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This page lists all peerages created for British princes since 1714. Extant peerages are in bold.
The list does not include creations of the titles of Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester.

Peerage Created Grantee Created by Current status Notes
Duke of York and Albany 1716 Prince Ernest Augustus George I Extinct 1728 also Earl of Ulster
Duke of Edinburgh 1726 Prince Frederick George I Merged in Crown 1760 also Marquess of the Isle of Ely, Earl of Eltham, Viscount of Launceston and Baron of Snowdon
Duke of Cumberland 1726 Prince William George I Extinct 1765 also Marquess of Berkhamstead, Earl of Kennington, Viscount Trematon and Baron Alderney
Duke of York and Albany 1760 Prince Edward George II Extinct 1767 also Earl of Ulster
Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh 1764 Prince William George III Extinct 1834 also Earl of Connaught
Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn 1766 Prince Henry George III Extinct 1790 also Earl of Dublin
Duke of York and Albany 1784 The Prince Freederick George III Extinct 1827 also Earl of Ulster
Duke of Clarence and St Andrews 1789 The Prince William Henry George III Merged in Crown 1830 also Earl of Munster
Duke of Kent and Strathearn 1799 The Prince Edward George III Extinct 1820 also Earl of Dublin
Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale 1799 The Prince Ernest Augustus George III Deprived 1919 also Earl of Armagh
Duke of Sussex 1801 The Prince Augustus Frederick George III Extinct 1843 also Earl of Inverness and Baron Arklow
Duke of Cambridge 1801 The Prince Adolphus George III Extinct 1904 also Earl of Tipperary and Baron Culloden
Duke of Edinburgh 1866 The Prince Alfred Victoria Extinct 1900 also Earl of Kent and Earl of Ulster
Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 1874 The Prince Arthur Victoria Extinct 1943 also Earl of Sussex
Duke of Albany 1881 The Prince Leopold Victoria Deprived 1919 also Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow
Duke of Clarence and Avondale 1890 Prince Albert Victor of Wales Victoria Extinct 1892 also Earl of Athlone
Duke of York 1892 Prince George of Wales Victoria Merged in Crown 1910 also Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney
Duke of York 1920 The Prince Albert George V Merged in Crown 1936 also Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney
Duke of Gloucester 1928 The Prince Henry George V Extant also Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden
Duke of Kent 1934 The Prince George George V Extant also Earl of St Andrews and Baron Downpatrick
Duke of Windsor 1937 The Prince Edward George VI Extinct 1972
Duke of York 1986 The Prince Andrew Elizabeth II Extant also Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh
Earl of Wessex 1999 The Prince Edward Elizabeth II Extant also Viscount Severn
Duke of Cambridge 2011 Prince William of Wales Elizabeth II Extant also Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus

In addition, Philip Mountbatten (former Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark) was created Duke of Edinburgh with the subsidiary titles of Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich by George VI in 1947. After that, The Duke of Edinburgh was created a British prince by his wife Elizabeth II in 1957.

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