Duke of Clarence and Avondale

Royal dukedom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Dukedom 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.[1]

'Clarence' is believed[by whom?] to refer to Clare in Suffolk; 'Avondale' refers to the valley of the Avon Water in Scotland.

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.[2]

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

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. 26056". The London Gazette. 24 May 1890. p. 3019.
  2. ^ Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson