Duke of Sussex was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was conferred on 27 November 1801 upon The Prince Augustus Frederick, the sixth son of George III, who was created Duke of Sussex, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Arklow, all in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Since he died without legitimate issue, the title became extinct.
In 1999, with the marriage of The Prince Edward younger son of Elizabeth II, experts had suggested the Dukedom of Sussex or Cambridge as the most likely to be granted to Prince Edward, but he was instead created Earl of Wessex (on the understanding that he would be awarded a new Dukedom of Edinburgh after his parents' deaths). There was again speculation that Prince William of Wales was to be given the title at the time of his April 2011 wedding to Catherine Middleton.[1] The Queen in fact created him Duke of Cambridge.
[edit] Dukes of Sussex (1801)
- Other titles: Earl of Inverness and Baron Arklow (1801)
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