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Earl of Merioneth

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Earl of Merioneth
Arms of Charles, Prince of Wales, before his accession
Creation date20 November 1947
CreationFirst
Created byGeorge VI
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
First holderPhilip, Duke of Edinburgh
Last holderCharles, Prince of Wales
Remainder tothe 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
StatusMerged with crown
Extinction date8 September 2022
Former seat(s)Clarence House

Earl of Merioneth was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1947 along with the Duke of Edinburgh and the Baron Greenwich for Philip Mountbatten, later Prince Philip, upon his marriage to Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II.[1]

Merionethshire is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, a vice county and a former administrative county.

Earls of Merioneth (1947)

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Earl Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Prince Philip
Mountbatten
1947–2021
also: Duke of Edinburgh and Baron Greenwich (1947)
Prince Philip 10 June 1921
Mon Repos, Corfu
son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg
Princess Elizabeth
20 November 1947
4 children
9 April 2021
Windsor Castle, Windsor
aged 99
Prince Charles[2]
House of Windsor
2021–2022
also: Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1958), Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay (1952), Duke of Edinburgh and Baron Greenwich (2021)
Prince Charles 14 November 1948
Buckingham Palace, London
son of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II
Lady Diana Spencer
29 July 1981 – 28 August 1996
2 children
Camilla Parker Bowles
9 April 2005
 –
now 75 years, 344 days old
Prince Charles succeeded as Charles III in 2022 upon his mother's death, and his hereditary titles merged in the Crown.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 38128". The London Gazette. 21 November 1947. pp. 5495–5496.
  2. ^ "HRH The Duke of Edinburgh". College of Arms. 9 April 2021. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.