Duke of Clarence and St Andrews

Dukedom in the Peerage of Great Britain

Dukedom of Clarence and St Andrews
Creation date20 May 1789
Created byGeorge III
PeeragePeerage of Great Britain
First holderPrince William Henry
Last holderPrince William Henry
Subsidiary titlesEarl of Munster
StatusExtinct – Merged with the Crown on succeeding as King William IV
Extinction date26 June 1830

Duke of Clarence and St Andrews was a title awarded to a prince of the British Royal family. The creation was in the Peerage of Great Britain.[1]

While there had been several creations of Dukes of Clarence (and there was later a Duke of Clarence and Avondale), the only creation of a Duke of Clarence and St Andrews was in 1789 for Prince William, third son of King George III. When William succeeded his brother to the throne in 1830, the dukedom merged in the crown.

Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (1789)

See also Earl of Munster (1789)
Duke Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Prince William Henry
House of Hanover
1789–1830
William IV 21 August 1765
Buckingham House, London
son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
11 July 1818
20 June 1837
Windsor Castle, Windsor
aged 71
Prince William Henry ascended as William IV in 1830 upon his brother's death; and his hereditary titles merged in the Crown.

Family tree

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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

References

  1. ^ "No. 13097". The London Gazette. 19 May 1789. p. 377.