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Dukedom of Clarence

Arms of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (third creation): Quarterly, 1st and 4th, France modern, 2nd and 3rd England, with a label of three points Argent each point charged with a canton Gules
Creation date1362 (first creation)
1412 (second creation)
1461 (third creation)
Created byEdward III (first creation)
Henry IV (second creation)
Edward IV (third creation)
PeeragePeerage of England
First holderLionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence
Last holderPrince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
Subsidiary titlesFirst creation:
Earl of Ulster
Second creation:
Earl of Aumale
Third creation:
Earl of Warwick
Earl of Salisbury
Extinction date1368 (first creation)
1421 (second creation)
1478 (third creation)

Duke of Clarence was a substantive title created three times in the Peerage of England. The title Duke of Clarence and St Andrews has also been created in the Peerage of Great Britain, and Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of Clarence in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The titles have traditionally been awarded to junior members of the English and British royal family, and all are now extinct.

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