Early Life
Prince John was born at York Cottage, on the Sandringham Estate, Norfolk, England. His father was Prince George, then Prince of Wales (later King George V), the eldest living son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. His mother was Mary, Princess of Wales (later Queen Mary), the eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Teck. At the time of his birth, he was sixth in the line of succession.
The Prince was baptised on 3 August 1905 at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham; his godparents were the King of Portugal; the Duke and Duchess of Sparta (his cousins); the Prince Carl of Denmark (his cousin); Princess Alexander of Teck (his cousin); Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (his eponymous great-granduncle); and the Duke of Fife (his uncle). Four of the five godfathers (the Duke of Sparta excluded) were represented by the Prince's father the Prince of Wales, while his aunt Princess Victoria stood proxy for both godmothers.
Prince John had his first epileptic seizure at age four. He did not attend his father's coronation on 22 June 1911.
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