Duke of York and Albany

Duke of York and Albany
Subsidiary titles	Earl of Ulster
First holder	H.S.H. Prince Ernest, Prince-Bishop of Ornasbrück
Last holder	H.R.H. The Prince Frederick
Consort	H.R.H. Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia
Style of address	His Royal Highness Sir
Formation	1716
Dissolution	1827

Duke of York and Albany was a title awarded by Hanoverian Kings to their second sons. The peerage was composed by the York title in England and Albany in Scotland, while the subsidiary title (Ulster) in the Peerage of Ireland.

Dukes

First creation (1716 - 1728)

Duke	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Prince Ernest Augustus House of Hanover 1716–1728 also: Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück (1715–1728), Earl of Ulster (1716)	[1]	7 September 1674 Osnabrück son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Sophia of the Palatinate	never married	14 August 1728 Osnabrück aged 53
Prince Ernest was the younger brother of George I and died without issue

Second creation (1760 - 1767)

Duke	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Prince Edward House of Hanover 1760–1767 also: Earl of Ulster (1760)	[2]	25 March 1739 Norfolk House son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha	never married	17 September 1767 Prince's Palace of Monaco aged 28
Rather than the second son of the sovereign, Prince Edward was the second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and the younger brother of George III. This Duke of York died without issue at age 28 after a short illness

Third creation (1784 - 1827)

Duke	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
The Prince Frederick House of Hanover 1784–1827 also: Earl of Ulster (1784)	[3]	16 August 1763 St. James's Palace son of George III of the United Kingdom andCharlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Frederica Charlotte of Prussia 29 September 1791 No children	5 January 1827 Rutland House aged 63
Prince Frederick separated from his only wife Frederica Charlotte (with whom he had no children) but was rumoured to have fathered several illegitimate children