Duke of Kent and Strathearn

Dukedom of Kent and Strathearn
Creation date	23 April 1799
Created by	King George III
Peerage	Peerage of Great Britain
First holder	Prince Edward
Last holder	Prince Edward
Remainder to	the 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Earl of Dublin
Status	Extinct
Extinction date	23 January 1820

Duke of Kent and Strathearn is a title that was created once in the Peerage of Great Britain.

History

Several Earls of Kent had previously been created in the Peerage of England. Henry Grey, 12th Earl of Kent was created Duke of Kent in 1710, but the title became extinct upon his death in 1740.

On 23 April 1799, the double dukedom of Kent and Strathearn was given, along with the Earldom of Dublin, to King George III's fourth son, Prince Edward Augustus.[1] 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.

Edward had only one legitimate child, a daughter, Princess Alexandrina Victoria (the future Queen Victoria). Upon Edward's death in 1820, the dukedom of Kent and Strathearn became extinct, as he had no legitimate male heir.

Duke	Portrait	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Prince Edward House of Hanover 1799–1820 also: Earl of Dublin (1799)		2 November 1767 London son of King George III and Queen Charlotte	Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1818 1 child	23 January 1820 Sidmouth aged 52
Edward had no legitimate sons and all his titles became extinct on his death.

v t e Family tree: Dukes of Kent, Marquesses of Kent, Earls of Kent, Dukes of Kent and Strathearn, and Dukes of Connaught and Strathearn

Earl of Kent (1st creation), 1020 Godwin, Earl of Wessex c. 1001–1053 1st Earl of Kent Herleva d. 1050 Earl of Kent (2nd creation), 1067 King Harold Godwinson c. 1022–1066 Leofwine Godwinson c. 1035–1066 2nd Earl of Kent King William I c. 1028–1087 Odo of Bayeux d. 1097 Earl of Kent Earl of Kent (3rd creation), 1141 Earldom forfeit (1st creation), 1066 Earldom forfeit (2nd creation), 1088 William of Ypres c. 1090–1165 Earl of Kent Earldom forfeit (3rd creation), 1155 Earl of Kent (4th creation), 1227 Hubert de Burgh c. 1170–1243 Earl of Kent Earldom extinct (4th creation), 1243 King Edward I 1239–1307 Earl of Kent (5th creation), 1321 Edmund of Woodstock 1301–1330 1st Earl of Kent King Edward III 1312–1377 Earldom (5th creation) attainted, 1330 Earldom (5th creation) restored, 1330 Earl of Kent (6th creation), 1360 Edmund c. 1326–1331 2nd Earl of Kent Thomas Holland c. 1314–1360 1st Earl of Kent, 1st Baron Holland Joan of Kent 1326/1327–1385 Edward the Black Prince 1330–1376 Duke of Cornwall John of Gaunt 1340–1399 Duke of Lancaster John 1330–1352 3rd Earl of Kent Earldom (5th creation) extinct, 1352 Thomas Holland 1350–1397 2nd Earl of Kent, 2nd Baron Holland John Holland c. 1352–1400 Earl of Huntingdon, Duke of Exeter, 3rd Baron Holland King Richard II 1367–1400 Elizabeth of Lancaster bef. 1363–1426 Thomas Holland 1372–1400 3rd Earl of Kent Duke of Surrey Constance Holland 1387–1437 Edmund Holland 1383–1408 4th Earl of Kent, 4th Baron Holland Earldom (6th creation) extinct, 1408 Earl of Kent (7th creation), 1461 Earl of Kent (8th creation), 1465 William Neville c. 1405–1463 Earl of Kent, Baron Fauconberg jure uxoris Edmund Grey 1416–1490 1st Earl of Kent, 4th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Earldom (7th creation) extinct, 1463 George Grey c. 1460–1503 2nd Earl of Kent, 5th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Anne Woodville c. 1438–1489 Elizabeth Woodville c. 1437–1492 King Edward IV 1442–1483 Henry Grey c. 1495–1562 4th Earl of Kent, 7th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Richard Grey 1481–1524 3rd Earl of Kent, 6th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Anthony Grey Henry Grey 1520–1545 George Grey Reginald Grey d. 1573 5th Earl of Kent, 8th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Henry Grey 1541–1615 6th Earl of Kent, 9th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Charles Grey c. 1545–1623 7th Earl of Kent, 10th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Anthony Grey 1557–1643 9th Earl of Kent Henry Grey c. 1583–1639 8th Earl of Kent, 11th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Henry Grey 1594–1651 10th Earl of Kent Anthony Grey 1645–1702 11th Earl of Kent Marquess of Kent, Earl of Harold, and Viscount Goderich (1st creation), 1706 Duke of Kent (1st creation), 1710 Henry Grey 1671–1740 Duke of Kent, Marquess of Kent, Marquess Grey, 12th Earl of Kent, Baron Lucas Earldom (8th creation), Marquessate, and Dukedom of Kent, Earldom of Harold, and Viscountcy Goderich (1st creation) extinct, 1740 King George III 1738–1820 Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin (2nd creation), 1799 See also: Earl of Strathearn King George IV 1762–1830 King William IV 1765–1837 Prince Edward Augustus 1767–1820 Duke of Kent and Strathearn Dukedom of Kent and Strathearn and Earldom of Dublin extinct, 1820 Queen Victoria 1819–1901 Earl of Dublin (3rd creation), 1849/1850 Earl of Kent (9th creation), 1866 Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 1874 Albert Edward, Prince of Wales 1841–1910 Earl of Dublin, later King Edward VII Prince Alfred Ernest Albert 1844–1900 Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Earl of Kent Prince Arthur 1850–1942 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Earldom of Dublin merged in the Crown, 1901 King George V 1865–1936 Prince Arthur of Connaught 1883–1938 Duke of Kent (2nd creation), Earl of St Andrews, and Baron Downpatrick, 1934 King Edward VIII 1894–1972 King George VI 1895–1952 Prince George 1902–1942 1st Duke of Kent, 1st Earl of St Andrews, 1st Baron Downpatrick Prince Alastair Arthur 1914–1943 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Dukedom of Connaught and Strathearn extinct, 1943 Queen Elizabeth II 1926–2022 Prince Edward b. 1935 2nd Duke of Kent, 2nd Earl of St Andrews, 2nd Baron Downpatrick 7) Prince Michael of Kent b. 1942 1) George Windsor b. 1962 styled Earl of St Andrews Heir apparent to the dukedom of Kent 3) Lord Nicholas Windsor b. 1970 8) Lord Frederick Windsor b. 1979 2) Edward Windsor b. 1988 styled Lord Downpatrick 4) Albert Windsor b. 2007 5) Leopold Windsor b. 2009 6) Louis Windsor b. 2014

See also

Arms of Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn displayed in Royal Tunbridge Wells.

• British monarchy
• Kent
• Dukes of Kent
• Earls of Kent
• Kingdom of Kent

Notes and references

1. "No. 15126". The London Gazette. 23 April 1799. p. 372.