Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh

Dukedom in the Peerage of Great Britain

Dukedom of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Creation date19 November 1764
Created byKing George III
PeeragePeerage of Great Britain
First holderPrince William Henry
Last holderPrince William Frederick
Remainder tothe 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titlesEarl of Connaught
StatusExtinct
Extinction date30 November 1834

Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (/ˈɡlɒstər/ GLOST-ər) was a British title (after Gloucester and Edinburgh) in the Peerage of Great Britain; the sole creation carried with it the subsidiary title of Earl of Connaught.

It existed for the brother of King George III, Prince William Henry; there had been Dukedoms of Gloucester and of Edinburgh but their extinction gave the opportunity for combination.

The dukedom of Gloucester and Edinburgh was a royal dukedom when the duke was entitled to the style "His Royal Highness", as Prince William Henry was, but Prince William Frederick was only granted this style on his marriage in 1816.[1]

Dukes of Gloucester and Edinburgh

After the Union of Great Britain, the Hanoverian kings liked to grant double titles (one from one constituent country, one from another) to emphasise unity.

Duke Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Prince William Henry
House of Hanover
1764–1805
also: Earl of Connaught 		Prince William 25 November 1743
Leicester House
son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha 		Maria Walpole
1766
3 children 		25 August 1805
Gloucester House
aged 61
Prince William Frederick
House of Hanover
1805–1834
also: Earl of Connaught 		Prince William of Gloucester and Edinburgh 15 January 1776
Teodoli Palace
son of Prince William Henry and Maria Walpole 		Princess Mary of the United Kingdom
(his first cousin)
1816
no children 		30 November 1834
Bagshot Park
aged 58

Prince William Frederick had no children and all his titles became extinct on his death.

Family trees

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 Family tree of the Dukes of Gloucester, Dukes of Edinburgh, the Dukes of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and the Earls of Ulster (UK creation)
King Edward III
1312–1377
Duke of Gloucester (1st creation), 1385
John of Gaunt
1340–1399
Duke of Lancaster		Thomas of Woodstock
1355–1397
Duke of Gloucester
Dukedom of Gloucester (1st creation) extinct, 1397
King Henry IV
1367–1413		John Beaufort
1373–1410
1st Earl of Somerset		Joan Beaufort
c. 1379–1440
Duke of Gloucester (2nd creation), 1414
Humphrey of Lancaster
1390–1447
Duke of Gloucester		John Beaufort
1404–1444
Duke of Somerset		Cecily Neville
1415–1495
Dukedom of Gloucester (2nd creation) extinct, 1447
Duke of Gloucester (3rd creation), 1461
Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509		King Edward IV
1442–1483		Richard of York
1452–1485
Duke of Gloucester
Later King Richard III
Dukedom of Gloucester (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 1483
King Henry VII
1457–1509		Elizabeth of York
1466–1503
Margaret Tudor
1489–1541		King Henry VIII
1491–1547
James V of Scotland
1512–1542
Mary, Queen of Scots
1542–1587
King James VI & I
1566–1625
Princess Elizabeth Stuart
1596–1662		King Charles I
1600–1649
Duke of Gloucester (4th creation), 1659
Sophia of Hanover
1630–1714		King James II
1633–1701		Prince Henry
1640–1660
Duke of Gloucester
Dukedom of Gloucester (4th creation) extinct, 1660
King George I
1660–1727		Queen Anne
1665–1714
King George II
1683–1760		Prince William
1689–1700
styled Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Edinburgh (1st creation), Marquess of the Isle of Ely, Earl of Eltham (1st creation), Viscount Launceston, and Baron Snowdon, 1726
Prince Frederick Louis
1707–1751
Prince of Wales, 1st Duke of Edinburgh, Marquess of the Isle of Ely, Earl of Eltham, Viscount Launceston, and Baron Snowdon, styled Duke of Gloucester until created Duke of Edinburgh, 1726
Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, 1764
Prince George William Frederick
1738–1820
Duke of Edinburgh, Marquess of the Isle of Ely, and Earl of Eltham, Viscount Launceston, and Baron Snowdon
Later King George III		Prince William Henry
1743–1805
1st Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Dukedom of Edinburgh (1st creation), Marquessate of the Isle of Ely, and Earldom of Eltham (1st creation), Viscountcy Launceston, and Barony Snowdon merged in the Crown, 1760Dukedom of Gloucester and Edinburgh unused, 1805–1816
King William IV
1765–1837		Prince Edward
1767–1820
Duke of Kent and Strathearn		Princess Mary
1776–1857		Prince William Frederick
1776–1834
2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Dukedom of Gloucester and Edinburgh extinct, 1834
Queen Victoria
1819–1901
Duke of Edinburgh (2nd creation) and Earl of Ulster (UK, 1st creation), 1866
King Edward VII
1841–1910		Princess Alice
1843–1878		Prince Alfred Ernest Albert
1844–1900
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Ulster
Dukedom of Edinburgh (2nd creation) extinct, 1900
King George V
1865–1936		Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
1863–1950
Duke of Gloucester (5th creation), Earl of Ulster (UK, 2nd creation), Baron Culloden (2nd creation), 1928
King George VI
1895–1952		Princess Alice of Battenberg
1885–1969		Prince Henry
1900–1974
1st Duke of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Ulster, 1st Baron Culloden
Duke of Edinburgh (3rd creation), 1947
Queen Elizabeth II
1926–2022		Prince Philip
1921–2021
1st Duke of Edinburgh
Duke of Edinburgh (4th creation), 2023
Prince Charles
b. 1948
2nd Duke of Edinburgh
Prince of Wales
Later King Charles III		Prince Edward
b. 1964
Duke of Edinburgh		Prince Richard
b. 1944
2nd Duke of Gloucester, 2nd Earl of Ulster, 2nd Baron Culloden
Dukedom of Edinburgh (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 2022Dukedom of Edinburgh (4th creation) is a life peerage and therefore not hereditary
Alexander Windsor
b. 1974
styled Earl of Ulster
Heir-apparent to the Dukedom of Gloucester
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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
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
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, 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

See also

References

  1. ^ Royal Styles and Titles – 1816 Royal Warrant. Heraldica.org. Retrieved on 2012-07-15.