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353: 438: 578: 31: 237: 525: 123:, who became Countess, Marchioness and then Duchess of Kent in 1702, 1706 and 1710 respectively. She died in 1728. In 1729, he married Sophia Bentinck, who died exactly a year after he did. The dukedom, marquessate and earldom of Kent all became extinct, as the duke had survived all of his sons and had no male collateral heirs. However, two 679:
The King has been pleased to grant to His Most Dearly-Beloved Son Prince Edward, and to the Heirs Male of His Royal Highness's Body lawfully begotten, the Dignities of Duke of the Kingdom of Great Britain, and of Earl of the Kingdom of Ireland, by the Names, Styles, and Titles of Duke of Kent, and of
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became Countess of Kent in 1874 on her marriage to The Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, who had received the earldom of Kent in the peerage of the United Kingdom from his mother eight years earlier. The couple were more commonly known by their higher titles of Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, than as Duke
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in 1988. They are currently known by the courtesy titles Earl and Countess of St Andrews. As George is three generations removed from the crown he is not a prince. Upon his accession Sylvana would be styled
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and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The duke died in 1900, and the duchess in 1920. They had survived their only son,
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Tom Levine: Die Windsors. Glanz und Tragik einer fast normalen Familie. Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 2005,
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as Marquess of Kent, Earl of Harold and Viscount Goderich, then as Duke of Kent in 1710. In 1694, he had married
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Strathern, in the Kingdom of Great Britain, and of Earl of Dublin, in the Kingdom of Ireland.
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Subsidiary titles: Countess of Harold, Viscountess Goderich, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell.
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Longford, Elizabeth (2004). "Edward, Prince, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767–1820)".
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A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England
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The Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund was created Duke of Kent by his father
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married Prince Edward in 1961 and has remained Duchess of Kent ever since.
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Subsidiary titles: Countess of St Andrews, Baroness Downpatrick.
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Duchess of Kent and Strathearn (Great Britain, 1818–1820)
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Other titles: Duchess of Edinburgh, Countess of Ulster.
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Jemima Grey
Katharine Worsley
courtesy title
Duke of Kent
Kent
Katharine
Prince Edward
Prince George
George V
Henry Grey, 12th Earl of Kent
peerage of England
Queen Anne
Jemima Crew
subsidiary titles
Jemima Yorke
Duke of Kent and Strathearn
George III
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Princess Alexandrina Victoria
John Conroy
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
Alfred
George V
Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Katharine Worsley
Jemima Crew
Crew family
Jemima

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