Duke of Clarence

Duke of Clarence is an Anglo- British peerage, which was traditionally awarded younger sons of the English / British royal family. The name is derived from Clarence Glarentza in the Principality of Achaia; an English knight was at the time of the Crusades there Duke.

List of Dukes of Clarence

Duke of Clarence (first ceremony, the English nobility, 1362 )

• Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence ( 1338-1368 ), third son of King Edward III of England

Duke of Clarence (second award, the English nobility, 1412 )

• Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence ( 1388-1421 ), second son of King Henry IV of England

Duke of Clarence (third award, the English nobility, 1461 )

• George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence ( 1449-1478 ), brother of King Edward IV

Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (nobility of Great Britain, 1789)

• Prince William of Great Britain and Ireland (1765-1837), third son of King George III. of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover; future King William IV

Duke of Clarence and Avondale (nobility of the United Kingdom, 1890)

• Prince Albert Victor, known as Eddy, Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of Athlone (1864-1892), eldest son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII )

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