Earl of Athlone

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Earl of Athlone was a hereditary British title of nobility awarded once in the Peerage of Ireland and twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . The title is named after the Irish city of Athlone .

Awards

The title was first bestowed on March 4, 1692 in the Peerage of Ireland to the Dutch general Godert de Ginkell , along with the subordinate title of Baron Aghrim , of Aghrim in the County of Galway . He had won important victories against the Jacobites in Ireland, especially at the Battle of Aughrim . He already held the Dutch nobility titles Baron van Reede , Vrijheer van Amerongen and Heer van Ginckel en Middachten . His great-grandson, the 5th Earl, was elevated to the rank of German Count on September 25, 1790 as Count von Reede by the Imperial Vicar Elector Karl Theodor von der Pfalz-Bayern . The Irish and German titles expired on the death of his youngest son, the 9th Earl, on May 21, 1844.

The second bestowal of the title took place on May 24, 1890 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in favor of Prince Albert Victor , together with the parent title Duke of Clarence and Avondale . He was the eldest son of Crown Prince Albert Eduard, Prince of Wales , but died unmarried and childless on January 14, 1892, before his father became King Edward VII, so that his titles were no longer valid.

The third award of the title was created on July 16, 1917 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for Prince Alexander von Teck , the brother of Queen Maria von Teck . During the First World War, at the request of the king, he had given up all his German titles and on July 14, 1917, assumed the family name Cambridge . Together with the Earldom he was given the subordinate title Viscount Trematon . His only son, Rupert, had died childless in 1928, the title expired on his death on January 16, 1957.

List of the Earls of Athlone

Earls of Athlone, first bestowed (1692)

Earls of Athlone, second bestowal (1890)

Earls of Athlone, third award (1917)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The London Gazette : No. 26055, p. 3019 , May 24, 1890.
  2. ^ A b The London Gazette: No. 30374, p. 11594 , November 9, 1917.

literature

  • Charles Kidd (Ed.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 978-099293482-8 .

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