The Duke of Connaught and Straternsky ( eng. Duke of Connaught and Strathearn ) - aristocratic title in the system of the Peerage of the United Kingdom ( 1874 - 1943 ).
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History
The ducal title was created on May 24, 1874 by Queen Victoria of Great Britain for her third son, Prince Arthur William Patrick (1850-1942). Together with the ducal title he was also granted a subsidiary title - Earl of Sussex .
By tradition, members of the royal family received titles associated with England , Scotland , Ireland and Wales , the four states that made up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . The title of duke of Connaught and Stratrnogo was named after one of the four provinces of Ireland , now known as Connaught . This title was to be awarded to the third son of the British monarch. The first son of the monarch traditionally received the titles of Prince of Wales , the Duke of Cornwall (England) and Rothesi ( Scotland ), and the second son often became the Duke of York .
After the release of the Irish free state from the UK in 1922 , titles related to the Republic of Ireland ceased to be created. However titles, geographically related to Northern Ireland , continued to appear.
The only son of Prince Arthur, the 1st Duke of Connaught and Strater , Prince Arthur (1883–1938), Governor-General of the Union of South Africa (1920–24), died during the life of his father. Therefore, in January 1942, after the death of Prince Arthur, his title was inherited by his grandson, Prince Alastair, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Stratinsky (1914-1943). Prince Alastair was not married and had no children, so after his death in April 1943, the ducal title was interrupted.
A Canadian military regiment, a British Columbia regiment, and a Canadian armored regiment were named after Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Stratin. The cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army and the 6th Uhlan Regiment were also named after the 1st Duke.
Dukes of Connaught and Strattern (1874)
- Arthur William Patrick, Prince of Great Britain, 1st Duke of Connaught and Stratern (May 1, 1850 - January 16, 1942), third son of Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1819–1901) and Prince Consort of Great Britain Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819–61)
- Prince Arthur of Connaught and Stratern (January 13, 1883 - September 12, 1938), the only son of Arthur, 1st Duke of Connauta and Stratern, and Princess Louise Margarita of Prussia (1860–1917)
- Alastaire Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Stratern (August 9, 1914 - April 26, 1943), the only son of Prince Arthur of Connaught and Stratern, and Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (1891-1959), great-grandson of Queen Victoria.
Genealogy
Queen of Great Britain Victoria (1819–1901) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dukes of Connaught and Straternsky, 1874 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
King of Great Britain Edward VII (1841–1910) | Arthur William Patrick, Prince of Great Britain, 1st Duke of Connaught and Stratin (1850–1942) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
King of Great Britain George V (1865–1936) | Louise, Duchess of Fife (1867–1931) husband Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife | Princess Margarita Konnautskaya (1882–1920) Husband King of Sweden Gustav VI Adolf | Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886–1974) Husband Sir Alexander Remzay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
King of Great Britain Edward VIII (1894–1972) | King of Great Britain George VI (1895–1952) | Princess Alexandra 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891–1959) | Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883–1938) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II (born 1926) | Alastaire Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Stratin (1914–1943) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Connaught and Strathearn, Duke of (UK, 1874–1943) bei Cracroft′s Peerage