Duke of Albany

Dukedom of Albany
Arms of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
Creation date	24 May 1881
Creation	Sixth
Created by	Queen Victoria
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Prince Leopold
Last holder	Prince Charles Edward
Remainder to	the 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Earl of Clarence Baron Arklow
Status	Suspended under the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 on 28 March 1919

Duke of Albany is a peerage title that has occasionally been bestowed on younger sons in the Scottish and later the British royal family, particularly in the Houses of Stuart and Hanover.

History

The Dukedom of Albany was first granted in 1398 by King Robert III of Scotland on his brother, Robert Stewart, the title being in the Peerage of Scotland. "Albany" was a broad territorial term representing the parts of Scotland north of the River Forth, roughly the former Kingdom of the Picts. The title (along with the Dukedom of Rothesay) was one of the first two dukedoms created in Scotland. It passed to Robert's son Murdoch Stewart, and was forfeited in 1425 due to the attainder of Murdoch.

The title was again created in 1458 for Alexander Stewart but was forfeit in 1483. His son John Stewart was restored to the second creation in 1515 but died without heirs in 1536. In 1541 Robert, second son of James V of Scotland, was styled Duke of Albany, but he died at less than a month old. The fourth creation, along with the Earldom of Ross and Lordship of Ardmannoch, was for Mary, Queen of Scots' king consort Lord Darnley, whose son, later James VI of Scotland, I of England and Ireland, inherited the titles on his death. That creation merged with the Scottish crown upon James's ascension. The title, along with the title of Duke of York, with which it has since been traditionally coupled, was created for a fifth time in 1604 for Charles, son of James VI and I. Upon Charles's ascent to the throne in 1625, the title of Duke of Albany merged once again in the crowns.

The title was next granted in 1660 to Charles I's son, James, by Charles II. When James succeeded his elder brother to the throne in 1685, the titles again merged into the crown. The cities of New York and Albany, New York, were thus both named after James, as he was the Duke of York and of Albany. The pretender, Charles Edward Stuart, gave the title Duchess of Albany to his illegitimate daughter Charlotte; she died in 1789.

The title "Duke of York and Albany" was granted three times by the Hanoverian kings.

The title of "Albany" alone was granted for the fifth time, this time in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1881 to Prince Leopold, the fourth son of Queen Victoria.^[1] Prince Leopold's son, Prince Charles Edward (who had succeeded as reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1900), was deprived of the peerage in 1919 for bearing arms against the United Kingdom in World War I.^[1] His grandson, Ernst Leopold (1935–1996), only son of Charles Edward's eldest son Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1906–1972), sometimes used the title "Duke of Albany",^[1] although the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 stipulates that any successor of a suspended peer shall be restored to the peerage only by direction of the sovereign, the successor's petition for restoration having been submitted for and obtained a satisfactory review of the appropriate Privy Council committee.^[2]

Dukes of Albany

First creation, 1398

Other titles (1st Duke): Earl of Fife (1371), Earl of Buchan (1374–1406), Earl of Atholl (1403–1406)

• Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (c. 1340–1420), third son of Robert II of Scotland

Other titles (2nd Duke): Earl of Menteith (bef 1189), Earl of Fife (1371), Earl of Buchan (1374)

• Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany (1362–1425), eldest son of the 1st Duke was attainted and his honours forfeit in 1425

Second creation, 1458

Other titles (1st Duke): Earl of March (1455), Earl of Mar and Earl of Garioch (1482)

• Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany (c. 1454–1485), second son of James II, forfeited his honours in 1479, was restored in 1482, then forfeited them again in 1483

Other titles (2nd Duke): Earl of March (1455)

• John Stewart, Duke of Albany (1482–1536), only legitimate son of the 1st Duke, was restored to his father's dukedom and Earldom of March in 1515. The honours became extinct upon his death without issue

Only styled, 1541

Duke	Portrait	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Robert Stewart House of Stuart 1541–1541	no portrait	12 April 1541 Falkland Palace, Falkland, Fife son of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise	not married	20 April 1541 Falkland Palace, Falkland, Fife aged 8 days

Third creation, 1565

Duke	Portrait	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Henry Stuart House of Stuart 1565–1567 also: Earl of Ross and Lord Ardmannoch (1565)		19 November 1545 Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline son of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox and Lady Margaret Douglas	Mary, Queen of Scots 29 July 1565 1 child	10 February 1567 Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh aged 21
James Stuart House of Stuart 1567 also: Earl of Ross and Lord Ardmannoch (1565); Duke of Rothesay (1398)		19 June 1566 Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh son of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley and Mary, Queen of Scots	Anne of Denmark 23 November 1589 9 children	27 March 1625 De Vere Theobalds Estate, Cheshunt aged 58
Prince James succeeded as James VI in 1567 upon his mother's abdication, and his titles merged with the crown.

Fourth creation, 1604

Duke	Portrait	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Charles Stuart House of Stuart 1600–1625[3] also: Marquess of Ormond, Earl of Ross, Lord Ardmannoch (1600–1625); Duke of York (1605–1625); Prince of Wales (1616), Duke of Cornwall (1337) and Duke of Rothesay (1398)		19 November 1600 Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline son of James VI and I and Anne of Denmark	Henrietta Maria of France 13 June 1625 9 children	30 January 1649 Whitehall Palace, London aged 48
Prince Charles succeeded as Charles I in 1625 upon his father's death, and his titles merged with the crown.

Fifth creation, 1660

Duke	Portrait	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
James Stuart House of Stuart 1633 or 1644 – 1685[4] also: Duke of York (1633/1644), Earl of Ulster (1659)		14 October 1633 St. James's Palace, London son of Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France	Anne Hyde 3 September 1660 8 children Mary of Modena 21 November 1673 7 children	16 September 1701 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris aged 67
Prince James succeeded as James II in 1685 upon his brother's death, and his titles merged with the crown.

Sixth creation, 1881

Duke	Portrait	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Prince Leopold House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1882–1884 also: Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow (1881)		7 April 1853 Buckingham Palace, London son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert	Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont 27 April 1882 2 children	28 March 1884 Villa Nevada, Cannes aged 30
Prince Charles Edward House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1884–1919 also: Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow (1881)		19 July 1884 Claremont, Esher son of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany and Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont	Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein 11 October 1905 5 children	6 March 1954 Coburg aged 69
The Titles Deprivation Act 1917 suspended the title on 28 March 1919.

Family trees

v t e Family tree: Dukes of York, Dukes of Albany, Dukes of York and Albany, and Earls of Ulster

Earl of Ulster (1st Irish creation), 1205 Hugh de Lacy c. 1176–1271 Earl of Ulster Earl of Ulster (2nd Irish creation), 1264 Maud de Lacy Walter de Burgh c. 1210–1271 1st Earl of Ulster, 2nd Lord of Connaught Richard Óg de Burgh 1259–1326 2nd Earl of Ulster John de Burgh d. 1313 King Robert II 1316–1390 King Edward III 1312–1377 William Donn de Burgh 1312–1333 3rd Earl of Ulster Lionel of Antwerp 1338–1368 Duke of Clarence, Earl of Ulster (jure uxoris) Elizabeth de Burgh 1332–1363 suo jure 4th Countess of Ulster Duke of Albany (1st creation), 1398 Duke of York (1st creation), 1385 King Robert III 1337–1406 Robert Stewart c. 1340–1420 1st Duke of Albany Edmund of Langley 1341–1402 1st Duke of York Philippa of Clarence 1355–1382 5th Countess of Ulster Murdoch Stewart 1362–1425 2nd Duke of Albany Roger Mortimer 1374–1398 6th Earl of Ulster Dukedom of Albany (1st creation) forfeit, 1425 Edward of Norwich 1373–1415 2nd Duke of York Richard of Conisburgh 1375–1415 Earl of Cambridge Anne de Mortimer 1388–c. 1411 Edmund Mortimer 1391–1425 7th Earl of Ulster Dukedom of York (1st creation) forfeit, 1415 Duke of York (1st creation) restored, 1425 King James I 1394–1437 Richard of York 1411–1460 3rd Duke of York, 8th Earl of Ulster King James II 1430–1460 Prince Edward 1442–1483 4th Duke of York, 9th Earl of Ulster Later King Edward IV Dukedom of York (1st creation) and Earldom of Ulster (2nd Irish creation) merged in the Crown, 1461 Duke of Albany (2nd creation), 1458 Duke of York (2nd creation), 1474 Alexander Stewart 1454–1485 1st Duke of Albany King James III 1451–1488 Elizabeth of York 1466–1503 Richard of Shrewsbury 1473–1483 Duke of York Dukedom of Albany (2nd creation) forfeit, 1479 Dukedom of Albany (2nd creation) restored, 1482 Dukedom of Albany (2nd creation) forfeited, 1483 Dukedom of York (2nd creation) extinct, 1483 Duke of Albany (2nd creation) restored, 1515 Duke of York (3rd creation), 1494 John Stewart 1484–1536 2nd Duke of Albany King James IV 1473–1513 Margaret Tudor 1489–1541 Prince Henry 1491–1547 Duke of York Later King Henry VIII Dukedom of Albany (2nd creation) extinct, 1536 Dukedom of York (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 1509 King James V 1512–1542 Duke of Albany (3rd creation), 1565 James 1540–1541 Duke of Rothesay Prince Arthur Stewart 1541 styled Duke of Albany Mary, Queen of Scots 1542–1587 Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley 1545–1567 1st Duke of Albany 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 Henry Frederick 1594–1612 Prince of Wales Elizabeth Stuart 1596–1662 Prince Charles 1600–1649 Duke of Albany, Duke of York, Prince of Wales Later King Charles I Dukedom of York (4th creation) merged in the Crown, 1625 Dukedom of Albany (4th creation) merged in the Crown, 1625 Duke of York (5th creation) 1644 Earl of Ulster (3rd Irish creation), 1659 Duke of Albany (5th creation), 1660 Sophia of Hanover 1630–1714 King Charles II 1630–1685 James Stuart 1633–1701 Duke of York, Duke of Albany, Earl of Ulster Later King James II Dukedom of Albany (5th creation), Dukedom of York (5th creation), Earldom of Ulster (3rd Irish creation) merged in the Crown, 1685 Duke of York and Albany (1st creation) and Earl of Ulster (4th Irish creation), 1716 King George I 1660–1727 Ernest Augustus 1674–1728 Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, Duke of York and Albany, Earl of Ulster Dukedom of York and Albany (1st creation) and Earldom of Ulster (4th Irish creation) extinct, 1728 King George II 1683–1760 Prince Frederick Louis 1707–1751 Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales Duke of York and Albany (2nd creation) and Earl of Ulster (5th Irish creation), 1760 King George III 1738–1820 Prince Edward 1739–1767 Duke of York and Albany Dukedom of York and Albany (2nd creation) and Earldom of Ulster (5th Irish creation) extinct, 1767 Duke of York and Albany (3rd creation) and Earl of Ulster (6th Irish creation), 1784 Earl of Inverness (1st creation), and Baron Arklow (1st creation), 1801 King George IV 1762–1830 Prince Frederick 1763–1827 Duke of York and Albany Prince Edward 1767–1820 Duke of Kent and Strathearn Prince Augustus Frederick 1773–1843 Duke of Sussex, Earl of Inverness, Baron Arklow Dukedom of York and Albany (3rd creation) and Earldom of Ulster (6th Irish creation) extinct, 1827 Earldom of Inverness and Barony Arklow extinct, 1843 Queen Victoria 1819–1901 Earl of Ulster (1st UK creation), 1866 Duke of Albany (6th creation), Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow (2nd creation), 1881 King Edward VII 1841–1910 Prince Alfred Ernest Albert 1844–1900 Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Earl of Ulster Prince Leopold 1853–1884 Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1st Duke of Albany, 1st Earl of Clarence, 1st Baron Arklow Earldom of Ulster (1st UK creation) extinct, 1900 Duke of York (6th creation), Earl of Inverness (2nd creation) and Baron Killarney (1st creation), 1892 Prince Albert Victor 1864–1892 Duke of Clarence and Avondale Prince George 1865–1936 Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killarney Later King George V Charles Edward 1884–1954 Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 2nd Duke of Albany, 2nd Earl of Clarence, 2nd Baron Arklow Dukedom of York (6th creation), Earldom of Inverness (2nd creation), Barony Killarney (1st creation) merged in the Crown, 1910 Dukedom of Albany (6th creation) forfeit, 1919 Duke of York (7th creation), Earl of Inverness (3rd creation) and Baron Killarney (2nd creation), 1920 Earl of Ulster (2nd UK creation), 1928 King Edward VIII 1894–1972 Duke of Windsor Prince Albert 1895–1952 Duke of York Later King George VI Prince Henry 1900–1974 Duke of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Ulster Dukedom of York (7th creation), Earldom of Inverness (3rd creation), Barony Killarney (2nd creation) merged in the Crown, 1936 Queen Elizabeth II 1926–2022 Duke of York (8th creation), Earl of Inverness (4th creation) and Baron Killarney, 1986 King Charles III b. 1948 Prince Andrew b. 1960 Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killarney Prince Richard b. 1944 Duke of Gloucester, 2nd Earl of Ulster Alexander Windsor b. 1974 styled Earl of Ulster Heir apparent to the Earldom of Ulster

v t e  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), 1398 Duke of Clarence (1st creation), 1362 Duke 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), 1376 Duke of Hereford, 1397 Duke 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, 1425 Dukedom of Cornwall (2nd creation) merged in the crown, 1377 Dukedom of Hereford merged in the crown, 1399 Dukedom of Gloucester (1st creation) extinct, 1397 Duke of Clarence (2nd creation), 1412 Duke of Bedford (1st & 2nd creations), 1414 Duke of Gloucester (2nd creation), 1414 Duke 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, 1421 Dukedom of Bedford (2nd creation) extinct, 1435 Dukedom of Gloucester (2nd creation) extinct, 1447 Dukedom 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), 1485 Duke of Clarence (3rd creation), 1461 Duke 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, 1495 Dukedom of York (1st creation) merged in the Crown, 1461 Dukedom of Clarence (3rd creation) forfeit, 1478 Dukedom of Gloucester (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 1483 Duke of Albany (2nd creation), 1458 Duke of Bedford (3rd creation), 1470 Duke 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, 1478 Dukedom of York (2nd creation) and Dukedom of Norfolk (3rd creation) extinct, 1483 Dukedom of Bedford (4th creation) extinct, 1479 Duke of Ross (1st creation), 1488 Duke of York (3rd creation), 1494 Duke 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, 1536 Dukedom of Ross (1st creation) extinct, 1504 Dukedom of York (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 1509 Dukedom 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), 1565 Dukedom 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, 1625 Dukedom 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, 1685 Dukedom of Gloucester (4th creation) extinct, 1660 Duke of York and Albany (1st creation), 1716 Duke of Cambridge (1st creation), 1664 Duke of Kendal (1st creation), 1666 Duke 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, 1728 Dukedom of Cambridge (1st creation) extinct, 1667 Dukedom of Kendal (1st creation), extinct, 1667 Dukedom 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), 1726 Duke 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), 1760 Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, 1764 Duke 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, 1760 Dukedom of York and Albany (2nd creation) extinct, 1767 Dukedom of Gloucester and Edinburgh unused, 1805–1816 Dukedom of Cumberland and Strathearn extinct, 1790 Duke of York and Albany (3rd creation), 1784 Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, 1789 Duke of Kent and Strathearn, 1799 Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, 1799 Duke of Sussex (1st creation), 1801 Duke 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, 1827 Dukedom of Clarence and St Andrews merged in the Crown, 1830 Dukedom of Kent and Strathearn extinct, 1820 Dukedom of Sussex (1st creation) extinct, 1843 Dukedom 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), 1866 Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 1874 Duke 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, 1919 Dukedom of Edinburgh (2nd creation) extinct, 1900 Duke of Clarence and Avondale, 1890 Duke 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, 1892 Dukedom of York (6th creation) merged in the Crown, 1910 Duke of Windsor, 1937 Duke of York (7th creation), 1920 Duke of Kent (2nd creation), 1934 Duke 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, 1972 Dukedom of York (7th creation) merged in the Crown, 1936 Dukedom of Connaught and Strathearn extinct, 1943 Dukedom 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), 1986 Duke 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, 2022 No male heirs Dukedom of Edinburgh (4th creation) is a life peerage and therefore not hereditary Heir apparent to the Dukedom of Kent Duke of Cambridge (5th creation), 2011 Duke 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 Cambridge Heir apparent to the Dukedom of Sussex

Dukes of Albany in fiction

• Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville's play Gorboduc includes Fergus, the Duke of Albany, who tries to claim the British throne after Gorboduc's death through his royal descent.
• William Shakespeare's King Lear, set in no particular century, includes as a major character the Duke of Albany, who is husband to Lear's daughter Goneril.
• In the 2001 film Kate & Leopold, Hugh Jackman plays "Leopold Mountbatten, Duke of Albany," who holds the title in 1876, making him a fictional analog of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, who held the title at that time. However, the surname Mountbatten is an anachronism, as the equivalent family at the time would have been called Battenberg.

See also

• Duchess of Albany
• Duke of York
• Duke of York and Albany
• Alba
• Albany (disambiguation)

References