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Royal dukedom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Dukedom of Clarence and Avondale
Arms of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale
Creation date24 May 1890
CreationFirst
Created byVictoria
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
First holderPrince Albert Victor
Last holderPrince Albert Victor
Remainder tothe 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titlesEarl of Athlone
StatusExtinct
Extinction date14 January 1892

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.

Whilst there had previously been several creations of Dukes of Clarence (and one Duke of Clarence and St Andrews), the sole creation of a dukedom of Clarence and Avondale was for Albert Victor, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). This was the last royal dukedom to be created with two territorial designations.

The Duke died of pneumonia in 1892 before his planned marriage so the title became extinct. He is buried in the Albert Memorial Chapel adjoining St George's Chapel, Windsor, beneath an Art Nouveau memorial designed by Sir Alfred Gilbert.

Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1890)

Duke Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Prince Albert Victor
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1890–1892
also: Earl of Athlone (1890) 		Prince Albert Edward 8 January 1864
Frogmore House
son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra 		Never married 14 January 1892
Sandringham House, Sandringham
aged 28
Albert Victor had no children and all his titles became extinct on his death.
Memorial to the Duke of Clarence and Avondale in York Minster

Family tree

Family Tree of the Dukes of Clarence, Clarence and Avondale, and Clarence and St Andrews
Edward III
(1312–1377)
King of England
Duke of Clarence (1st creation), 1362
Lionel of Antwerp
(1338–1368)
Duke of Clarence		John of Gaunt
(1340–1399)
Duke of Lancaster
Dukedom (1st creation) extinct, 1368
Philippa
(1355–1382)
Countess of Ulster		Henry IV
(1367–1413)
King of England
Duke of Clarence (2nd creation), 1412
Roger Mortimer
(1374–1398)
Earl of March		Thomas of Lancaster
(1388–1421)
Duke of Clarence
Dukedom (2nd creation) extinct, 1421
 
Anne de Mortimer
(1390–1411)		Richard of Conisburgh
Richard of York
(1411–1460)
Duke of York
Duke of Clarence (3rd creation), 1461
Edward IV
(1442–1483)
King of England		George Plantagenet
(1449–1478)
Duke of Clarence
Dukedom (3rd creation) extinct, 1478
 
Elizabeth of York
(1466–1503)		Henry VII
(1457–1509)
King of England
Princess Margaret Tudor
(1489–1541)		James IV
King of Scotland
James V
(1512–1542)
King of Scotland
Mary
(1542–1587)
Queen of Scotland
James VI & I
(1566–1625)
King of Scotland and England
Princess Elizabeth Stuart
(1596–1662)		Frederick V of the Palatinate
Sophia of Hanover
(1630–1714)		Ernest Augustus of Brunswick
George I
(1660–1727)
King of Great Britain
George II
(1683–1760)
King of Great Britain
Prince Frederick Louis
(1707–1751)
Prince of Wales
George III
(1738–1820)
King of the United Kingdom
Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, 1789
Prince William Henry
(1765–1837)
Duke of Clarence and St Andrews
King of the United Kingdom (as William IV)		Prince Edward
(1767–1820)
Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Dukedom merged into the Crown, 1830
Victoria
(1819–1901)
Queen of the United Kingdom
Earl of Clarence, 1881
Edward VII
(1841–1910)
King of the United Kingdom		Prince Leopold
(1853–1884)
Duke of Albany
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, 1892Honours forfeit, 1919
 Family tree of the: Earls of Angus, Earls of Avondale, Earls of Douglas, Marquesses of Douglas, Earls of Forfar, Earls of Ormond and Marquesses of Ormond, Earls of Ross and Dukes of Ross
Earl of Angus (Stewart line), 1329
John Stewart
(d. 1331)
1st Earl of Angus, Lord of Bonkyl, Lord of Abernethy jure uxoris		William the Hardy
(1243–1298)
Lord of Douglas
Thomas Stewart
(b. before 1331-1361)
2nd Earl of Angus		Archibald Douglas
(d. 1333)		James Douglas "the Good"
(c. 1286–1330)
Lord of Douglas
Earl of Douglas, 1358
Robert III of Scotland
(c. 1337–1406)		Margaret Stewart
(d. 1417)
3rd Countess of Angus, Lady of Abernethy, Lady of Bonkyll		William Douglas
(c. 1323–1384)
1st Earl of Douglas		Archibald Douglas "the Grim"
(c. 1330 – c. 1400)
3rd Earl of Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Douglas, Lord of Bothwell
Earl of Angus transferred from the Stewarts to the Douglasses when Margaret resigned her title in deference to her son, 1389Earl of Avondale and Lord Balveny, 1437
James I
(1394–1437)		Princess Mary of ScotlandGeorge Douglas
(1380–1430)
1st Earl of Angus, Lord of Abernethy, Lord of Bonkyll		James Douglas
(c. 1358–1388)
2nd Earl of Douglas, Earl of Mar		Archibald Douglas "Tyneman"
(c. 1369–1424)
Duke of Touraine, 4th Earl of Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, 13th Lord of Douglas, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Douglas, Lord of Bothwell
m. Margaret of Carrick, daughter of Robert III		James Douglas
(1371–1443)
7th Earl of Douglas, 1st Earl of Avondale, 1st Lord Balveny
William Douglas
(1398–1437)
2nd Earl of Angus		Douglases of DrumlanrigArchibald Douglas
(c. 1391–1439)
Duke of Touraine, 5th Earl of Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Douglas, Lord of Bothwell, Lord of Selkirk and Ettrick Forest, Eskdale, Lauderdale, Liddesdale and Annandale, Count of Longueville, Seigneur de Dun-le-roi
Earl of Ormond (Scotland) (1st creation), 1445
James II
(1430–1460)		James Douglas
(1428–1446)
3rd Earl of Angus		George Douglas
(c. 1427–1463)
4th Earl of Angus		William Douglas
(c. 1424–1440)
Duke of Touraine, 6th Earl of Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Bothwell, Lord of Selkirk and Ettrick Forest, Eskdale, Lauderdale, and Annandale, Count of Longueville, Seigneur de Dun-le-roi		William Douglas
(1425–1452)
8th Earl of Douglas, 2nd Earl of Avondale, 2nd Lord Balveny		James Douglas
(1426–1491)
9th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale, 3rd Lord Balveny		Hugh Douglas
(d. 1455)
Earl of Ormond
Earldom of Douglas and Earldom of Avondale forfeit, 1491Eardom of Ormand forfeit, 1455
James III
(1451/1452–1448)		Archibald Douglas
(c. 1449–1513)
5th Earl of Angus
Marquess of Ormond (Scotland) (1st creation), 1476
Earl of Ross, 1481
Duke of Ross, 1488
James IV
(1473–1513)		James Stewart
(1476–1504)
Duke of Ross, Marquess of Ormond, Earl of Ross		George Douglas
(1469–1513)
styled Master of Angus		William Douglas of Glenbervie
(1473–1513)
Dukedom of Ross (1488 creation), Marqessate of Ormond (1st creation) and Earldom of Ross (1481 creation) extinct, 1504
Duke of Ross (2nd creation), 1514
James V
(1512–1542)		Alexander Stewart
(1514–1515)
Duke of Ross		Archibald Douglas
(1490–1557)
6th Earl of Angus		George Douglas of Pittendreich
(d. 1552)		Archibald Douglas of Glenbervie
(1513–1570)
Dukedom of Ross (2nd creation) extinct, 1515
Earl of Ross (1565 creation)
Mary, Queen of Scots
(1542–1587)		Henry Stuart
(1546–1567)
Duke of Albany, 1st Earl of Ross, Lord Darnley, Lord Ardmannoch		David Douglas
(c. 1515–1558)
7th Earl of Angus		William Douglas
(1533–1591)
9th Earl of Angus
James VI and I
(1566–1625)
2nd Earl of Ross		Archibald Douglas
(1555–1588)
8th Earl of Angus, Earl of Morton		William Douglas
(1553–1611)
10th Earl of Angus
Earldom of Ross (1565 creation), merged with the crown
Marquess of Ormond (Scotland) (2nd creation), Earl of Ross, and Lord Ardmannoch, 1600Marquess of Douglas (1st creation), 1633
Elizabeth Stuart
(1596–1662)		Charles Stuart
(1600–1649)
Marquess of Ormond, Earl of Ross
Later King Charles I of England and Scotland		William Douglas
(1589–1660)
1st Marquess of Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus
Marquessate of Ormand (2nd creation) and Earldom of Ross (1600 creation) merged with the Crown, 1625
Earl of Ormond (Scotland) (2nd creation), 1651
Sophia of Hanover
(1630–1714)		Archibald Douglas
(1609–1655)
1st Earl of Ormond
Earl of Forfar (1st creation), 1661
King George I
(1660–1727)		James Douglas
(c. 1646–1700)
2nd Marquess of Douglas, 12th Earl of Angus		Archibald Douglas
(1653–1712)
2nd Earl of Ormond, 1st Earl of Forfar
Duke of Douglas, Marquess of Angus and Abernethy, Viscount of Jedburgh Forest, Lord Douglas of Bonkill, Prestoun, and Robertoun, 1703
King George II
(1683–1760)		Archibald Douglas
(1694–1761)
1st Duke of Douglas, Marquess of Angus and Abernethy, and Viscount of Jedburgh Forest, Lord Douglas of Bonkill, Prestoun, and Robertoun,
3rd Marquess of Douglas, 13th Earl of Angus		Archibald Douglas
(1692–1715)
3rd Earl of Ormond, 2nd Earl of Forfar
Dukedom of Douglas, Marquessate of Angus and Abernethy, and Viscountcy of Jedburgh Forest, Lordship Douglas of Bonkill, Prestoun, and Robertoun extinct, 1761
Marquessate of Douglas, and earldom of Angus passed to James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton		Earldoms of Ormond and Forfar extinct, 1715
Frederick
(1707–1751)
Prince of Wales
King George III
(1683–1760)
Edward Augustus
(1767–1820)
Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Queen Victoria
(1819–1901)
King Edward VII
(1841–1910)
Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of Athlone, 1890
Prince Albert Victor
(1864–1892)
Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Earl of Athlone		King George V
(1865–1936)
Dukedom of Clarence and Avondale and Earldom of Athlone extinct, 1892
King George VI
(1895–1952)
Queen Elizabeth II
(1926–2022)
Earl of Forfar (2nd creation), 2019
Prince Edward
(b. 1964)
Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Forfar

References

  1. "No. 26056". The London Gazette. 24 May 1890. p. 3019.
  2. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson
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