Duke of Kendal

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Duke of Kendal was a hereditary British title of nobility , which was awarded once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain . The title refers to the English city of Kendal .

Awards and subordinate titles

The title Duke of Kendal was first bestowed in 1666 in the Peerage of England to the newborn Charles Stuart , the third son of the Dukes of York and later King James II . The award was given along with the subordinate titles Earl of Wigmore and Baron Holderby . Charles died the following year, so that the title expired.

In the second presentation of the title on 19 March 1719 as a Life Peerage for Melusine von der Schulenburg , the king's mistress I. Georg created. The award was made along with the subordinate titles Countess of Feversham and Baroness Glastonbury . The titles belonged to the Peerage of Great Britain. She already led the title Duchess of Munster , Marchioness of Dungannon , Countess of Dungannon and Baroness Dundalk, awarded on July 18, 1716 as Life Peerages in the Peerage of Ireland . As Life Peerages, all her titles lapsed on her death in 1743. She also had the Roman-German titles Countess von der Schulenburg (from 1715) and Princess von Eberstein (from 1723).

In 1816, on the occasion of the wedding of Charlotte Augusta von Wales with Leopold von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld , the raising of the husband to Duke of Kendal was announced but never carried out. Leopold became King of the Belgians in 1830 as Leopold I.

Dukes of Kendal, first bestowed (1666)

Dukes of Kendal, second bestowal (1719)

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