- C ob urg - G oth a , ▁and ▁Princess ▁Victoria ▁Ad ela ide ▁of ▁Schles wig - Hol stein - S onder burg - G l ück s burg , ▁he ▁was ▁christ ened ▁Diet mar ▁Hub ert us ▁Friedrich ▁Wilhelm ▁Philipp ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁September ▁with ▁his ▁mat ernal ▁grand father , ▁Friedrich ▁Ferdinand , ▁Duke ▁of ▁Schles wig - Hol stein - S onder burg - G l ück s burg , ▁serving ▁as ▁god father . ▁Besides ▁r uling ▁a ▁state ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Empire , ▁Charles ▁Edward ▁was ▁a ▁British ▁peer ▁and ▁a ▁British ▁prince ▁as ▁the ▁grand son ▁of ▁Queen ▁Victoria . ▁Charles ▁Edward ▁lost ▁his ▁Cob urg ▁and ▁Goth a ▁throne ▁during ▁the ▁German ▁Revolution ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 8 – 1 9 , ▁and ▁then ▁was ▁stri pped ▁of ▁his ▁British ▁titles ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁for ▁s iding ▁with ▁Germany ▁in ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War . ▁ ▁Hub ert us ▁had ▁an ▁older ▁brother , ▁Her edit ary ▁Prince ▁Johann ▁Leopold , ▁who ▁was ▁he ir ▁apparent ▁to ▁their ▁father , ▁and ▁three ▁more ▁sib lings : ▁Princess ▁Sib yl la , ▁Princess ▁Caroline ▁Math ilde , ▁and ▁Prince ▁Friedrich ▁Jos ias . ▁Though ▁Charles ▁Edward ▁was ▁brought ▁up ▁as ▁an ▁English man ▁and ▁the ▁family ▁mainly ▁spoke ▁English ▁at ▁home , ▁Hub ert us ▁spoke ▁German ▁flu ently , ▁as ▁did ▁his ▁sib lings . ▁He ▁was ▁h inder ed ▁by ▁tim id ity ▁but ▁was ▁never theless