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HRH Camilla, Princess of Wales, while legally entitled to it, does not use this title. Instead she uses the title Duchess of Cornwall.
HRH Camilla, Princess of Wales, while legally entitled to it, does not use this title. Instead she uses the title Duchess of Cornwall. The Duchess of Cornwall is the title held by the wife of the Duke of Cornwall. [1]

Princess of Wales is a courtesy title held by the wife of the Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283. A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of Nobility used by children former wives and other close relatives of a peer. Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru is a title traditionally granted to the Heir Apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom (and formerly the Kingdom Due to the mortality rate and the fact that some Princes of Wales did not marry before ascending to the throne, there have in fact been only ten Princesses of Wales. The present Princess of Wales is Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who chooses not to use the title Princess of Wales, which for some people remains associated with her predecessor, Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Princesses of Wales

The ten Princesses of Wales (and the dates the individuals held that title) are as follows:

  1. Joan of Kent (held title 1361–1376) — became dowager princess when her husband, Edward, died as Prince of Wales. Joan Countess of Kent ( September 29, 1328 &ndash August 7, 1385) known to history as The Fair Maid of Kent, was the first A dowager is a widow who holds a title or property or Dower, derived from her deceased husband Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, KG (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376 popularly known as The Black Prince, was the eldest son of King Edward
  2. Anne Neville (1470–1471) — through her marriage to Edward of Lancaster, though there is no record of her having used the title. Anne Neville (11 June 1456 &ndash 16 March 1485 was Queen consort of King Richard III of England 1483-1485 She became queen consort when her second husband became King Richard III of England. A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning king. Richard III ( 2 October 1452 &ndash 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death
  3. Catherine of Aragon (1501–1502) — became dowager princess when her first husband, Arthur, died as Prince. Catherine of Aragon (16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536 also known as Catharine, Katherine or Katharine ( Castilian Infanta Catalina Arthur Tudor (19 or 20 September 1486 - 2 April 1502 was the first son of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and therefore heir to the throne [2] She became queen consort when she married Arthur's brother, King Henry VIII. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of
  4. Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1714–1727) — became queen consort when George II ascended to the throne. Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1727 ( MDCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George II (George Augustus 10 November 1683 &ndash 25 October 1760 was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (
  5. Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1736–1751) — dowager when husband Frederick, Prince of Wales died. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha ( 30 November 1719 – 8 February 1772) was Princess of Wales between 1736 and 1751 and Dowager Princess Year 1736 ( MDCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Prince Frederick Prince of Wales (Frederick Louis 1 February 1707 &ndash 31 March 1751) was a member of the Hanoverian and
  6. Caroline of Brunswick (1795–1820) — became queen consort on the accession of her husband George IV
  7. Alexandra of Denmark (1863–1901) — queen consort upon accession of husband Edward VII. Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Caroline Amelia Elizabeth later Queen Caroline; May 17 1768 – August 7 1821 was the wife of George IV of the United Kingdom Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Carolina Marie Charlotte Louise Julia 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925 was Queen Consort to Edward VII of the United Kingdom Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The longest anyone has ever held the title (37 years, 10 months and 12 days).
  8. Mary of Teck (1901–1910) — queen consort upon accession of husband George V
  9. Lady Diana Spencer (1981–1996) — first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953 was the queen-empress consort of George V of the United Kingdom Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) When Diana divorced The Prince of Wales in 1996, she lost the style of HRH and assumed the style of a divorced peeress, that is, her personal name immediately followed by her former title. Had Diana remarried, any use of the title Princess of Wales would have been lost permanently. [3]
  10. Camilla Parker-Bowles (2005–present) — the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Though legally Princess of Wales, Camilla is the first Princess of Wales whose husband earlier had another official consort known as Princess of Wales, and so chose to use the alternative Duchess of Cornwall as her principal title. [4]

Several Princesses of Wales became queens consort. Those who did not generally took the title of "Dowager Princess of Wales" after the deaths of their husbands. (Following the annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, Catherine officially reverted to her earlier title of Dowager Princess of Wales, as the widow of Henry's older brother, Arthur, Prince of Wales, because Henry did not wish to acknowledge that he had ever been legally married to her. Arthur Tudor (19 or 20 September 1486 - 2 April 1502 was the first son of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and therefore heir to the throne )

Under the form of male-preference primogeniture in use in the United Kingdom, it is very unusual for a woman to be heiress apparent, since it is always theoretically possible for a reigning monarch to have a son to displace a daughter; she is almost always heiress presumptive. Primogeniture is the Common law right of the Firstborn son to inherit the entire estate, to the exclusion of younger siblings An heir apparent is an Heir who (short of a fundamental change in the situation cannot be displaced from inheriting the term is used in contrast to Heir presumptive An heir presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne peerage or other hereditary honor but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an Heir apparent The only exception to this would be if a monarch's heir apparent were to have only female children and then the said heir apparent were to die; the eldest (female) child would then be heiress apparent.

In reality, there are times when it is perfectly obvious to all that an heiress presumptive will in due course inherit the throne (most obviously the youth of the present Queen Elizabeth); but none of these has ever been created "Princess of Wales". An heir presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne peerage or other hereditary honor but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an Heir apparent For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II

Princess of Wales is not a princess in her own right

Mary of Teck, the 8th Princess of WalesAs a Princess of Teck as of right, Mary was the last actual princess in her own right to be Princess of Wales.
Mary of Teck, the 8th Princess of Wales
As a Princess of Teck as of right, Mary was the last actual princess in her own right to be Princess of Wales. Teck was a ducal castle in the kingdom of Württemberg, immediately to the north of the Swabian Jura and south of the town of Kirchheim unter Princess is the feminine form of Prince (from Latin Princeps, meaning principal citizen

Contrary to widespread belief, the Princess of Wales is not a princess in her own right. While some past princesses, for example Alexandra of Denmark and Mary of Teck, were called Princess Alexandra and Princess Mary, that was because they were already princesses (of Denmark and Teck respectively) when they married. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Teck was a ducal castle in the kingdom of Württemberg, immediately to the north of the Swabian Jura and south of the town of Kirchheim unter Though Diana, Princess of Wales was commonly called Princess Diana after her marriage to Charles, Prince of Wales, it was officially incorrect, as Diana herself pointed out, because she was not a princess in her own right. Similarly Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, is not Princess Camilla.

When a title was sought for the future Queen Elizabeth II, the possibility of investing her as Princess of Wales in her own right was raised. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II This suggestion was rejected, because Princess of Wales is a courtesy title held by the wife of the Prince of Wales. If it were used by Princess Elizabeth, it would have degraded her right as a Princess of the United Kingdom unless Letters Patent or Legislation were introduced to the contrary. Letters patent are a type of Legal instrument in the form of an Open letter issued by a Monarch or Government, granting an office right Legislation (or " Statutory law " is law which has been promulgated (or " Enacted quot by a Legislature or other Governing

Other Titles of the Princesses of Wales

A Princess of Wales, by virtue of her marriage to the Prince of Wales, also takes all of the Prince's subsidiary titles. Thus a Princess of Wales is also:

Of all these titles usually only Princess of Wales has been used officially, a princess being of a higher rank than the peerage titles. The Duchess of Cornwall is the title held by the wife of the Duke of Cornwall. However, as noted with the example of the current Princess of Wales, Camilla, a subsidiary title may just as easily and legally be used. For example, when Diana, Princess of Wales opened a new section of Chester Zoo in 1984 she was referred to as "HRH The Princess of Wales, Countess of Chester". Chester Zoo is a Zoological garden located in Cheshire in north west England.

In some cases the heir to the throne had yet to be created Prince of Wales, so his wife was referred to as Duchess of Cornwall until then. Mary of Teck was known as The Duchess of York after her 1893 marriage to Prince George (then Duke of York, later George V), and was known as The Duchess of Cornwall and York from January of 1901 (the death of Queen Victoria and the ascension of Edward VII) to November of 1901 (when George was created Prince of Wales). Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953 was the queen-empress consort of George V of the United Kingdom Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The Princess is known as Duchess of Rothesay in Scotland, as the Prince of Wales is known as Duke of Rothesay there, the dukedom being the title historically associated with the heir to the Scottish throne.

Welsh "princesses" of Wales

Pre-Conquest princesses, such as Gwenllian of Wales, are sometimes referred to as Princess of Wales, but did not hold this title in the English legal sense. Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn ( June 12 1282 &ndash June 7 1337) was the only child of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Tywysog There are a handful of others who might have claimed the title, as a result of marriage to native princes who took, were given or aspired to the title of "Prince of Wales". These include:

Notes

  1. ^ Camilla's right to hold the title following her marriage to the Prince of Wales was confirmed by the Lord Chancellor. Joan Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon, (c 1188 &ndash February 2, 1237) was the wife of Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Wales and Eleanor de Montfort Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon ( 1252 - 19 June 1282) was a daughter of Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester and Margaret Hanmer (c 1370 &ndash c 1420 sometimes known by her Welsh name of Marred ferch Dafydd, was the wife of Owain Glyndŵr and was thus technically The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor is a senior and important functionary in the Government of the United Kingdom. She is the first Princess of Wales to choose not to use the title.
  2. ^ Following the controversial annulment of her marriage to Henry VIII Catherine was officially designated the Dowager Princess of Wales until her death. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of
  3. ^ Diana, Princess of Wales — Biography — Marriage and family
  4. ^ The right of Camilla to the title Princess of Wales was debated prior to her marriage to the Prince of Wales. The Lord Chancellor, having reviewed the case, ruled that as the wife of the Prince of Wales Camilla would automatically become Princess of Wales unless a change in statute law or possibly an Order-in-Council ruled otherwise. The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor is a senior and important functionary in the Government of the United Kingdom. Statutory law or statute law is written Law (as opposed to oral or Customary law) set down by a Legislature or other governing An Order-in-Council is a type of legislation in Commonwealth Realms. No Bill or Order-in-Council was introduced to deny Camilla the title. She however chose not to use it, and instead to use one of the alternative titles possessed by each Princess of Wales. Similarly, as wife of the King she will automatically be queen consort, but intends to use an alternative title, Princess Consort. A princess consort is the female equivalent to a Prince consort.

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