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Although Prince Albert’s full official title was Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, those closest to him knew him by a different name entirely. To distinguish the young royal from all the other Alberts multiplying in his family, everyone just affectionately called him “Eddy.”

Duke of Clarence. Born two months prematurely at Windsor, Albert Victor Christian Edward was the eldest son of HRH Edward and HRH Alexandra, Prince and Princess of Wales and grandson of Queen Victoria. He was known to his family as Eddy.

Duke of Clarence and Avondale was a title awarded to Prince Albert Victor, a grandson of Queen Victoria, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [1] 'Clarence' is believed [by whom?] to refer to Clare in Suffolk; 'Avondale' refers to the valley of the Avon Water in Scotland.

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale , was the eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales . From the time of his birth, he was second in the line of succession to the British throne, but did not become king or Prince of Wales because he died before both his grandmother Queen Victoria and his father.

The title became tarnished once again when Prince Albert Victor, or ‘Eddy’ as he was known, was named Duke of Clarence and Avondale and later got embroiled in a scandal involving a gay brothel and was even suggested as a candidate for notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper.

1st Earl of Clarence: Duke of Clarence and Avondale, 1890: Prince Albert Victor (1864–1892) Duke of Clarence and Avondale: Charles Edward (1884–1954) Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke of Albany 2nd Earl of Clarence: Dukedom extinct, 1892: Honours forfeit, 1919

"Albert Victor, Prince, duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864–1892), grandson of Queen Victoria" published on by Oxford University Press.

Duke of Clarence and Avondale was a title awarded to Prince Albert Victor, a grandson of Queen Victoria, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Dukedom of Clarence and Avondale. Arms of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale.