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.

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

'Clarence' refers to the lands of the de Clare noble family; 'Avondale' refers to the valley of the Avon Water in Scotland.

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.

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

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