- In 1790, while still in Geneva, the Duke took up with "Madame de Saint-Laurent" (born Thérèse-Bernardine Montgenet), the wife of a French colonel. She went with him to Canada in 1791, where she was known as "Julie de Saint-Laurent". She accompanied the Duke for the next 28 years, until his marriage in 1818 The portrait of the Duke by Beechey was hers.
- The prince was promoted to the rank of major-general in October 1793. He served successfully in the West Indies campaign the following year, and was commander of the British camp at La Coste during the Battle of Martinique, for which he was mentioned in dispatches by General Charles Grey for his "great Spirit and Activity." He subsequently received the thanks of Parliament.
- As a son of the British monarch, he was styled His Royal Highness The Prince Edward from birth, and was fourth in the line of succession to the throne. He was named after his paternal uncle, the Duke of York and Albany, who had died several weeks earlier and was buried at Westminster Abbey the day before his birth.
- His wife was the daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and the sister of King Leopold I of Belgium, widower of the Duke's niece, Princess Charlotte. The Duchess was also a widow: her first husband had been Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, with whom she had had two children: a son Carl and a daughter Feodora.
- Various sources report that the Duke had two mistresses in Geneva: Adelaide Dubus and Anne Moré. Dubus died during the birth of their daughter Adelaide (1789 - 1832); Moré was the mother of Edward Schenker Scheener (1789-1853). Scheener married but had no children and returned to Geneva in 1837, where he died.
- In 1789, he was appointed colonel of the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers). In 1790, he returned home without leave and, in disgrace, was sent off to Gibraltar as an ordinary officer. He was joined from Marseilles by Madame de Saint-Laurent.
- His daughter, Victoria, after hearing Lord Melbourne's opinions, was able to add to her private journal of 1 August 1838 "from all what I heard, he was the best of all".
- Created the 1st Duke of Kent and Strathearn, and the 1st Earl of Dublin on April 23, 1799.
- Father of Queen Victoria. Father-in-law of Prince Albert, who was his wife's nephew.
- 3rd great-grandfather of: Prince Philip, King Carl XVI Gustaf, King Michael, George Earl of Harewood, King Peter II of Yugoslavia, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, King Harald V, Juan Carlos de Borbón, Pilar de Borbón, Gonzalo de Borbón, Alfonso de Borbón Dampierre, H.M. Queen Margrethe of Denmark, King Constantine II, Sofía de Grecia, Princess Irene of Greece, Prinsesse Benedikte, Duke of Gloucester, Princess Alexandra, Prince Michael of Kent, and Queen Anne-Marie.
- 6th great-grandfather of Prince George of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales, and Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
- 5th great-grandfather of: Prince William of Wales, Prince Harry, Zara Tindall, Peter Phillips, Princess Beatrice, Kronprins Christian, Princess Eugenie, Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y Borbón, Victoria Federica de Marichalar y Borbón, Juan Urdangarín Borbón, Pablo Urdangarín Borbón, Miguel Urdangarín Borbón, H.E. Greve Nikolai, and H.E. Greve Felix.
- Great-Grandfather of: Princess Margaret of Connaught, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Charles Edward, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Prince Henry of Prussia, Prince Albert Victor, Princess Alice, King George V, Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Tsarina Alexandra, Dronning Maud, Queen Marie of Romania, Elizabeth Feodorovna, Princess Irene of Prussia, Ernest Louis, Victoria Mountbatten, Princess Patricia of Connaught, Princess Louise, and Queen Victoria Eugenia.
- Son of George III.
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