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Born 26 June 1962 (age 62) ( 1962-06-26 ) London, United Kingdom Other names George Philip Nicholas Windsor Spouse Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews (m. 1988) Children Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor, Lady Amelia Windsor, Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick Parents Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Cousins Lord Frederick Windsor, Lady Gabriella Windsor, James Ogilvy, Marina Ogilvy Similar People Sylvana Windsor - Countess, Lord Nicholas Windsor, Prince Edward - Duke of K, Lady Marina Charlotte, Edward Windsor - Lord Dow |
Polska Półka – Polish Bookshelf Project: George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews
George Philip Nicholas Windsor, Earl of St Andrews (born 26 June 1962), is the elder son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and his wife, Katharine, Duchess of Kent. He is styled Earl of St Andrews, one of his father's subsidiary titles, which he holds by courtesy as heir apparent to the Dukedom of Kent.
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- Polska Pka Polish Bookshelf Project George Windsor Earl of St Andrews
- Education and career
- Marriage and children
- Succession issues
- Patrilineal descent
- References
Education and career
Lord St Andrews was educated at Eton College and Downing College, Cambridge where he earned a MA degree.

A former diplomat, he is a Trustee of the SOS Children's Villages UK charity and a Patron of the Association for International Cancer Research. In April 2012, he also became a Trustee of the Next Century Foundation, a charity working throughout the Middle East.
St Andrews is Patron of the Welsh Sinfonia, Wales' professional chamber orchestra, conducted by Mark Eager.
St Andrews is a Trustee of the Global eHealth Foundation.
Marriage and children
On 9 January 1988, St Andrews married divorcee Sylvana Tomaselli in a register office at Edinburgh.
The couple have three children:
Succession issues
St Andrews' wife is a Roman Catholic. According to the Act of Settlement 1701, no person who is Roman Catholic or marries a Roman Catholic could succeed to the throne of any country whose constitution subscribes to that Act. Therefore, from his marriage until 26 March 2015 St Andrews was barred from succession to the throne. After the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 came into effect on 26 March 2015, he is no longer barred from succession and is currently 35th in line, although his two older children, as Catholics, are still barred.
The Dukedom of Kent is not subject to the Act of Settlement or the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, so St Andrews' son and heir, Lord Downpatrick, is in line to become the first Roman Catholic Duke or Earl of Kent since the Reformation.
Patrilineal descent
St Andrews'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 — meaning that were St Andrews to choose a historically accurate house name according to this principle it would be Wettin, to which all his male-line ancestors belonged.
This ancestral line diverges from the British royal line at Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, and from then on follows his paternal ancestors.
House of Wettin
- Burkhard I, Duke of Thuringia, d. 870
- Burchard, Duke of Thuringia, 836–908
- (possibly) Burkhard III of Grabfeldgau, 866–913
- Dedi I, Count in the Hessegau, 896–957
- (probably) Dietrich I, Count of Wettin, d. 976
- (possibly) Dedi II, Count in the Hessegau, 946–1009
- Dietrich II of Wettin, 991–1034
- Thimo I, Count of Wettin, d. 1099
- Thimo II the Brave, Count of Wettin, d. 1118
- Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, 1098–1157
- Otto II, Margrave of Meissen, 1125–1190
- Dietrich I, Margrave of Meissen, 1162–1221
- Henry III, Margrave of Meissen, c. 1215–1288
- Albert II, Margrave of Meissen, 1240–1314
- Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen, 1257–1323
- Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen, 1310–1349
- Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia, 1332–1381
- Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 1370–1428
- Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, 1412–1464
- Ernest, Elector of Saxony, 1441–1486
- John, Elector of Saxony, 1468–1532
- John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 1503–1554
- Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, 1530–1573
- John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, 1570–1605
- Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, 1601–1675
- John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1658–1729
- Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1697–1764
- Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1724–1800
- Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1750–1806
- Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1784–1844
- Albert, Prince Consort, 1819–1861
- Edward VII of the United Kingdom, 1841–1910
- George V of the United Kingdom, 1865–1936
- The Prince George, Duke of Kent, 1902–1942
- Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, b. 1935
- George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, b. 1962