Duke of Albemarle explained

Dukedom of Albemarle
Creation Date:1722
Creation:Fourth
First Holder:George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne, "1st Duke of Albemarle" (1666–1735)
Present Holder:Extinct
Remainder To:1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary Titles:Marquess Monck and Fitzhemon
Earl of Bath
Viscount Bevil
Baron Russell of Lansdowne
Baron Lansdown of Bideford
Extinction Date:1776
Family Seat:Albemarle House

The Dukedom of Albemarle has been created twice in the Peerage of England, each time ending in extinction. Additionally, the title was created a third time by James II in exile and a fourth time by his son the Old Pretender, in the Jacobite peerage. The name Albemarle is derived from the Latinised form of the French commune of French: [[Aumale]] in Normandy (Latin: Alba Marla meaning 'White Marl', marl being a type of fertile soil), other forms being Aubemarle and Aumerle. It arose in connection with the ancient Norman Counts of Aumale of Aumale in Normandy.

Dukes of Albemarle (Aumale), first creation (1397)

Dukes of Albemarle, second creation (1660)

also Earl of Torrington, Baron Monck of Potheridge, Beauchamp and Teyes (England, 7 July 1660)

Dukes of Albemarle, first Jacobite creation (1696)

also "Earl of Rochford" and "Baron Romney" (Jacobite, 1696)

Dukes of Albemarle, second Jacobite creation (1722)

also "Marquess Monck and Fitzhemon", "Earl of Bath", "Viscount Bevil" (Jacobite, 1722), Baron Lansdowne (Great Britain, 1712) and "Baron Lansdown of Bideford" (Jacobite, 1722)

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Notes and References

  1. Edward is referred to in Shakespeare's Richard II as the "Duke of Aumerle"
  2. http://www.thepeerage.com/p311.htm#i3102 Bernard Granville, Duke of Albemarle