Duke of Clarence and Avondale

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]

Dukedom of Clarence and Avondale
Arms of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale
Creation date	24 May 1890
Creation	First
Created by	Victoria
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Prince Albert Victor
Last holder	Prince Albert Victor
Remainder to	the 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Earl of Athlone
Status	Extinct
Extinction date	14 January 1892

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)		8 January 1864 Frogmore House son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra	Never married	14 January 1892 Sandringham House, Sandringham aged 28
Albert Victor had no children and all his titles became extinct on his death.

Memorial to the Duke of Clarence and Avondale in York Minster

Family tree

v t e 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, 1892 Honours forfeit, 1919

v t e  Family tree of the: Earls of Angus, Earls of Avondale, Earls of Douglas, Marquesses of Douglas, Earls of Forfar, Earls of Ormond and Marquesses of Ormond, Earls of Ross and Dukes of Ross

Earl of Angus (Stewart line), 1329 John Stewart (d. 1331) 1st Earl of Angus, Lord of Bonkyl, Lord of Abernethy jure uxoris William the Hardy (1243–1298) Lord of Douglas Thomas Stewart (b. before 1331-1361) 2nd Earl of Angus Archibald Douglas (d. 1333) James Douglas "the Good" (c. 1286–1330) Lord of Douglas Earl of Douglas, 1358 Robert III of Scotland (c. 1337–1406) Margaret Stewart (d. 1417) 3rd Countess of Angus, Lady of Abernethy, Lady of Bonkyll William Douglas (c. 1323–1384) 1st Earl of Douglas Archibald Douglas "the Grim" (c. 1330 – c. 1400) 3rd Earl of Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Douglas, Lord of Bothwell Earl of Angus transferred from the Stewarts to the Douglasses when Margaret resigned her title in deference to her son, 1389 Earl of Avondale and Lord Balveny, 1437 James I (1394–1437) Princess Mary of Scotland George Douglas (1380–1430) 1st Earl of Angus, Lord of Abernethy, Lord of Bonkyll James Douglas (c. 1358–1388) 2nd Earl of Douglas, Earl of Mar Archibald Douglas "Tyneman" (c. 1369–1424) Duke of Touraine, 4th Earl of Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, 13th Lord of Douglas, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Douglas, Lord of Bothwell m. Margaret of Carrick, daughter of Robert III James Douglas (1371–1443) 7th Earl of Douglas, 1st Earl of Avondale, 1st Lord Balveny William Douglas (1398–1437) 2nd Earl of Angus Douglases of Drumlanrig Archibald Douglas (c. 1391–1439) Duke of Touraine, 5th Earl of Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Douglas, Lord of Bothwell, Lord of Selkirk and Ettrick Forest, Eskdale, Lauderdale, Liddesdale and Annandale, Count of Longueville, Seigneur de Dun-le-roi Earl of Ormond (Scotland) (1st creation), 1445 James II (1430–1460) James Douglas (1428–1446) 3rd Earl of Angus George Douglas (c. 1427–1463) 4th Earl of Angus William Douglas (c. 1424–1440) Duke of Touraine, 6th Earl of Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Bothwell, Lord of Selkirk and Ettrick Forest, Eskdale, Lauderdale, and Annandale, Count of Longueville, Seigneur de Dun-le-roi William Douglas (1425–1452) 8th Earl of Douglas, 2nd Earl of Avondale, 2nd Lord Balveny James Douglas (1426–1491) 9th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale, 3rd Lord Balveny Hugh Douglas (d. 1455) Earl of Ormond Earldom of Douglas and Earldom of Avondale forfeit, 1491 Eardom of Ormand forfeit, 1455 James III (1451/1452–1448) Archibald Douglas (c. 1449–1513) 5th Earl of Angus Marquess of Ormond (Scotland) (1st creation), 1476 Earl of Ross, 1481 Duke of Ross, 1488 James IV (1473–1513) James Stewart (1476–1504) Duke of Ross, Marquess of Ormond, Earl of Ross George Douglas (1469–1513) styled Master of Angus William Douglas of Glenbervie (1473–1513) Dukedom of Ross (1488 creation), Marqessate of Ormond (1st creation) and Earldom of Ross (1481 creation) extinct, 1504 Duke of Ross (2nd creation), 1514 James V (1512–1542) Alexander Stewart (1514–1515) Duke of Ross Archibald Douglas (1490–1557) 6th Earl of Angus George Douglas of Pittendreich (d. 1552) Archibald Douglas of Glenbervie (1513–1570) Dukedom of Ross (2nd creation) extinct, 1515 Earl of Ross (1565 creation) Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587) Henry Stuart (1546–1567) Duke of Albany, 1st Earl of Ross, Lord Darnley, Lord Ardmannoch David Douglas (c. 1515–1558) 7th Earl of Angus William Douglas (1533–1591) 9th Earl of Angus James VI and I (1566–1625) 2nd Earl of Ross Archibald Douglas (1555–1588) 8th Earl of Angus, Earl of Morton William Douglas (1553–1611) 10th Earl of Angus Earldom of Ross (1565 creation), merged with the crown Marquess of Ormond (Scotland) (2nd creation), Earl of Ross, and Lord Ardmannoch, 1600 Marquess of Douglas (1st creation), 1633 Elizabeth Stuart (1596–1662) Charles Stuart (1600–1649) Marquess of Ormond, Earl of Ross Later King Charles I of England and Scotland William Douglas (1589–1660) 1st Marquess of Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus Marquessate of Ormand (2nd creation) and Earldom of Ross (1600 creation) merged with the Crown, 1625 Earl of Ormond (Scotland) (2nd creation), 1651 Sophia of Hanover (1630–1714) Archibald Douglas (1609–1655) 1st Earl of Ormond Earl of Forfar (1st creation), 1661 King George I (1660–1727) James Douglas (c. 1646–1700) 2nd Marquess of Douglas, 12th Earl of Angus Archibald Douglas (1653–1712) 2nd Earl of Ormond, 1st Earl of Forfar Duke of Douglas, Marquess of Angus and Abernethy, Viscount of Jedburgh Forest, Lord Douglas of Bonkill, Prestoun, and Robertoun, 1703 King George II (1683–1760) Archibald Douglas (1694–1761) 1st Duke of Douglas, Marquess of Angus and Abernethy, and Viscount of Jedburgh Forest, Lord Douglas of Bonkill, Prestoun, and Robertoun, 3rd Marquess of Douglas, 13th Earl of Angus Archibald Douglas (1692–1715) 3rd Earl of Ormond, 2nd Earl of Forfar Dukedom of Douglas, Marquessate of Angus and Abernethy, and Viscountcy of Jedburgh Forest, Lordship Douglas of Bonkill, Prestoun, and Robertoun extinct, 1761 Marquessate of Douglas, and earldom of Angus passed to James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton Earldoms of Ormond and Forfar extinct, 1715 Frederick (1707–1751) Prince of Wales King George III (1683–1760) Edward Augustus (1767–1820) Duke of Kent and Strathearn Queen Victoria (1819–1901) King Edward VII (1841–1910) Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of Athlone, 1890 Prince Albert Victor (1864–1892) Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Earl of Athlone King George V (1865–1936) Dukedom of Clarence and Avondale and Earldom of Athlone extinct, 1892 King George VI (1895–1952) Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022) Earl of Forfar (2nd creation), 2019 Prince Edward (b. 1964) Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Forfar