
35. Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, 1944-
36. Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster, 1974-

[edit] References

1. ^ Transnational Crisis Project - Alexander Ulster