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  Duke of York - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The wife of the Duke of York is known as The Duchess of York.
James Francis Edward Stuart was known to those who rejected his claims as "The Old Pretender"; his elder son Charles was called "The Young Pretender", and "Bonnie Prince Charlie", and the younger son, Henry, who became a Roman Catholic cardinal, was known as the Cardinal Duke of York.
Recognised as Duke of York by the Papacy; Modena; France and Spain.
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  Prince - LoveToKnow 1911
the princes of Leon and of Soubise, cadets of the house of Rohan.
In the 11th century, with the growth of feudalism, all feudatories holding in chief of the Crown ranked as " princes," from dukes to simple counts, together with archbishops, bishops and the abbots of monasteries held directly of the emperor.
If, however, a prince of Wales and duke of Cornwall should die in the lifetime of the sovereign, leaving a son and heir, both dignities are extinguished, because his son, although he is his heir, is neither a king of England nor the first-begotten son of a king of England.
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 Duke of York
The title Duke of York is a title usually awarded to the second son of the British monarch, unless the title is already held by a male descendant of an earlier Duke of York.
Edward, Duke of York (~1373-1415), son of Edmund of Langley -- he was the Duke of York who was killed at the Battle of Agincourt.
Duke Ernest Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Bishop of Osnabrück (1674-1728), the Youngest brother of King George I.
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 Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany Information
Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York (14 March, 1739 – 17 September, 1767) was the younger brother of George III of the United Kingdom, the second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany from Wíkipedia.
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 Duke Of York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Prince Andrew, Duke of York - The Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor), styled HRH The Duke of York, (born February 19, 1960), is a member of the British Royal Family, the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II.
Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany - Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York (14 March, 1739- 17 September, 1767) was the younger brother of George III of the United Kingdom, the second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
Duke of York Column - The Duke of York Column is a monument in London, England, to Prince Frederick, Duke of York, the second eldest son of King George III.
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
The title Duke of York is a title of nobility usually given to the second son of the British monarch, unless the title is already held by a male descendant of an earlier Duke of York.
The current Duke of York is HRH The Prince Andrew, second son of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1739-1767)
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 English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England - Princes of Wales.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Edward of Woodstock, later known as the Black Prince for the colour of his armour, was born on 15 June, 1330, the eldest son of Edward III and Phillipa of Hainault.
The eldest son of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, Edward was born in sanctuary at Westminster Abbey, on 4 November, 1470 during the brief restoration of Henry VI.
Prince Albert Edward was born on 9 November, 1841 at Buckingham Palace, the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
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 King Edward VII
Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, the eldest son and second child of Queen Victoria and of Albert, prince consort, was born at Buckingham Palace on the 9th of November 1841.
The prince consort died on the 13th of December, and in 1862 the Prince of Wales went for a tour in the Holy Land (February to June) under the guidance of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, afterwards dean of Westminster.
Prince Albert Victor, afterwards Duke of Clarence, was the first offspring of the marriage, being born on the 8th of January 1864.
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 My Family
Edward Augustus HANOVER (Duke of York) was born on 25 Mar 1739 in Norfolk House.
Ernest Augustus of Hanover HANOVER (Prince) was born in 1914.
Ernest Augustus of Brunswick HANOVER (Duke) and Victoria Louise of Prussia.
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 Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York (25 March 1739 – 17 September 1767) was the younger brother of George III of the United Kingdom, the second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
Between the death of his paternal grandfather on 25 October 1760 and the birth of George, Prince of Wales on 12 August 1762, he was Heir Presumptive to the British throne.
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 Royal Dukedoms and other titles
Prince Edward is the first prince to marry outside London since His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, married Miss Katherine Worsley, daughter of Sir William Worsley, Bt, in York Minster, on the 8th June 1961.
Edward III's own sons were Lionel of Antwerp duke of Clarence; John of Gaunt duke of Lancaster and king of Castile and Leon; Edmund of Langley duke of York; and Thomas of Woodstock duke of Gloucester.
Dublin, was an earldom of the Prince of Wales 1850-1901(2).
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 ipedia.com: Duke Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In the United Kingdom, the current royal dukes are HRH the Prince of Wales, who is Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay; HRH the Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip), HRH the Duke of York (Prince Andrew), HRH the Duke of Gloucester (Prince Richard), and HRH the Duke of Kent (Prince Edward).
For example, when the current Duke of Gloucester and Duke of Kent are succeeded by their eldest sons, the Earl of Ulster and the Earl of St. Andrews, respectively, those peerages (or rather, the 1928 and 1934 creations of them) will cease to be associated with royalty.
The heir apparent to the Belgian throne is styled Duke of Brabant.
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 Duke
In the 19th century, the sovereign dukes of Parma and Modena in Italy, and of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Anhalt, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Meiningen, and Saxe-Altenburg in Germany survived Napoleon's reorganization.
In the United Kingdom, the current royal dukes are The Prince of Wales, who is Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay; HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (The Prince Philip), HRH The Duke of York (The Prince Andrew), HRH The Duke of Gloucester (Prince Richard), and HRH The Duke of Kent (Prince Edward).
For example, when the current Duke of Gloucester and Duke of Kent are succeeded by their eldest sons, the Earl of Ulster and the Earl of St. Andrews, respectively, those peerages (or rather, the 1928 and 1934 creations of them) will cease to be royal dukedoms, instead the title holders will become ordinary, 'garden' Dukes.
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 Prince Edward County, Virginia, 250th Anniversary Celebration: History
Prince Edward County was ideally situated on a major transportation route from its birth; the Appomattox River at its northern border connected central Virginia with the commercial ports of Petersburg, Williamsburg, and beyond.
As the population of Prince Edward County grew, along with some small business establishments and the return of the railroad-influenced economy, the focus of the county shifted from the Court House village to the railroad town.
The Prince Edward Academy has also achieved a significant level of educational success; in 1993 it was redefined entirely, thanks to a major benefactor, the industrialist-philanthropist J. Fuqua (a native of Prospect).
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 Royal Styles and Titles of Great Britain
This was a decision of the Prince of Wales, according to Garter's memorandum.
Alfred, duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1893
Alastair Arthur was born in 1914, the son of Prince Arthur of Connaught (grandson of Queen Victoria) and Princess Alexandra, duchess of Fife (granddaughter of King Edward VII).
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 Mary of Teck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In 1891, Princess Mary was engaged to Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, the eldest son of Prince Albert, Prince of Wales.
Albert Victor was Princess Mary's second cousin, once-removed; Mary was the daughter of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, whose father, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, was a brother of Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, Queen Victoria's father, and Albert Victor's paternal grandmother.
Mary of Teck (1910-1936) · Alexandra of Denmark (1901-1910) · Albert, Prince Consort (1840-1861) · Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1830-1837) · Caroline of Brunswick (1820-1821) · Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1761-1818) · Caroline of Ansbach (1727-1760) · George, Duke of Cumberland (1707-1708)
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 Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Frederick Augustus) (16 August 1763 - 5 January 1827) was a member of the British Royal Family, the second eldest child, and second son of King George III.
On 29 September 1791 at Charlottenburg, Berlin, and again on 23 November 1791 at Buckingham Palace, the Duke of York married his cousin Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, the daughter of King Frederick William II of Prussia and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
In 1793, the Duke of York was sent to Flanders in command of the British contingent of Coburg's army destined for the invasion of France.
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 GeorgeIII
Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851), Augustus, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843),
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, led the land attack; the navy, commanded by Lord Horatio Nelson won the decisive battle off Cape Trafalgar, and imposed a blockade of Europe to offset Napoleon's " continental system" which was forbidden from importing British goods; and the younger Pitt guided the government through the hardships of total war.
Prince George was put in the daunting position of attempting to govern according to the increasingly erratic will of his father.
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 Wikinfo | George III of the United Kingdom
George III was the eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and grandson of King George II.
Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (2 November 1767 - 23 January 1820); married 1818, Princess Victorie of Saxe-Coburg (1786-1861), window of Emich Karl, Prince of Leiningen; and had issue.
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (later King Ernst August I of Hanover) (5 June 1771 - 18 November 1851); married 1815, Princess Frederica of Mecklenberg-Strelitz (1778-1841), window of Prince Friedrich of Prussia and of Friedrich, Prince of Solms-Braunfels; and had issue.
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 Dukedom of York
The title Duke of York was first created in the Peerage of England for Edmund of Langley, the fourth son of King Edward III in 1384.
1760-1767 Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
1784-1827 Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
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 Channel 4 - History - The Prince Regent and His Circle
His father's 'dearest son', he was intermittently George's favourite brother, the prince of Wales teaching him to drink and gamble and leading to him being 'thoroughly initiated into the debaucheries of this metropolis'.
She was married, quite happily, at 40 to the dim duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, known as 'Silly Billy'.
Prince George's godchild, he was steadfastly attached her and asked for (but never got) her death mask.
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 Augusta of Saxe-Gotha information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Augusta was born in Gotha to Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676-1732) and Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (1676-1740).
Her paternal grandfather was Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, eldest surviving son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg.
Following the Prince of Wales' death, her role as mother of the heir-apparent to the throne became a more important one, and she was named prospective regent, which caused a political controversy.
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 Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820).
Prince Edward reminded John Draper of the terrible moment at which he arrived; he then told him he was pardoned and the parade marched back to the garrison with Draper as white as when he first set out behind his coffin.
Prince Edward received his appointment in March of 1802, and within a month departed Falmouth and reached Gibraltar on the 10th of May. 56 On his arrival in Gibraltar, Prince Edward -- a familiar story -- was to find discipline to be at a very low ebb; and, so, he determined to shape things up.
Edward's seven thousand pounds a year sufficed for their needs; the knowledge that his creditors were being steadily paid off was heartening; the Gallic air of Brussels proved a tonic to their spirits; and the assurance of a long peace seemed to promise them a restful middle age.
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 The Gibraltar Magazine
Prince Edward, one of the more controversial Governors in the history of Gibraltar, carried on a very public affair with his mistress Julie Therese Bernardine de Montgenet, for twenty-seven and then dumped her in order to provide an heir to
Edward was promoted to the rank of major general in October 1793 and lieutenant general in January 1796.
The Duke of Kent also predeceased his three elder brothers, but, since none of them had any surviving legitimate children, his daughter was next in line for the throne on the death of King William IV in 1837.
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 Legitimate Issue - Frederick, Prince Of Wales
Prince Frederick Louis, the grandson of the then Elector of Hanover (later King George I of Great Britain) was born in Hanover, Germany as Duke Friedrich Ludwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
At court the favorite was Fredericks younger brother, Prince Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, to the extent that the king looked into ways of passing over Frederick in the succession.
The princes father refused to make him the financial allowance that the prince considered should have been his, and Parliament was obliged to intervene, resulting in further bad feeling between the two.
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 Sofia of Nassau at AllExperts
Augusta was a daughter of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales.
The senior Augusta was the first-born daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
She was also an older sister of (among others) George III of the United Kingdom, Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Prince Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn and Caroline Matilda of Wales, Queen consort of Christian VII of Denmark.
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 Hereditary Peerages
Duke of Marlborough, whose dukedom was inherited by his eldest daughter.
The title Duke of York was also held by another of George III's brothers, Edward Augustus, and the Duke of Cumberland by his brother Henry Frederick, both of whom died without issue.
Prince Philip was born a Prince of Greece and Denmark.
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 Sotheby's - Services & Information - Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Apart from being the sister of Queen Luise of Prussia, Friederike, in her first marriage, was wed to Prince Ludwig of Prussia, the younger brother of King Friedrich Wilhelm III and thus was a sister-in-law of the Prussian King.
The Duke of Cambridge was the cousin of Queen Luise and the brother-in-law of her sister Friederike, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778-1841), whose third marriage was to King Ernst-August I of Hanover (1771-1841).
Ernst-August, Duke of Cumberland carried this baton during the coronation of King George IV on the 19th of July 1821.
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