Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein
Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Augustenburg, full name: Prince Christian Victor Albert Ludwig Ernst Anton von Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Augustenburg ( born April 14, 1867 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, and in † October 29, 1900 Pretoria, South Africa ) was a member of the British royal family and officer.
Life
Prince Christian Victor was the eldest son of Prince Christian of Schleswig -Holstein (1831-1917) and his wife Princess Helena of Great Britain and Ireland (1846-1923), third daughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland and Prince Consort Albert of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha. He was called in the family " Christle ".
Prince Christian Victor was educated at Wellington College, Magdalen College at Oxford University and at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was the first member of the British royal family, attended a public college. The Wellington College was founded by his grandfather, Prince Albert of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha, 1859. He was also captain of the cricket team and is the only member of the royal family, who exercised this sport.
Prince Christian Victor was a British officer in the 4th King's Royal Rifle Corps. He fought under Lord Kitchener in 1898, when the British troops defeated the Dervishes at Omdurman near Khartoum and won back to Sudan. He also took part in the expedition to Ashanti Ghana. In 1900 he served in the Second Boer War under Lord Roberts.
He died on 29 October 1900 in Pretoria from malaria and was also buried there.
Worth mentioning
- Prince Christian Victor was the favorite grandson of Queen Victoria.
- Two members of the royal family served in the Ashanti Uprising 1895-1896. Prince Christian Victor and his uncle Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg.