. The peerage of the British Empire as at present existing : arranged and printed from the personal communications of the nobility. rd ofthe Isles, were vested in the eldest son and heir apparent of the Crown of Scotlandfor ever. Duke of Cornwall.—King Edward the Third created his eldest son, Edward theBlack Prince, Duke of Cornwall, with limitation to him and his heirs, eldest sons andheirs apparent to the Crown of England, for ever, by Patent in PEERS OF THE BLOOD ROYAL. Earl of Chester.—Edward Prince of Wales, then eldest son of Iting Edward theFirst, was created Earl of Chester i
. The peerage of the British Empire as at present existing : arranged and printed from the personal communications of the nobility. rd ofthe Isles, were vested in the eldest son and heir apparent of the Crown of Scotlandfor ever. Duke of Cornwall.—King Edward the Third created his eldest son, Edward theBlack Prince, Duke of Cornwall, with limitation to him and his heirs, eldest sons andheirs apparent to the Crown of England, for ever, by Patent in PEERS OF THE BLOOD ROYAL. Earl of Chester.—Edward Prince of Wales, then eldest son of Iting Edward theFirst, was created Earl of Chester in 1304. Edward the Third, his son, thoughnever Prince of Wales, bore the title of Earl of Chester before his accession to thethrone ; he created his son Edward the Black Prince, and subsequently his grandson,afterwards King Richard the Second, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, and thisEarldom was by Act of Parliament in 1397, the 2l8t year of the latter monarch,united to the principality of Wales, since which period it has always been joined inthe Patents of creation to the Prince of Wales. Motto.—Ich dien ; I DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. Prince Ernest-Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale]in Great Britain, and Earl of Armagh in Ireland, also King of Hano-ver 5 , , , , Knight of the Prussian Orders olthe Black and Red Eagle; Field-Marshal in the Army, Commissioner!of the Royal Military College, and Royal Military Asylum j Chan-cellor and Visitor of the University of Dublin, , , ; b. 5 June 1771, m. at Strelitz 29 May, and in Londoi29 Aug., 1815, Princess Frederica-Caroline-Sophia-Alexandrina, 3rcdaughter of Charles-Louis-Frederick, late reigning Duke of Meck-lenburgh-Strelitz, b. 2 March 1778 5 d. 21 June 1841. [The Queeajhad been twice married before her union with the King of Hanover ;|1st, 26 Dec. 1793, to Prince Frederick-Louis-Charles, 2nd son olFrederick-William 2nd, King of Prussia, b. 5 Nov. 1773, d. 28 Dec^17
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