Royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom

The dukedoms held by the members of the British royal family

In the British peerage, a royal duke is a member of the British royal family, entitled to the titular dignity of prince and the style of His Royal Highness, who holds a dukedom. Dukedoms are the highest titles in the British roll of peerage, and the holders of these particular dukedoms are princes of the blood royal. The holders of the dukedoms are royal, not the titles themselves. They are titles created and bestowed on legitimate sons and male-line grandsons of the British monarch, usually upon reaching their majority or marriage.[1] The titles can be inherited but cease to be called "royal" once they pass beyond the grandsons of a monarch. As with any peerage, once the title becomes extinct, it may subsequently be recreated by the reigning monarch at any time.

## Royal status of dukedoms

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In the United Kingdom, there is nothing intrinsic to any dukedom that makes it "royal". Rather, these peerages are called royal dukedoms because they are created for, and held by, members of the royal family who are entitled to the titular dignity of prince and the style Royal Highness. Although the term "royal duke", therefore, has no official meaning per se, the category "Duke of the Blood Royal" was acknowledged as a rank conferring special precedence at court in the unrevoked 20th clause of the Lord Chamberlain's order of 1520.[2][3] This decree accorded precedence to any peer related by blood to the sovereign above all others of the same degree within the peerage. The order did not apply within Parliament, nor did it grant precedence above the archbishop of Canterbury or other Great Officers of State such as is now enjoyed by royal dukes. But it placed junior "Dukes of the Blood Royal" above the most senior non-royal duke, junior "Earls of the Blood Royal" above the most senior non-royal earl (cf. Earldom of Wessex), etc. It did not matter how distantly related to the monarch the peers might be (presumably they ranked among each other in order of succession to the Crown). Although the 1520 order is theoretically still in effect, in fact the "Blood Royal" clause seems to have fallen into desuetude by 1917 when King George V limited the style of Royal Highness to children and male-line grandchildren of the sovereign. Thus peers of the blood royal who are neither sons nor grandsons of a sovereign are no longer accorded precedence above other peers.

When the present Duke of Gloucester and Duke of Kent are successed by their heirs (currently Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster and George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, respectively) their peerages (as created in 1928 and 1934) will cease to be royal dukedoms; instead their holders will become "ordinary" dukes.[4] The third dukes of Gloucester and Kent will each be styled His Grace because, as great-grandsons of King George V (or more distant relations, if the present Dukes outlive their sons), they are not princes and are not styled HRH. Similarly, upon the death of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942) (the third son of Queen Victoria), his only male-line grandson, Alastair, Earl of Macduff (1914–43), briefly succeeded to his peerages and was styled His Grace. Before the 1917 changes, his style had been His Highness Prince Alastair of Connaught.

## Current royal dukedoms

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The current royal dukedoms, held as principal titles, in order of precedence, are:

Dukedom | Holder | Year created | Subsidiary titles

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Duke of Sussex | Prince Harry | 2018  | Earl of Dumbarton
Baron Kilkeel
Duke of York | Prince Andrew | 1986  | Earl of Inverness
Baron Killyleagh
Duke of Edinburgh | Prince Edward | 2023  | Earl of Wessex
Earl of Forfar
Viscount Severn
Duke of Gloucester | Prince Richard | 1928  | Earl of Ulster
Baron Culloden
Duke of Kent | Prince Edward | 1934  | Earl of St Andrews
Baron Downpatrick

The following dukedoms are currently held by William, Prince of Wales:

* Duke of Cornwall is a title automatically held by the Sovereign's eldest son in England.[1][5] In addition to the dukedom of Cornwall, a peerage, the holder also enjoys a life interest in the Duchy of Cornwall.
* Duke of Rothesay is a title automatically held by the Sovereign's heir apparent in Scotland,[1] who is properly called "HRH The Prince William, Duke of Rothesay" (rather than "HRH The Prince of Wales") in Scotland.
* Duke of Cambridge is a title which was conferred on the Prince on his wedding day, 29 April 2011.

With the exceptions of the dukedoms of Cornwall and Rothesay (which can only be held by the eldest living son of the sovereign who is also the heir apparent), these dukedoms are hereditary according to the letters patent that created them.[1] Those patents contain the standard remainder to "heirs male of his body", with the exception of the Dukedom of Edinburgh, which is a life peerage and will become extinct on the death of the current Duke.[6] The Dukedom of Edinburgh is the first dukedom created for life in the Royal Family since the granddaughter of Edward I of England, Margaret of Brotherton, was created the Duchess of Norfolk for life (in her own right) in 1397.

By law the British monarch also holds, and is entitled to the revenues of, the Duchy of Lancaster. Within the borders of the County Palatine of Lancashire, therefore, the monarch is hailed as "The King/Queen, The Duke of Lancaster" (even when the monarch is a queen regnant, by tradition she does not use the title Duchess).[1] However, legally the monarch is not the Duke of Lancaster: peerages are in origin held feudally of the sovereign who, as the fount of honour, cannot hold a peerage of him- or herself. The situation is similar in the Channel Islands, where the monarch is addressed as Duke of Normandy, but only in accordance with tradition. He or she does not hold the legal title of Duke of Normandy.

## Former royal dukedoms

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The following is a list of dukedoms previously created for members of the royal family, but which have subsequently merged in the crown, become extinct or have otherwise ceased to be royal dukedoms.

### Extinct dukedoms

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Title | Status | Notes

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Duke of Albemarle | Deprived in 1399  | Non-royal dukedom created in 1660 (extinct 1688);
non-royal Earldom of Albemarle (created 1697) is extant
Duke of Clarence[1] | Forfeit in 1478  | Earldom of Clarence (created 1881) is a subsidiary title of the suspended Dukedom of Albany
Duke of Clarence and Avondale | Extinct in 1892  |
Duke of Clarence and St Andrews | Merged in the crown in 1830  | Earldom of St Andrews (created 1934) is a subsidiary title of the extant Dukedom of Kent
Duke of Connaught and Strathearn[1] | Extinct in 1943  | Earldom of Strathearn (created 2011) is a subsidiary title of the extant Dukedom of Cambridge
Duke of Cumberland[1] | Extinct in 1765  |
Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn | Extinct in 1790  |
Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh | Extinct in 1834  | Separate Dukedoms of Gloucester and Edinburgh are extant.
Duke of Hereford | Merged in the crown in 1399  | Non-royal Viscountcy of Hereford (created 1550) is extant
Duke of Kendal[1] | Extinct in 1667  | Non-royal dukedom created in 1719 (extinct 1743).
Duke of Kent and Strathearn | Extinct in 1820  | Earldom of Strathearn (created 2011) is a subsidiary title of the extant Dukedom of Cambridge.
Duke of Kintyre and Lorne | Extinct in 1602  | Non-royal Marquessate of Kintyre and Lorne (created 1701) is a subsidiary title of the extant Dukedom of Argyll
Duke of Ross | Extinct in 1515  |
Duke of Windsor | Extinct in 1972  | The title that was given to King Edward VIII after his abdication.
Non-royal Barony (created 1529) and Viscountcy of Windsor (created 1905) are subsidiary titles of the extant Earldom of Plymouth.
Non-royal Earldom of Windsor (created 1796) is a subsidiary title of the extant Marquessate of Bute.
Duke of York and Albany | Extinct in 1827  |

### Extinct as royal dukedoms

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Title | Royal creation | Current status

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Duke of Bedford | Extinct in 1495  | Non-royal dukedom created in 1694 is extant
Duke of Norfolk | Extinct in 1483  | Non-royal dukedom created in 1483 is extant
Duke of Somerset | Extinct in 1500  | Non-royal dukedom created in 1547 is extant

### Suspended dukedoms

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Under the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 the holders of the following dukedoms, who were simultaneously British princes and members of royal and princely families of Germany, were deprived of their British titles, having sided with Germany during the First World War. The Act provides that a successor of a person thus deprived of a peerage can petition the Crown for revival of the title. No such descendant has done so.

Title | Created | Deprived holder | Current claimant

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Duke of Albany[1] | 1881  | Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | Prince Hubertus of Saxe Coburg and Gotha
Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale | 1799  | Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover | Prince Ernst August of Hanover

## Royal dukedoms created since 1726

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Coat of arms  | Title  | Prince  | Date created  | Notes

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### Reign of King George I

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| Duke of Edinburgh | Prince Frederick | 15 July 1726  | Created Prince of Wales in 1729
Merged with the Crown in 1760
| Duke of Cumberland | Prince William | 15 July 1726  | Extinct in 1765[a]

### Reign of King George II

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| Duke of York and Albany | Prince Edward | 1 April 1760[7] | Extinct in 1767[a]

### Reign of King George III

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| Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh | Prince William Henry | 17 November 1764[8] | Extinct in 1834[b]
| Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn | Prince Henry | 22 October 1766  | Extinct in 1790[a]
| Duke of York and Albany | Prince Frederick | 27 November 1784[9] | Extinct in 1827[a]
| Duke of Clarence and St Andrews | Prince William | 19 May 1789[10] | Merged with the Crown in 1830
| Duke of Kent and Strathearn | Prince Edward | 23 April 1799[11] | Extinct in 1820[a]
| Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale | Prince Ernest Augustus | Deprived in 1919
| Duke of Sussex | Prince Augustus Frederick | 24 November 1801[12] | Extinct in 1843[a]
| Duke of Cambridge | Prince Adolphus | Extinct in 1904[c]

### Reign of Queen Victoria

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| Duke of Edinburgh | Prince Alfred | 24 May 1866[13] | Extinct in 1900[a]
| Duke of Connaught and Strathearn | Prince Arthur | 24 May 1874[14] | Extinct in 1943[d]
| Duke of Albany | Prince Leopold | 24 May 1881[15] | Deprived in 1919
| Duke of Clarence and Avondale | Prince Albert Victor | 24 May 1890[16] | Extinct in 1892[a]
| Duke of York | Prince George | 24 May 1892[17] | Created Prince of Wales in 1901
Merged with the Crown in 1910

### Reign of King George V

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| Duke of York | Prince Albert | 3 June 1920[18] | Merged with the Crown in 1936
| Duke of Gloucester | Prince Henry | 30 March 1928[19] | Extant[e]
| Duke of Kent | Prince George | 9 October 1934[20] | Extant[e]

### Reign of King George VI

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| Duke of Windsor | Prince Edward | 8 March 1937[21] | Extinct in 1972[a]
| Duke of Edinburgh | Prince Philip | 20 November 1947[22] | Merged with the Crown in 2022

### Reign of Queen Elizabeth II

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| Duke of York | Prince Andrew | 23 July 1986[23] | Extant[f]
| Duke of Cambridge | Prince William | 29 April 2011[24] | Created Prince of Wales in 2022
Extant
| Duke of Sussex | Prince Henry (Harry) | 19 May 2018[25][26] | Extant

### Reign of King Charles III

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| Duke of Edinburgh | Prince Edward | 10 March 2023[27] | Extant[g]

## Forms of address

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* Address: His/Her Royal Highness The Duke/Duchess of (X)
* Speak to as: Your Royal Highness
* After: Sir/Madam

## Coronet

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While non-royal dukes are entitled to a coronet of eight strawberry leaves, to bear at a coronation and on his coat of arms, royal dukes are entitled to princely coronets (four cross pattées alternating with four strawberry leaves). The coronets of the royal family are dictated by letters patent. The Dukes of Sussex, of York and of Edinburgh bear by letters patent the coronet of a child of the sovereign (four crosses patées alternating with four fleurs-de-lis), while the Duke of Cornwall, Rothesay and Cambridge has use of the Prince of Wales' coronet, and the current dukes of Gloucester and of Kent, as grandsons of a sovereign bear the corresponding coronet of a royal duke.

At coronations, apart from the differentiation of princely coronets from ducal coronets, a royal duke is also entitled to six rows of ermine spots on his mantle, as opposed to the four rows borne by an "ordinary" duke.

* Coronet of the Duke of Cornwall, Rothesay and Cambridge.

* Coronet of the dukes of Sussex, of York and of Edinburgh.

* Coronet of the dukes of Gloucester and of Kent.

## Family tree

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Family tree of Royal dukes in the United Kingdom

Includes dukes of: Albany, Albemarle, Bedford, Cambridge, Clarence, Connaught and Strathearn, Cumberland, Edinburgh, Gloucester, Gloucester and Edinburgh, Hereford, Kent, Kintyre and Lorne, Norfolk, Ross, Somerset, Sussex, Windsor, and York, but only when royally.

Non-royal dukes are not included; see Royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom.
Titles mandated for use by the heir apparent (Duke of Rothesay and the 1337 creation of the Duke of Cornwall) are also not included, see Princes of Wales family tree.

| Robert II
1316–1390| | | | | | | | | | | | | | King Edward III
1312–1377

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| | | | | Duke of Albany (1st creation), 1398| | | | | | | Duke of Clarence (1st creation), 1362| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Duke of York (1st creation), 1385| | | | |
Robert III
c. 1337–1406| | Robert Stewart
c. 1340–1420
1st Duke of Albany| | Edward the Black Prince
1330–1376| | Lionel of Antwerp
1338–1368
Duke of Clarence| | | | | | John of Gaunt
1340–1399| | | | | | Edmund of Langley
1341–1402
1st Duke of York| | | | |
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| | | | | Murdoch Stewart
c. 1362–1425
2nd Duke of Albany| | Richard of Bordeaux
1367–1400
Duke of Cornwall, later King Richard II| | | | | | Henry Bolingbroke
1367–1413
Duke of Hereford, later King Henry IV| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Thomas of Woodstock
1355–1397
Duke of Gloucester
| | | | | Dukedom of Albany (1st creation) forfeit, 1425| | Dukedom of Cornwall (2nd creation) merged in the crown, 1377| | | | | | Dukedom of Hereford merged in the crown, 1399| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dukedom of Gloucester (1st creation) extinct, 1397
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| | | | | | | | | Duke of Clarence (2nd creation), 1412| | Duke of Bedford (1st & 2nd creations), 1414| | Duke of Gloucester (2nd creation), 1414| | | | | | | | | | | | Duke of Albemarle (Aumale) (1st creation), 1397| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Thomas of Lancaster
1387–1421
Duke of Clarence| | John of Lancaster
1389–1435
Duke of Bedford
Surrendered dukedom and then regranted, 1433| | Humphrey of Lancaster
1390–1447
Duke of Gloucester| | John Beaufort
1373–1410| | Joan Beaufort
c. 1379–1440| | Edward of Norwich
c. 1373–1415
Duke of Aumale, 2nd Duke of York| | Richard of Conisburgh
1385–1415
| | | | | | | | | Dukedom of Clarence (2nd creation) extinct, 1421| | Dukedom of Bedford (2nd creation) extinct, 1435| | Dukedom of Gloucester (2nd creation) extinct, 1447| | | | | | | | | | | | Dukedom of Albemarle (Aumale) (1st creation) forfeit, 1399| | | | |
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Duke of Cornwall (3rd creation), 1460
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James I
1394–1437| | Joan Beaufort
c. 1404–1445| | | | | | John Beaufort
1404–1444| | | | | | | | | | Richard Neville
1400–1460| | Cecily Neville
1415–1495| | Richard of York
1411–1460
3rd Duke of York, Duke of Cornwall
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| | | | | Duke of Bedford (5th creation), 1485| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Duke of Clarence (3rd creation), 1461| | Duke of Gloucester (3rd creation), 1461
James II
1430–1460| | Jasper Tudor
c. 1431–1495
Duke of Bedford| | Edmund Tudor
c. 1430–1456| | Lady Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509| | John Neville
c. 1431–1471| | Elizabeth Woodville
c. 1437–1492| | Prince Edward
1442–1483
4th Duke of York, later King Edward IV| | George Plantagenet
1449–1478
Duke of Clarence| | Richard of York
1452–1485
Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard III
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| | | | | Dukedom of Bedford (5th creation) extinct, 1495| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dukedom of York (1st creation) merged in the Crown, 1461| | Dukedom of Clarence (3rd creation) forfeit, 1478| | Dukedom of Gloucester (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 1483
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Duke of Albany (2nd creation), 1458| | | | | | | | | | | Duke of Bedford (3rd creation), 1470| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Duke of York (2nd creation), 1474
Duke of Norfolk (3rd creation), 1477| | Duke of Bedford (4th creation), 1478
Alexander Stewart
c. 1454–1485
1st Duke of Albany| | James III
1451/1452–1488| | | | | | George Neville
1457–1483
Duke of Bedford| | King Henry VII
1457–1509| | Elizabeth of York
1466–1503| | | | | | Richard of Shrewsbury
1473–1483
Duke of York, Duke of Norfolk| | George of York
1477–1479
Duke of Bedford

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| | | | | Duke of Ross (1st creation), 1488| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Duke of York (3rd creation), 1494| | Duke of Somerset (3rd creation), 1499
John Stewart
1482–1536
2nd Duke of Albany| | James Stewart
1476–1504
Duke of Ross| | James IV
1473–1513| | | | | | Margaret Tudor
1489–1541| | Prince Henry
1491–1547
Duke of York, later King Henry VIII| | Edmund Tudor
1499–1500
Duke of Somerset (nominated but probably not invested)
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Dukedom of Albany (2nd creation) extinct, 1536| | Dukedom of Ross (1st creation) extinct, 1504| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dukedom of York (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 1509| | Dukedom of Somerset (3rd creation) extinct, 1500
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1512–1542| | Alexander Stewart
1514–1515
Duke of Ross
| | | | | | | | Duke of Albany (3rd creation), 1565| | | | | | | Dukedom of Ross (2nd creation) extinct, 1515
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1546–1567
1st Duke of Albany| | Mary, Queen of Scots
1542–1587

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1566–1625
2nd Duke of Albany, later King James VI & I
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Duke of York (4th creation), 1605| | Duke of Kintyre and Lorne, 1602
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1596–1662| | | | | | Prince Charles
1600–1649
Duke of Albany, Duke of York, later King Charles I| | Robert Stuart
1602
Duke of Kintyre and Lorne
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Duke of Albany (5th creation), 1660| | Duke of Gloucester (4th creation), 1659
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1630–1714| | | | | | James Stuart
1633–1701
Duke of York, Duke of Albany, later King James II| | Prince Henry
1640–1660
Duke of Gloucester
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| | | | King George I
1660–1727| | Ernest Augustus
1674–1728
Duke of York and Albany| | Charles Stuart
1660–1661
styled Duke of Cambridge| | James Stuart
1663–1667
Duke of Cambridge| | Queen Anne
1665–1714| | Charles Stuart
1666–1667
designated Duke of Kendal| | Edgar Stuart
1667–1671
Duke of Cambridge| | Charles Stuart
1677
styled Duke of Cambridge
| | | | | | | | | Dukedom of York and Albany (1st creation) extinct, 1728| | | | | | Dukedom of Cambridge (1st creation) extinct, 1667| | | | | | | Dukedom of Kendal (1st creation), extinct, 1667| | Dukedom of Cambridge (2nd creation) extinct, 1671
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| | | | Prince George
1683–1760
Duke of Cambridge, later King George II| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Prince William
1689–1700
styled Duke of Gloucester
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1707–1751
1st Duke of Edinburgh, styled Duke of Gloucester until created Duke of Edinburgh| | Prince William Augustus
1721–1765
Duke of Cumberland
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1738–1820
2nd Duke of Edinburgh, later King George III| | | | | | Prince Edward
1739–1767
Duke of York and Albany| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Prince William Henry
1743–1805
1st Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh| | Prince Henry
1745–1790
Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn
| | | | Dukedom of Edinburgh (1st creation), merged in the Crown, 1760| | | | | | Dukedom of York and Albany (2nd creation) extinct, 1767| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dukedom of Gloucester and Edinburgh unused, 1805–1816| | Dukedom of Cumberland and Strathearn extinct, 1790
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Duke of York and Albany (3rd creation), 1784| | Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, 1789| | Duke of Kent and Strathearn, 1799| | Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, 1799| | Duke of Sussex (1st creation), 1801| | Duke of Cambridge (4th creation), 1801| | | | | | | | | |
Prince Frederick
1763–1827
Duke of York and Albany| | Prince William Henry
1765–1837, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, later King William IV| | Prince Edward
1767–1820
Duke of Kent and Strathearn| | Ernest Augustus
1771–1851
King of Hanover, 1st Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale| | Prince Augustus Frederick
1773–1843
Duke of Sussex| | Prince Adolphus
1774–1850
1st Duke of Cambridge| | Princess Mary
1776–1857| | Prince William Frederick
1776–1834
2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Dukedom of York and Albany (3rd creation) extinct, 1827| | Dukedom of Clarence and St Andrews merged in the Crown, 1830| | Dukedom of Kent and Strathearn extinct, 1820| | | | | | | Dukedom of Sussex (1st creation) extinct, 1843| | | | | | | | | | | Dukedom of Gloucester and Edinburgh extinct, 1834
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1819–1901| | George V
1819–1878
King of Hanover, 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale| | | | | | Prince George
1819–1904
2nd Duke of Cambridge| | Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
1833–1897
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1841–1910| | | | | | Prince Ernest Augustus
1845–1923
3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale| | Princess Alice
1843–1878| | Prince Alfred Ernest Albert
1844–1900
Duke of Edinburgh| | | Prince Arthur
1850–1942
1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn| | Prince Leopold
1853–1884
1st Duke of Albany
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Duke of Clarence and Avondale, 1890| | Duke of York (6th creation), 1892| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Prince Albert Victor
1864–1892
Duke of Clarence and Avondale| | George Frederick Ernest Albert
1865–1936
Duke of York, later King George V| | Mary of Teck
1867–1953| | Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
1863–1950| | | | | | | | | | Prince Arthur of Connaught
1883–1938| | | | |

Dukedom of Clarence and Avondale extinct, 1892| | Dukedom of York (6th creation) merged in the Crown, 1910| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Duke of Windsor, 1937| | Duke of York (7th creation), 1920| | | | | | | | | | | Duke of Kent (2nd creation), 1934| | Duke of Gloucester (5th creation), 1928| | | | | | | | | |
King Edward VIII
1894–1972
Later Duke of Windsor| | Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George
1895–1952
Duke of York, later King George VI| | | | | | Princess Alice of Battenberg
1885–1969| | Prince George
1902–1942
1st Duke of Kent| | Prince Henry
1900–1974
1st Duke of Gloucester| | Prince Alastair Arthur
1914–1943
2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn| | Prince Charles Edward
1884–1954
2nd Duke of Albany
Dukedom of Windsor extinct, 1972| | Dukedom of York (7th creation) merged in the Crown, 1936| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dukedom of Connaught and Strathearn extinct, 1943| | Dukedom of Albany (6th creation) forfeit, 1919
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1926–2022| | Prince Philip
1921–2021
1st Duke of Edinburgh| | | | | | Prince Edward
b. 1935
2nd Duke of Kent| | | | |

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| | | | Prince Charles
b. 1948
2nd Duke of Edinburgh, later King Charles III| | Prince Andrew
b. 1960
Duke of York| | Prince Edward
b. 1964
Duke of Edinburgh| | George Windsor
b. 1962| | Prince Richard
b. 1944
2nd Duke of Gloucester
| | | | Dukedom of Edinburgh (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 2022| | No male heirs| | Dukedom of Edinburgh (4th creation) is a life peerage and therefore not hereditary| | Heir apparent to the Dukedom of Kent| | | | |
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| | | | Duke of Cambridge (5th creation), 2011| | Duke of Sussex (2nd creation), 2018| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Prince William
b. 1982
Duke of Cambridge| | Prince Harry
Duke of Sussex
b. 1984| | | | | | Edward Windsor
b. 1988| | Alexander Windsor
b. 1974
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| | | | Prince George of Wales
b. 2013| | Prince Archie of Sussex
b. 2019
| | | | Heir apparent to the Dukedom of Cambridge| | Heir apparent to the Dukedom of Sussex

## See also

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* Duke of Fife, Dukedom held by Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Died without legitimate male heirs.
2. ^ The 2nd Duke died without legitimate male heirs.
3. ^ The 2nd Duke died without legitimate male heirs as his marriage was not in accordance with the Royal Marriages Act 1772. Had the marriage been recognised by law, the title would have become extinct in 1960.
4. ^ The 2nd Duke died without legitimate male heirs.
5. ^ a b Will cease to be a Royal dukedom on the death of the current Duke, but will continue as an "ordinary" dukedom
6. ^ There are currently no legitimate male heirs, so the peerage will become extinct on the death of the current Duke
7. ^ Dukedom was conferred as a life peerage and will become extinct on the death of the current Duke

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1973). "Appendix C: Titles Traditionally Associated with the Royal Family". Burke's Guide to the Royal Family. London: Burke's Peerage Ltd/Shaw Publishing Co. pp. 183, 336–337. ISBN 0-220-66222-3.
2. ^ Velde, Francois. "Order of Precedence in England and Wales". Heraldica.org. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
3. ^ Squibb, G.D. (1981). "The Lord Chamberlain's Order of 1520, as amended in 1595". Order of Precedence in England and Wales. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press. pp. 99–101.
4. ^ Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Descendants. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997. p. 45. ISBN 91-630-5964-9
5. ^ "The Prince of Wales: styles and titles".
6. ^ Coughlan, Sean (10 March 2023). "King Charles grants Prince Edward Duke of Edinburgh title". BBC News. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
7. ^ "No. 9987". The London Gazette. 29 March 1760. p. 1.
8. ^ "No. 10470". The London Gazette. 13 November 1764. p. 1.
9. ^ "No. 12598". The London Gazette. 23 November 1784. p. 2.
10. ^ "No. 13097". The London Gazette. 16 May 1789. p. 377.
11. ^ "No. 15126". The London Gazette. 20 April 1799. p. 372.
12. ^ "No. 15429". The London Gazette. 21 November 1801. p. 1.
13. ^ "No. 23119". The London Gazette. 25 May 1866. p. 3127.
14. ^ "No. 24098". The London Gazette. 26 May 1874. p. 1.
15. ^ "No. 24977". The London Gazette. 24 May 1881. p. 1.
16. ^ "No. 26055". The London Gazette. 24 May 1890. p. 1.
17. ^ "No. 26291". The London Gazette. 25 May 1892. p. 1.
18. ^ "No. 31931". The London Gazette. 4 June 1920. p. 6313.
19. ^ "No. 33371". The London Gazette. 30 March 1928. p. 2321.
20. ^ "No. 34904". The London Gazette. 9 October 1934. p. 6365.
21. ^ "No. 34350". The London Gazette. 15 November 1936. p. 8115.
22. ^ "No. 38128". The London Gazette. 20 November 1947. pp. 5495–5496.
23. ^ "No. 50606". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 July 1986. p. 1.
24. ^ "No. 59798". The London Gazette. 1 June 2011. p. 10297.
25. ^ Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle: Announcement of Titles, 19 May 2018
26. ^ "Crown Office | the Gazette".
27. ^ "Crown Office | the Gazette".

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