Earl of Merioneth explained

Earl of Merioneth
Creation Date:20 November 1947
Creation:First
First Holder:Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Last Holder:Charles, Prince of Wales
Remainder To:the 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Status:Merged with crown
Extinction Date:8 September 2022
Former Seat:Clarence House

Earl of Merioneth was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1947 along with the Duke of Edinburgh and the Baron Greenwich for Philip Mountbatten, later Prince Philip, upon his marriage to Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II.

Merionethshire is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, a vice county and a former administrative county.

Earls of Merioneth (1947)

| Prince Philip
Mountbatten
1947–2021
also: Duke of Edinburgh and Baron Greenwich (1947)| | 10 June 1921
Mon Repos, Corfu
son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg| Princess Elizabeth
20 November 1947
4 children| 9 April 2021
Windsor Castle, Windsor
aged 99|-| Prince Charles[1]
House of Windsor
2021–2022
also: Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1958), Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay (1952), Duke of Edinburgh and Baron Greenwich (2021)| | 14 November 1948
Buckingham Palace, London
son of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II| Lady Diana Spencer
29 July 198128 August 1996
2 children
Camilla Parker Bowles
9 April 2005|
now old|-| colspan=5|Prince Charles succeeded as Charles III in 2022 upon his mother's death, and his hereditary titles merged in the Crown.|}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. College of Arms. 9 April 2021. 9 April 2021. 11 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411005304/https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/news/item/187-hrh-the-duke-of-edinburgh. live.