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Duchess of Cornwall

British royal family title

Field	Value
post	Duchess
body	Cornwall
image	Princess of Wales in 2023 (cropped)03.JPG
incumbent	Catherine
incumbentsince	8 September 2022
member_of	British royal family
style	Her Royal Highness
insigniacaption	Arms of the Duchess of Cornwall
first	Joan of Kent
insigniasize	130px

Note

the title

The Duchess of Cornwall is a title held by the wife of the heir apparent to the British throne. The Duchess of Cornwall is usually also the Princess of Wales, and she uses that title. The current title-holder is Catherine (née Middleton), whose husband, Prince William (later Prince of Wales), became the Duke of Cornwall on 8 September 2022, upon the death of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II. Previously, Catherine's stepmother-in-law, Queen Camilla, was known by this title.

Duchesses of Cornwall

Person	Name	Coat of Arms	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess of Cornwall	Spouse	Change in style	Death
[[File:Joan of Kent.jpg	100px]]	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
[[File:Anne Neville portrait.jpg	100px]]	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
[[File:Catalina de Aragón, por un artista anónimo.jpg	100px]]	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
[[File:Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg	100px]]	Wilhelmina Charlotte 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
[[File:Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales by Charles Philips.jpg	100px]]	Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg	[[File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Augusta_of_Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg,_Princess_of_Wales.svg	frameless	76x76px]]	30 November 1719	17 April 1736	Frederick Louis	31 March 1751
*Husband's death;
became Dowager Duchess of Cornwall*	8 February 1772
[[File:Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.jpg	100px]]	Caroline Amelia Elizabeth 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
[[File:Alexandra of Denmark02.jpg	100px]]	Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia of Denmark	[[File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Alexandra_of_Denmark_as_Princess_of_Wales.svg	frameless	76x76px]]	1 December 1844	10 March 1863	Albert Edward	22 January 1901
Husband acceded to throne as Edward VII*;
became queen consort*	20 November 1925
[[File:Mary of Teck 4.jpg	100px]]	Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck	[[File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Mary_of_Teck_as_Princess_of_Wales.svg	frameless	76x76px]]	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
[[File:BEST ALL-TIME DIANA! (5113074392).jpg	100px]]	Diana Frances Spencer	[[File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Diana,_Princess_of_Wales_(1981-1996).svg	frameless	76x76px]]	1 July 1961	29 July 1981	Charles Philip Arthur George	28 August 1996
*Divorced;
assumed the style of Diana, Princess of Wales*	31 August 1997
[[File:CHOGM Commonwealth Big Lunch on April 17, 2018 - 007 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Camilla Rosemary Shand	[[File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Camilla,_Duchess_of_Cornwall.svg	frameless	76x76px]]	17 July 1947	9 April 2005	8 September 2022
Husband acceded to throne as Charles III*;
became queen consort*	living
[[File:Princess of Wales in 2023 (cropped)03.JPG	100px]]	Catherine Elizabeth Middleton	[[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Catherine,_Princess_of_Wales.svg	frameless	76x76px]]	9 January 1982	29 April 2011	8 September 2022	William Arthur Philip Louis	Incumbent	living

Until her husband's accession to the throne, Camilla, the second wife of the then-Prince of Wales, used the title "Duchess of Cornwall" rather than "Princess of Wales", as the latter was still popularly associated with Charles's first wife, Diana, who died in 1997.

Literary references

Arthurian legend depicts Cornwall with its own ducal family. Notably, King Arthur's mother, Igraine, would have been Duchess of Cornwall from her first marriage to Duke Gorlois; in some stories, the title is then passed on to their daughter, Morgan le Fay.
Shakespeare's King Lear includes the character of Regan, Duchess of Cornwall, the second daughter of Lear (the legendary Leir of Britain). .

References

"House of Commons – Royal Marriage". parliament.uk.
"DIVORCE: STATUS AND ROLE OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES". Buckingham Palace.
(13 November 2018). "The Royal Title that Camilla and Princess Diana Shared".

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