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Duke of Albany is a
peerage title that has occasionally been bestowed on the younger sons in the
Scottish, and later the British,
royal family, particularly in the Houses of
Stuart and
Hanover.
The Dukedom of Albany was first granted in
1398 by King
Robert III of Scotland on his brother, Robert Stewart, the title being in the
Peerage of Scotland. "
Albany" was a broad territorial term representing the parts of Scotland north of the
River Forth, roughly the former Kingdom of the
Picts. The title (along with the
Dukedom of Rothesay, the first Dukedom created in Scotland) was forfeited in
1425 due to the treason of the second Duke.
The title was again created in
1458 for
Alexander Stewart; the title became extinct when his son John died without heirs. It was created again in
1541 for Arthur, second son of
James V of Scotland, who died in early infancy. The fourth creation, along with the Earldom of Ross and Lordship Ardmannoch, was for
Mary, Queen of Scots's king consort
Lord Darnley, whose son, later
James VI and I, inherited the titles on his death. That creation merged with the Scottish crown upon James's ascension. The title, along with the title of
Duke of York, with which it has since been traditionally coupled, was created for a fifth time in
1604 for
Charles, son of
James VI and I. Upon Charles's ascent to the throne in
1625, the title of Duke of Albany merged once again in the crowns.
The title was next granted in
1660 to Charles I's son,
James, by Charles II. When James succeeded his elder brother to the throne in
1685, the titles again merged into the crown. The cities of
New York and
Albany, New York were thus both named after James, as he was the Duke of York and Albany. The pretender,
Charles Edward Stuart, gave the title Duchess of Albany to his illegitimate daughter
Charlotte; she died in
1789.
The title "Duke of York and Albany" was often granted by the Hanoverian kings (see
Duke of York). The title of "Albany" alone was granted for the fifth time, this time in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom, in
1881 to
Prince Leopold, the fourth son of
Queen Victoria. Prince Leopold's son, Charles, was deprived of the peerage in
1919 for bearing arms against the United Kingdom in
World War I. Under the
1917 Titles Deprivation Act, the lineal male heirs of the 2nd Duke of Albany have the
right to petition the British Crown for the restoration of his peerages. To date, none has done so. The current heir is the 2nd Duke's great-grandson,
Hubert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (b.
1961). (Although Hubert's grandfather,
Johann Leopold, lost his status as heir of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha by making a
morganatic marriage, this would only affect German princely titles and not British peerages.)
Dukes of Albany, first Creation (1398)
Dukes of Albany, second Creation (1458)
Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany (c. 1454–1485)
John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (1481–1536)
Dukes of Albany, third Creation (1541)
Arthur Stewart, Duke of Albany (1541) (died eight days after his baptism)
Dukes of Albany, fourth Creation (1565)
Henry Stuart, King-consort of Scotland (1545–1567)
James Stuart, Duke of Rothesay (1566–1625) (became King in 1567)
Dukes of Albany, fifth Creation (1604)
Charles Stuart, Duke of Albany (1600–1649) (became King in 1625)
Dukes of Albany, sixth Creation (1660)
James Stuart, Duke of Albany (1633–1701) (became King in 1685)
Dukes of Albany, seventh Creation (1881)
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853–1884)
Prince Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany (1884–1954) (born after his father's death; suspended 1919)
Heirs to the Dukedom, if restored
Hereditary Prince John Leopold (1906–1972), eldest son of the second Duke.
- Ernst-Leopold Eduard Wilhelm Josias Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1935–1996), elder son of Prince John Leopold
- Hubertus Richard Ernst Leopold Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (born Herrenberg, 8 December 1961), eldest son of Ernst Wettin
Dukes of Albany in Fiction
William Shakespeare's King Lear includes as a major character the Duke of Albany, who is husband to one of Lear's daughters.
In the movie Kate & Leopold, Leopold is the Duke of Albany. He is not, however, meant to be the same person as the historic Leopold, Duke of Albany, who would have held the title at that time, as the fictitious character isn't a member of the Royal Family.Further Information
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