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Earl of Dublin is a title that has been created three times in British and Irish history.

It was created first on 22 October 1766 in the Peerage of Ireland for Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, younger brother of King George III. This title became extinct in 1790 upon the Duke's dying childless. It was created again on 24 April 1799, again in the Peerage of Ireland, for Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, fourth son of George III. This title became extinct upon his death without sons, in 1820. It was created a third time on 10 September 1849^[1] (or according to some sources, 17 January 1850)^[2]^[3] in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, eldest son of Queen Victoria.

Earls of Dublin, first creation (1766)

Prince Henry, 1st Earl of Dublin, Duke of Cumberland (1745–1790) (extinct)

Earls of Dublin, second creation (1799)

Prince Edward, 1st Earl of Dublin, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767–1820) (extinct)

Earls of Dublin, third creation (1849/50)

Prince Albert Edward, 1st Earl of Dublin, Prince of Wales (1849/50–1910) (merged with the Crown in 1901)

Family tree

Family tree: Dukes of Kent, Marquesses of Kent, Earls of Kent, Dukes of Kent and Strathearn, and Dukes of Connaught and Strathearn

Earl of Kent (1st creation), 1020

Godwin, Earl of Wessex
c. 1001–1053
1st Earl of Kent

Herleva
d. 1050

Earl of Kent (2nd creation), 1067

King Harold Godwinson
c. 1022–1066

Leofwine Godwinson
c. 1035–1066
2nd Earl of Kent

King William I
c. 1028–1087

Odo of Bayeux
d. 1097
Earl of Kent

Earl of Kent (3rd creation), 1141

Earldom forfeit (1st creation), 1066

Earldom forfeit (2nd creation), 1088

William of Ypres
c. 1090–1165
Earl of Kent

Earldom forfeit (3rd creation), 1155

Earl of Kent (4th creation), 1227

Hubert de Burgh
c. 1170–1243
Earl of Kent

Earldom extinct (4th creation), 1243

King Edward I
1239–1307

Earl of Kent (5th creation), 1321

Edmund of Woodstock
1301–1330
1st Earl of Kent

King Edward III
1312–1377

Earldom (5th creation) attainted, 1330

Earldom (5th creation) restored, 1330

Earl of Kent (6th creation), 1360

Edmund
c. 1326–1331
2nd Earl of Kent

Thomas Holland
c. 1314–1360
1st Earl of Kent, 1st Baron Holland

Joan of Kent
1326/1327–1385

Edward the Black Prince
1330–1376
Duke of Cornwall

John of Gaunt
1340–1399
Duke of Lancaster

John
1330–1352
3rd Earl of Kent

Earldom (5th creation) extinct, 1352

Thomas Holland
1350–1397
2nd Earl of Kent, 2nd Baron Holland

John Holland
c. 1352–1400
Earl of Huntingdon, Duke of Exeter, 3rd Baron Holland

King Richard II
1367–1400

Elizabeth of Lancaster
bef. 1363–1426

Thomas Holland
1372–1400
3rd Earl of Kent
Duke of Surrey

Constance Holland
1387–1437

Edmund Holland
1383–1408
4th Earl of Kent, 4th Baron Holland

Earldom (6th creation) extinct, 1408

Earl of Kent (7th creation), 1461

Earl of Kent (8th creation), 1465

William Neville
c. 1405–1463
Earl of Kent, Baron Fauconberg jure uxoris

Edmund Grey
1416–1490
1st Earl of Kent, 4th Baron Grey de Ruthyn

Earldom (7th creation) extinct, 1463

George Grey
c. 1460–1503
2nd Earl of Kent, 5th Baron Grey de Ruthyn

Anne Woodville
c. 1438–1489

Elizabeth Woodville
c. 1437–1492

King Edward IV
1442–1483

Henry Grey
c. 1495–1562
4th Earl of Kent, 7th Baron Grey de Ruthyn

Richard Grey
1481–1524
3rd Earl of Kent, 6th Baron Grey de Ruthyn

Anthony Grey

Henry Grey
1520–1545

George Grey

Reginald Grey
d. 1573
5th Earl of Kent, 8th Baron Grey de Ruthyn

Henry Grey
1541–1615
6th Earl of Kent, 9th Baron Grey de Ruthyn

Charles Grey
c. 1545–1623
7th Earl of Kent, 10th Baron Grey de Ruthyn

Anthony Grey
1557–1643
9th Earl of Kent

Henry Grey
c. 1583–1639
8th Earl of Kent, 11th Baron Grey de Ruthyn

Henry Grey
1594–1651
10th Earl of Kent

Anthony Grey
1645–1702
11th Earl of Kent

Marquess of Kent, Earl of Harold, and Viscount Goderich (1st creation), 1706
Duke of Kent (1st creation), 1710

Henry Grey
1671–1740
Duke of Kent, Marquess of Kent, Marquess Grey, 12th Earl of Kent, Baron Lucas

Earldom (8th creation), Marquessate, and Dukedom of Kent, Earldom of Harold, and Viscountcy Goderich (1st creation) extinct, 1740

King George III
1738–1820

Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin (2nd creation), 1799

See also: Earl of Strathearn

King George IV
1762–1830

King William IV
1765–1837

Prince Edward Augustus
1767–1820
Duke of Kent and Strathearn

Dukedom of Kent and Strathearn and Earldom of Dublin extinct, 1820

Queen Victoria
1819–1901

Earl of Dublin (3rd creation), 1849/1850

Earl of Kent (9th creation), 1866

Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 1874

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
1841–1910
Earl of Dublin, later King Edward VII

Prince Alfred Ernest Albert
1844–1900
Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Earl of Kent

Prince Arthur
1850–1942
1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

Earldom of Dublin merged in the Crown, 1901

King George V
1865–1936

Prince Arthur of Connaught
1883–1938

Duke of Kent (2nd creation), Earl of St Andrews, and Baron Downpatrick, 1934

King Edward VIII
1894–1972

King George VI
1895–1952

Prince George
1902–1942
1st Duke of Kent, 1st Earl of St Andrews, 1st Baron Downpatrick

Prince Alastair Arthur
1914–1943
2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

Dukedom of Connaught and Strathearn extinct, 1943

Queen Elizabeth II
1926–2022

Prince Edward
b. 1935
2nd Duke of Kent, 2nd Earl of St Andrews, 2nd Baron Downpatrick

7) Prince Michael of Kent
b. 1942

1) George Windsor
b. 1962
styled Earl of St Andrews
Heir apparent to the dukedom of Kent

3) Lord Nicholas Windsor
b. 1970

8) Lord Frederick Windsor
b. 1979

2) Edward Windsor
b. 1988
styled Lord Downpatrick

4) Albert Windsor
b. 2007

5) Leopold Windsor
b. 2009

6) Louis Windsor
b. 2014

References

^ "No. 21018". The London Gazette. 11 September 1849. p. 2783.
^ Cokayne, G. E. (1910), Gibbs, Vicary (ed.), The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, vol. 4, London: St Catherine's Press, pp. 451–452
^ Weir, Alison (1996), Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, Revised Edition, London: Random House, p. 319, ISBN 0-7126-7448-9

[1] "No. 21018". The London Gazette. 11 September 1849. p. 2783.

[2] Cokayne, G. E. (1910), Gibbs, Vicary (ed.), The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, vol. 4, London: St Catherine's Press, pp. 451–452

[3] Weir, Alison (1996), Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, Revised Edition, London: Random House, p. 319, ISBN 0-7126-7448-9

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+{{short description|Extinct earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom}}
-{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
-'''Earl of Dublin''' is a title that has been created three times in British history.
+{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
-It was created first on 22 October 1766 in the [[Peerage of Ireland]] for [[Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn]], younger brother of [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]].  This title became extinct in 1790 upon the Duke's dying childless.  It was created again on 24 April 1799, again in the Peerage of Ireland, for [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn]], fourth son of George III.  This title became extinct upon his death without sons, in 1820.  It was created a final time on 17 January 1850 in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] for [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Albert Edward, Prince of Wales]], eldest son of [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]].
+'''Earl of Dublin''' is a title that has been created three times in British and Irish history.
+It was created first on 22 October 1766 in the [[Peerage of Ireland]] for [[Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn]], younger brother of [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]].  This title became extinct in 1790 upon the Duke's dying childless.  It was created again on 24 April 1799, again in the Peerage of Ireland, for [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn]], fourth son of George III.  This title became extinct upon his death without sons, in 1820.  It was created a third time on 10 September 1849<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=21018|pages=2783|date=11 September 1849}}</ref> (or according to some sources, 17 January 1850)<ref>{{citation|author=Cokayne, G. E.|authorlink=George Cokayne|year=1910|editor=Gibbs, Vicary|url=https://archive.org/stream/completepeerageo03coka#page/450/mode/2up|title=The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom|publisher=St Catherine's Press|location=London|volume=4|pages=451–452}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Weir|first=Alison|authorlink=Alison Weir (historian)|title=Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, Revised Edition|publisher=Random House|location=London|year=1996|isbn=0-7126-7448-9|page=319}}</ref> in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] for [[Edward VII|Albert Edward, Prince of Wales]], eldest son of [[Queen Victoria]].
 ==Earls of Dublin, first creation (1766)==
 *[[Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn|Prince Henry, 1st Earl of Dublin, Duke of Cumberland]] (1745&ndash;1790) (extinct)
-This entry makes no comment on the irish grants of the Earldom confirmed by William the 2nd in 1660 or 1690 and makes no refernce to thier earlier acknolwdgement by Elizabeth in 1597.
 ==Earls of Dublin, second creation (1799)==
 *[[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn|Prince Edward, 1st Earl of Dublin, Duke of Kent and Strathearn]] (1767&ndash;1820) (extinct)
-==Earls of Dublin, third creation (1850)==
+==Earls of Dublin, third creation (1849/50)==
-*[[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Prince Albert Edward, 1st Earl of Dublin, Prince of Wales]] (1841&ndash;1910) (merged with the Crown in 1901)
+*[[Edward VII|Prince Albert Edward, 1st Earl of Dublin, Prince of Wales]] (1849/50&ndash;1910) (merged with the Crown in 1901)
+== Family tree ==
+{{Dukes of Kent family tree}}
 ==See also==
 *[[Duke of Ireland|Marquess of Dublin]]
 *[[Kings of Dublin]]
+*[[Lord Mayor of Dublin]]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
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-[[Category:Earldoms|Dublin]]
+[[Category:Earls of Dublin| ]]
-[[Category:Extinct earldoms|Dublins]]
+[[Category:Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland]]
+[[Category:Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of the United Kingdom]]
+[[Category:British and Irish peerages which merged in the Crown]]
+[[Category:Noble titles created in 1766]]
+[[Category:Noble titles created in 1799]]
+[[Category:Noble titles created in 1850]]