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Historic Scottish title

Arms in stained glass of James Stewart, Duke of Ross. The arms of Ross-shire (Gules, three lions rampant argent) are visible.

The title Duke of Ross (Scottish Gaelic: Diùc Rois) has been created twice in the Peerage of Scotland, both times for younger sons of the King of Scotland. Named for Ross in Scotland, it was first created in 1488 for James Stewart, Earl of Ross, the second son of James III. On his early death in 1504, the title became extinct.

The title was created a second time for Alexander Stewart, the youngest son of James IV. On his death at the age of one in 1515 the title became extinct.

Dukes of Ross, first creation (1488)

Other titles: Marquess of Ormonde (1488), Earl of Ross, Earl of Ardmenach and Lord Brechin and Navar (1481)

Dukes of Ross, second creation (1514)

Family tree

 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
Duke of Albany (1st creation), 1398Duke of Clarence (1st creation), 1362Duke 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
Dukedom of Clarence (1st creation) extinct, 1368
Duke of Cornwall (2nd creation), 1376Duke of Hereford, 1397Duke of Gloucester (1st creation), 1385
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, 1425Dukedom of Cornwall (2nd creation) merged in the crown, 1377Dukedom of Hereford merged in the crown, 1399Dukedom of Gloucester (1st creation) extinct, 1397
Duke of Clarence (2nd creation), 1412Duke of Bedford (1st & 2nd creations), 1414Duke of Gloucester (2nd creation), 1414Duke 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, 1421Dukedom of Bedford (2nd creation) extinct, 1435Dukedom of Gloucester (2nd creation) extinct, 1447Dukedom of Albemarle (Aumale) (1st creation) forfeit, 1399
Duke of York (1st creation) restored, 1425
Duke of Cornwall (3rd creation), 1460
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
Duke of Cornwall (3rd creation) extinct, 1460
Duke of Bedford (5th creation), 1485Duke of Clarence (3rd creation), 1461Duke 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
Dukedom of Bedford (5th creation) extinct, 1495Dukedom of York (1st creation) merged in the Crown, 1461Dukedom of Clarence (3rd creation) forfeit, 1478Dukedom of Gloucester (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 1483
Duke of Albany (2nd creation), 1458Duke of Bedford (3rd creation), 1470Duke 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
Dukedom of Bedford (3rd creation) forfeit, 1478Dukedom of York (2nd creation) and Dukedom of Norfolk (3rd creation) extinct, 1483Dukedom of Bedford (4th creation) extinct, 1479
Duke of Ross (1st creation), 1488Duke of York (3rd creation), 1494Duke 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)
Dukedom of Albany (2nd creation) extinct, 1536Dukedom of Ross (1st creation) extinct, 1504Dukedom of York (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 1509Dukedom of Somerset (3rd creation) extinct, 1500
Duke of Ross (2nd creation), 1514
James V
1512–1542		Alexander Stewart
1514–1515
Duke of Ross
Duke of Albany (3rd creation), 1565Dukedom of Ross (2nd creation) extinct, 1515
Henry Stuart
1546–1567
1st Duke of Albany		Mary, Queen of Scots
1542–1587
Prince James
1566–1625
2nd Duke of Albany, later King James VI & I
Dukedom of Albany (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 1567
Duke of Albany (4th creation), 1604
Duke of York (4th creation), 1605		Duke of Kintyre and Lorne, 1602
Princess Elizabeth Stuart
1596–1662		Prince Charles
1600–1649
Duke of Albany, Duke of York, later King Charles I		Robert Stuart
1602
Duke of Kintyre and Lorne
Dukedom of Albany (4th creation), Dukedom of York (4th creation) merged in the Crown, 1625Dukedom of Kintyre and Lorne extinct, 1602
Duke of York (5th creation) 1644
Duke of Albany (5th creation), 1660		Duke of Gloucester (4th creation), 1659
Sophia of Hanover
1630–1714		James Stuart
1633–1701
Duke of York, Duke of Albany, later King James II		Prince Henry
1640–1660
Duke of Gloucester
Dukedom of Albany (5th creation) and Dukedom of York (5th creation) merged in the Crown, 1685Dukedom of Gloucester (4th creation) extinct, 1660
Duke of York and Albany (1st creation), 1716Duke of Cambridge (1st creation), 1664Duke of Kendal (1st creation), 1666Duke of Cambridge (2nd creation), 1667
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, 1728Dukedom of Cambridge (1st creation) extinct, 1667Dukedom of Kendal (1st creation), extinct, 1667Dukedom of Cambridge (2nd creation) extinct, 1671
Duke of Cambridge (3rd creation)
Prince George
1683–1760
Duke of Cambridge, later King George II		Prince William
1689–1700
styled Duke of Gloucester
Dukedom of Cambridge (3rd creation) merged with the Crown, 1727
Duke of Edinburgh (1st creation), 1726Duke of Cumberland (3rd creation), 1726
Prince Frederick Louis
1707–1751
1st Duke of Edinburgh, styled Duke of Gloucester until created Duke of Edinburgh		Prince William Augustus
1721–1765
Duke of Cumberland
Dukedom of Cumberland (3rd creation) extinct, 1765
Duke of York and Albany (2nd creation), 1760Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, 1764Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1766
Prince George William Frederick
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, 1760Dukedom of York and Albany (2nd creation) extinct, 1767Dukedom of Gloucester and Edinburgh unused, 1805–1816Dukedom of Cumberland and Strathearn extinct, 1790
Duke of York and Albany (3rd creation), 1784Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, 1789Duke of Kent and Strathearn, 1799Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, 1799Duke of Sussex (1st creation), 1801Duke 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, 1827Dukedom of Clarence and St Andrews merged in the Crown, 1830Dukedom of Kent and Strathearn extinct, 1820Dukedom of Sussex (1st creation) extinct, 1843Dukedom of Gloucester and Edinburgh extinct, 1834
Queen Victoria
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
Dukedom of Cambridge (4th creation) extinct, 1904
Duke of Edinburgh (2nd creation), 1866Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 1874Duke of Albany (6th creation), 1881
King Edward VII
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
Dukedom of Cumberland and Teviotdale forfeit, 1919Dukedom of Edinburgh (2nd creation) extinct, 1900
Duke of Clarence and Avondale, 1890Duke of York (6th creation), 1892
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, 1892Dukedom of York (6th creation) merged in the Crown, 1910
Duke of Windsor, 1937Duke of York (7th creation), 1920Duke of Kent (2nd creation), 1934Duke 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, 1972Dukedom of York (7th creation) merged in the Crown, 1936Dukedom of Connaught and Strathearn extinct, 1943Dukedom of Albany (6th creation) forfeit, 1919
Duke of Edinburgh (3rd creation), 1947
Queen Elizabeth II
1926–2022		Prince Philip
1921–2021
1st Duke of Edinburgh		Prince Edward
b. 1935
2nd Duke of Kent
Duke of York (8th creation), 1986Duke of Edinburgh (4th creation), 2023
King Charles III
b. 1948
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, 2022No male heirsDukedom of Edinburgh (4th creation) is a life peerage and therefore not hereditaryHeir apparent to the Dukedom of Kent
Duke of Cambridge (5th creation), 2011Duke 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
Heir-apparent to the Dukedom of Gloucester
Prince George of Wales
b. 2013		Prince Archie of Sussex
b. 2019
Heir apparent to the Dukedom of CambridgeHeir apparent to the Dukedom of Sussex
 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. Cooper, G. (2021). An Ròs a Leighas. United Kingdom: Luath Press Limited.
  2. "Ross (Scotland)". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2005.
  3. "Ormond". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2005.
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