Dukedom of Kent and Strathearn | |
Creation Date: | 23 April 1799 |
Last Holder: | Prince Edward |
Remainder To: | the 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
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.
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. 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.
| 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|-| colspan=5|Edward had no legitimate sons and all his titles became extinct on his death.|}