Prince of Wales | |
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Inaugural holder |
Edward of Caernarfon |
Current holder |
H.R.H. The Prince Charles |
Consort |
Lady Diana Spencer (m. 1981 - 1996) |
Style of Address |
His Royal Highness |
Residence |
Clarence House |
Prince of Wales is the traditional title of the Heir Apparent to the British Throne.
Princes of Wales
Picture | Name | Heir of | Birth | Became Heir-apparent to the Throne | Created Prince of Wales | Ceased to be Prince of Wales | Death | Other titles while Prince of Wales | Princess of Wales |
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[1] | Edward of Caernarfon
later Edward II |
Edward I | 25 April 1284 | 19 August 1284 | 7 February 1301 | 7 July 1307
became King |
21 September 1327 | Count of Ponthieu, Earl of Chester | – |
[2] | Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince | Edward III | 15 June 1330 | 12 May 1343[8] | 8 June 1376 | Earl of Chester,Duke of Cornwall | Joan of Kent | ||
[3] | Richard of Bordeaux
later Richard II |
6 January 1367 | 8 June 1376 | 20 November 1376[8] | 22 June 1377
became King |
14 February 1400 | Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester | – | |
[4] | Henry of Monmouth
later Henry V |
Henry IV | 16 September 1387 | 30 September 1399 | 15 October 1399[8] | 21 March 1413
became King |
31 August 1422 | Duke of Lancaster,Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester | – |
[5] | Richard of York | Henry VI | 21 September 1411 | 25 October 1460 | 31 October 1460[3] | 30 December 1460 | Lord Protector of England,Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester (all disputed with Edward of Westminster);Duke of York,Earl of Ulster,Earl of March,Earl of Cambridge, feudal Lord of Clare andBaron Mortimer of Wigmore | Cecily Neville | |
[6] | Edward of Westminster | 13 October 1453 | 15 March 1454[8] | 11 April 1471Father deposed | 4 May 1471 | Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester
(all disputed with Richard Duke of York, 31 October–30 December 1460) |
Anne Neville | ||
[7] | Edward
later Edward V |
Edward IV | 4 November 1470 | 11 April 1471 | 26 June 1471[8] | 9 April 1483
became King |
1483? | Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester | – |
Edward of Middleham | Richard III | 1473 | 1483 | 24 August 1483[8] | 31 March or
9 April 1484 |
Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester, Earl of Salisbury | – | ||
[8] | Arthur Tudor | Henry VII | 20 September 1486 | 29 November 1489 | 2 April 1502 | Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester | Catherine of Aragon | ||
[9] | Henry Tudor
later Henry VIII |
28 June 1491 | 2 April 1502 | 18 February 1504[8] | 21 April 1509
became King |
28 January 1547 | Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester, Duke of York | – | |
[10] | Edward Tudor
later Edward VI |
Henry VIII | 12 October 1537 | – [8] | 28 January 1547
became King |
6 July 1553 | Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester | – | |
[11] | Henry Frederick Stuart | James I | 19 February 1594 | 24 March 1603 | 4 June 1610[8] | 6 November 1612 | Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay,Earl of Chester,Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew,Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland | – | |
[12] | Charles Stuart
later Charles I |
19 November 1600 | 6 November 1612 | 4 November 1616[8] | 27 March 1625
became King |
30 January 1649 | Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay,Duke of York,Duke of Albany,Marquess of Ormonde, Earl of Chester, Earl of Carrick, Earl of Ross, Lord Ardmannoch, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland | – | |
[13] | Charles Stuart
later Charles II |
Charles I | 29 May 1630 | declared c. 1638–1641[8] | 30 January 1649
title abolished (became King 1660) |
6 February 1685 | Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay,Earl of Chester,Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland | – | |
[14] | James Francis Edward Stuart | James II | 10 June 1688 | c. 4 July 1688[8] | 11 December 1688
Father deposed |
1 January 1766 | Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay,Earl of Chester,Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland | – | |
[15] | George Augustus
later George II |
George I | 10 November 1683 | 1 August 1714 | 27 September 1714 | 11 June 1727
became King |
25 October 1760 | Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay,Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Chester, Earl of Carrick, Earl of Milford Haven, Viscount Northallerton, Baron Renfrew, Baron Tewkesbury, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland | Caroline of Ansbach |
[16] | Frederick Lewis | George II | 1 February 1707 | 11 June 1727 | 8 January 1729[8] | 31 March 1751 | Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay,Duke of Edinburgh, Marquess of the Isle of Ely, Earl of Chester, Earl of Carrick, Earl of Eltham, Viscount Launceston, Baron Renfrew, Baron Snowdon, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland | Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha | |
[17] | George William Frederick
later George III |
4 June 1738 | 31 March 1751 | 20 April 1751 | 25 October 1760
became King |
29 January 1820 | Duke of Edinburgh, Marquess of the Isle of Ely, Earl of Chester, Earl of Eltham, Viscount Launceston, Baron Snowdon | – | |
[18] | George Augustus Frederick
later George IV |
George III | 12 August 1762 | 19 August 1762[8] | 29 January 1820
became King |
26 June 1830 | Prince Regent,Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay,Earl of Chester,Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland | Caroline of Brunswick | |
[19] | Albert Edward
later Edward VII |
Victoria | 9 November 1841 | 8 December 1841 | 22 January 1901
became King |
6 May 1910 | Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay,Earl of Chester,Earl of Carrick,Earl of Dublin, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland | Alexandra of Denmark | |
[20] | George Frederick Ernest Albert
later George V |
Edward VII | 3 June 1865 | 22 January 1901 | 9 November 1901[9] | 6 May 1910
became King |
20 January 1936 | Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay,Duke of York,Earl of Chester,Earl of Carrick,Earl of Inverness, Baron Renfrew, Baron Killarney, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland | Mary of Teck |
[21] | Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David
later Edward VIII then Duke of Windsor |
George V | 23 June 1894 | 6 May 1910 | 23 June 1911 | 20 January 1936
became King |
28 May 1972 | Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay,Earl of Chester,Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland | |
[22] | Charles Philip Arthur George | Elizabeth II | 14 November 1948 | 6 February 1952 | 26 July 1958 | Incumbent | Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay,Earl of Chester,Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland | Lady Diana Spencer;
Camilla Shand(Camilla does not use title "Princess of Wales") | |
Picture | Name | Heir of | Birth | Became Heir-apparent to the Throne | Created Prince of Wales | Ceased to be Prince of Wales | Death | Other titles while Prince of Wales | Princess of Wales |