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Earl of Athlone

Extinct earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Summary

Extinct earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Field	Value
name	Earl of Athlone
image	[[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg	150px]]
[[File:Coat of arms of Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone.svg	180px]]
caption	Quarterly quartered: 1st grandquarter, I and IV: Royal arms of England, II: of Scotland; III: of Ireland; in chief a label of three points argent, the centre point charged with a cross of St. George and each of the other points with two hearts in pale also gules; upon an escutcheon of pretence the arms of Hanover, gules, two lions passant guardant in pale or, impaling a semée of hearts gules, a lion rampant azure, on a point in point gules a horse courant; 2nd and 3rd grand quarters: Party per pale, on the dexter side three stags attirés fesseways in pale sable, on the sinister side three lions passant in pale sable, over all an inescutcheon of the arms of the Duchy of Teck; in the centre point a crescent for difference
creation_date	16 July 1917
creation	Third
monarch	King George V
peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
first_holder	Prince Alexander of Teck (first and last holder of the 3rd creation)
remainder_to	Heirs male of the 1st earl's body lawfully begotten
subsidiary_titles	Viscount Trematon
status	Extinct
extinction_date	16 January 1957
family_seat	Brantridge Park
motto	"Fearless and Faithful"

The title of Earl of Athlone has been created three times.

History

Arms of van Reede, Earl of Athlone (1st creation)

It was created first in the Peerage of Ireland in 1692 by King William III for General Baron van Reede, Lord of Ginkel, a Dutch nobleman, to honour him for his successful battles in Ireland including the Siege of Athlone. The title also had the subsidiary title of Baron Aughrim. These titles became extinct in 1844 upon the death of the 9th Earl. The Earls also bore the Dutch nobility title Baron van Reede (hereditary in male line; still extant in the Netherlands).

The second creation was in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, as a subsidiary title of the Dukedom of Clarence and Avondale, and was conferred in 1890 upon Prince Albert Victor of Wales, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales. When he died in 1892, the title became extinct.

The third creation was in 1917, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, for the former Prince Alexander of Teck, younger brother of Queen Mary and greatuncle of Queen Elizabeth II, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Trematon. The earldom was given after members of the British royal family renounced their German royal titles. Alexander had two sons who predeceased him, and the titles became extinct after his death.

Earls of Athlone, first creation (1692)

Godard van Reede, 1st Earl of Athlone (1630–1703)
Frederick Christiaan van Reede, 2nd Earl of Athlone (1668–1719)
Godard Adriaan van Reede, 3rd Earl of Athlone (1716–1736)
Fredrik Willem van Reede, 4th Earl of Athlone (1717–1747)
Fredrik Christiaan Reinhart van Reede, 5th Earl of Athlone (1743–1808)
Frederik Willem van Reede, 6th Earl of Athlone (1766–1810)
Reynoud Diederik Jacob van Reede, 7th Earl of Athlone (1773–1823)
George Godard Henry van Reede, 8th Earl of Athlone (1820–1843)
Willem Gustaaf Frederik van Reede, 9th Earl of Athlone (1780–1844)

Earls of Athlone, second creation (1890)

Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward, 1st Duke of Clarence and Avondale, 1st Earl of Athlone (1864–1892)

Earls of Athlone, third creation (1917)

Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874–1957)

References

(1921). "Debrett's Peerage and Titles of Courtesy". Dean.
{{London Gazette. (9 November 1917)
(1914). "[[Burke's Peerage". Burke's Peerage & Gentry.
(17 January 1957). "The Earl of Athlone". [[The Times]].

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