Trivia

Father of Princess Alice (1883-1981) and Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884-1954).

First cousin once removed of King George V of Hanover and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge.

Son of Prince Albert (1819-1861) and Queen Victoria (1819-1901).

Fourth cousin once removed of Princess William of Prussia.

Younger brother of Victoria, Princess Roya, King Edward VII, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll and Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. Older brother of Princess Henry of Battenberg.

Grand-uncle of Prince John of the United Kingdom.

Nephew of Princess Feodora of Leiningen, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, owned a pet cat named 'Snowdrop'.

Uncle of Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864-1918), Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine, Tsarina Alexandra and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874-1878).

His granddaughter Sibylla married Prince Gustaf Adolf, son of Leopold's niece Princess Margaret of Connaught.