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Sources diverge leading up to the time of King Arthur, with Caradoc placed either during the time of Arthur (as in the Welsh Triads, and later tradition), soon before Gorlois (Carew's Survey of Cornwall), or before his brother Dionotus as Caradocus in the Historia Regum Britanniae, while the Book of Baglan only keeps Gorlois, but gives him an entirely different set of ancestors.
The Duchy of Cornwall was the first duchy created in England and was established in a royal charter in 1337 by King Edward III. [2] In 2022, Prince William became Duke of Cornwall with the accession to the throne of his father, King Charles III ; William's wife, Catherine , became Duchess of Cornwall .
George Henry Fitzroy in his robes as Duke of Grafton Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland Extant All Dukes Dukedoms Marquesses Marquessates Earls Earldoms Viscounts Viscountcies Barons Baronies Baronets Baronetcies This article lists all dukedoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom ...
Cornwall's Early Medieval history, in particular the early Welsh and Breton references to a Cornish King named Arthur, have featured in such legendary works as Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, predating the Arthurian legends of the Matter of Britain (see the list of legendary rulers of Cornwall).
"King Mark of Cornwall", illustrated by Howard Pyle (1905) Cornwall's native name (Kernow) appeared on record as early as 400. The Ravenna Cosmography , compiled c. 700 from Roman material 300 years older, lists a route running westward into Cornwall and on this route is a place then called Durocornovio (Latinised from British Celtic duno ...
The title of Earl of Cornwall was created several times in the Peerage of England before 1337, ... Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans (1209–1272), ...
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Out of the 74 times, 37 titles are now extinct (including the two women's), 16 titles were forfeit or surrendered, 10 were merged with the Crown, and 11 are extant (see list below). The first, Cornwall, is a title that automatically goes to the heir apparent (if and only if he is also the eldest living son of the Sovereign).