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Duchess of Cornwall
Arms of the Duchess of Cornwall
Incumbent
Catherine
since 8 September 2022
StyleHer Royal Highness
Ma'am
Member ofBritish royal family
Residence
First holderJoan of Kent

Duchess of Cornwall is a courtesy title held by the wife of the eldest son and heir of the British monarch. The current duchess is Catherine, wife of Prince William, Duke of Cornwall.[1]

History

The only women who have used the title are Mary of Teck (22 January 1901 – 9 November 1901), Camilla Parker Bowles, who assumed the title upon her marriage to then-Prince Charles in 2005, and Catherine Middleton for one day following Queen Elizabeth II's death on 8 September. The latter became Princess of Wales on 9 September.

Camilla did not use the title "Princess of Wales", as it was still popularly associated with her husband's first wife, Lady Diana Spencer, who died in 1997.[2]

Duchesses of Cornwall

Person Name Birth Marriage Became Duchess of Cornwall Spouse Change in style Death
Joan of Kent 19 September 1328 10 October 1361 Edward of Woodstock 7 June 1376
Husband's death;
became Dowager Duchess of Cornwall 		7 August 1385
Anne Neville 11 June 1456 13 December 1470 Edward of Westminster 4 May 1471
Husband's death;
became Dowager Duchess of Cornwall;
later became Queen Consort as the wife of Richard III 		16 March 1485
Catherine of Aragon 16 December 1485 14 November 1501 Arthur Tudor 2 April 1502
Husband's death;
became Dowager Duchess of Cornwall;
later became Queen Consort as the wife of Henry VIII 		7 January 1536
Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach 1 March 1683 22 August 1705 1 August 1714 George Augustus 11 June 1727
Husband acceded to throne as George II;
became Queen Consort 		20 November 1737
Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 30 November 1719 17 April 1736 Frederick Louis 31 March 1751
Husband's death;
became Dowager Duchess of Cornwall 		8 February 1772
Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 17 May 1768 8 April 1795 George Augustus Frederick 29 January 1820
Husband acceded to throne as George IV;
became Queen Consort 		7 August 1821
Alexandra of Denmark 1 December 1844 10 March 1863 Albert Edward 22 January 1901
Husband acceded to throne as Edward VII;
became Queen Consort 		20 November 1925
Mary of Teck 26 May 1867 6 July 1893 22 January 1901 George Frederick Ernest Albert 6 May 1910
Husband acceded to throne as George V;
became Queen Consort 		24 March 1953
Diana Spencer 1 July 1961 29 July 1981 Charles Philip Arthur George 28 August 1996
Divorced;
assumed the style of Diana, Princess of Wales[3] 		31 August 1997
Camilla Parker Bowles 17 July 1947 9 April 2005 8 September 2022
Husband acceded to throne as Charles III;
became Queen Consort 		living
Catherine Middleton 9 January 1982 29 April 2011 8 September 2022 William Arthur Philip Louis Incumbent living

Literary references

See also

References

  1. ^ "House of Commons – Royal Marriage". parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. ^ "The Royal Title that Camilla and Princess Diana Shared". Harper's Bazaar. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019. When she married Prince Charles, "Camilla was not popular or well liked, [though] this has changed a lot since the marriage as Camilla has taken on a lot of patronages and Charles is a lot happier," [Marlene] Koenig says. "Still, [there was] a lot of tension and anger among a certain element of the population—so it was decided that Camilla would be styled as the Duchess of Cornwall, even though, of course, she is the Princess of Wales."
  3. ^ The press secretary to the Queen. "DIVORCE: STATUS AND ROLE OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES". PR Newswire. Buckingham Palace. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

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