List of peerages created for British princes

This page lists all peerages created for British princes since 1714. Extant peerages are in bold.
The list does not include creations of the titles of Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester.

PeerageCreatedGranteeCreated byCurrent statusNotes
Duke of York and Albany1716Prince Ernest AugustusGeorge IExtinct 1728also Earl of Ulster
Duke of Edinburgh1726Prince FrederickGeorge IMerged in Crown 1760also Marquess of the Isle of Ely, Earl of Eltham, Viscount of Launceston and Baron of Snowdon
Duke of Cumberland1726Prince WilliamGeorge IExtinct 1765also Marquess of Berkhamstead, Earl of Kennington, Viscount Trematon and Baron Alderney
Duke of York and Albany1760Prince EdwardGeorge IIExtinct 1767also Earl of Ulster
Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh1764Prince WilliamGeorge IIIExtinct 1834also Earl of Connaught
Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn1766Prince HenryGeorge IIIExtinct 1790also Earl of Dublin
Duke of York and Albany1784The Prince FreederickGeorge IIIExtinct 1827also Earl of Ulster
Duke of Clarence and St Andrews1789The Prince William HenryGeorge IIIMerged in Crown 1830also Earl of Munster
Duke of Kent and Strathearn1799The Prince EdwardGeorge IIIExtinct 1820also Earl of Dublin
Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale1799The Prince Ernest AugustusGeorge IIIDeprived 1919also Earl of Armagh
Duke of Sussex1801The Prince Augustus FrederickGeorge IIIExtinct 1843also Earl of Inverness and Baron Arklow
Duke of Cambridge1801The Prince AdolphusGeorge IIIExtinct 1904also Earl of Tipperary and Baron Culloden
Duke of Edinburgh1866The Prince AlfredVictoriaExtinct 1900also Earl of Kent and Earl of Ulster
Duke of Connaught and Strathearn1874The Prince ArthurVictoriaExtinct 1943also Earl of Sussex
Duke of Albany1881The Prince LeopoldVictoriaDeprived 1919also Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow
Duke of Clarence and Avondale1890Prince Albert Victor of WalesVictoriaExtinct 1892also Earl of Athlone
Duke of York1892Prince George of WalesVictoriaMerged in Crown 1910also Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney
Duke of York1920The Prince AlbertGeorge VMerged in Crown 1936also Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney
Duke of Gloucester1928The Prince HenryGeorge VExtantalso Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden
Duke of Kent1934The Prince GeorgeGeorge VExtantalso Earl of St Andrews and Baron Downpatrick
Duke of Windsor1937The Prince EdwardGeorge VIExtinct 1972
Duke of York1986The Prince AndrewElizabeth IIExtantalso Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh
Earl of Wessex1999The Prince EdwardElizabeth IIExtantalso Viscount Severn
Duke of Cambridge2011Prince William of WalesElizabeth IIExtantalso Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus

In addition, Philip Mountbatten (former Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark) was created Duke of Edinburgh with the subsidiary titles of Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich by George VI in 1947. After that, The Duke of Edinburgh was created a British prince by her wife Elizabeth II in 1957.

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