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York, Duke of (UK, 1986)

Creation: let. pat. 23 Jul 1986

Family name: Mountbatten-Windsor

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Arms:

The Royal Arms as borne by HM Queen Elizabeth II differenced by a Label of three points Argent charged on the centre point with an Anchor Azure

Crest:

On a Coronet of Crosses Patty and Fleurs-de-Lis a Lion statant guardant Or crowned with a like Coronet and differenced by a Label as in the Arms

Supporters:

Same as the Royal Arms differenced by a like Coronet and Label

Motto:

Dieu et Mon Droit (God and my right)

Note - Arms and supporters were assigned to HRH Princess Beatrice of York by a Warrant dated 18 Jul 2006. The arms are: Within a Lozenge ensigned by a Coronet composed of four Crosses formy and four Strawberry Leaves Our Royal Arms differenced by a Label of five points Argent the centre and exterior points charged with a Bee volant proper. The supporters are: Our Royal Supporters charged with the like Coronet and Label. Her sister, HRH Princess Eugenie of York, had arms assigned to her by a Warrant dated July 2008. The arms are: Within a Lozenge ensigned by a Coronet composed of four Crosses formy and four Strawberry Leaves Our Royal Arms differenced by a Label of five points Argent the centre and exterior points charged with a Thistle proper. The supporters are: Our Royal Supporters charged with the like Coronet and Label.

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*HRH Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward, 1st Duke of York, KG GCVO ADC

2nd son of Queen Elizabeth II by her husband HRH Prince Philip, 1st Duke of Edinburgh

born

19 Feb 1960

mar.

23 Jul 1986 (div. 30 May 1996) Sarah Margaret Ferguson (b. 15 Oct 1959), 2nd dau. of Maj Ronald Ivor Ferguson, of Dummer House, Basingstoke, co. Hampshire (by his first wife Susan Mary Wright, 3rd dau. of Fitzherbert Wright, of Yeldersley Hall, co. Derby, by his wife Hon Doreen Julia Wingfield, 1st dau. of Mervyn Richard [Wingfield], 8th Viscount Powerscourt (by his wife Sybil Pleydell-Bouverie), 1st son and heir of Mervyn [Wingfield], 7th Viscount Powerscourt, by his wife Lady Julia Coke, 1st dau. by his first wife of Thomas William [Coke], 2nd Earl of Leicester), 1st son of Col Andrew Henry Ferguson, of Dummer House, Basingstoke, co. Hampshire, by his wife Marian Louise Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 1st dau. of Lt Col Lord Herbert Andrew Montagu-Douglas-Scott CMG DSO (by his wife Marie Josephine Edwards, 2nd dau. of James Edwards), 5th son of William Henry Walter [Montagu-Douglas-Scott], 6th Duke of Buccleuch

children:

1. *HRH Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York (b. 8 Aug 1988), mar. 17 Jul 2020 Count Edoardo Alessandro Mapelli-Mozzi (b. 19 Nov 1983), 1st son of Count Alessando Mapelli-Mozzi, of La Garde-Freinet, Provence, France, by his wife Nicola Diana Burrows, and has issue:

1a. *Countess Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli-Mozzi (b. 18 Sep 2021)

2. *HRH Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena of York (b. 23 Mar 1990), mar. 12 Oct 2018 her half-third cousin twice removed Jack Christopher Stamp Brooksbank (b. 3 May 1986), eldest son of Geoge Edward Hugh Brooksbank (by his wife Nicola Newton, 2nd dau. of Michael Anthony Newton, of Balcombe, co. Sussex), 2nd son of Capt Stamp Godfrey Brooksbank, of Haslemere, co. Surrey (by his wife Celia Dorothy Coke, 2nd dau. of Maj Hon Sir John Spencer Coke KCVO, of Toy House, co. Kent (by his wife Hon Dorothy Olive Levy-Lawson, only child of Harry Lawson Webster [Levy later Levy-Lawson], 1st Viscount Burnham), 3rd son by his second wife of Thomas William [Coke], 2nd Earl of Leicester), 3rd son of Lt-Col Edward York Brooksbank (by his wife Hazel Thomas, dau. of Henry Brockholes Thomas, of Scaftworth Hall, co. York), 2nd son of Maj Sir Edward Clitherow Brooksbank, 1st Bt., of Healaugh, Tadcaster, co. York, and has issue:

1a. *August Philip Hawke Brooksbank (b. 9 Feb 2021)

1b. *Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank (b. 30 May 2023)

created

23 Jul 1986 Baron Killyleagh, Earl of Inverness and Duke of York

note

CVO 1979; Personal ADC to the Queen 1984; Knight of the Garter 2006; GCVO 2011

There is no heir to the Dukedom of York.

The arms of HRH Princess Beatrice of York (top) and HRH Princess Eugenie of York (bottom)

Last updated 16 Jul 2023

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Titles:

1st Duke of York

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 23 Jul 1986)

1st Earl of Inverness

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 23 Jul 1986)

1st Baron Killyleagh

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 23 Jul 1986)

Address:

Buckingham Palace, London SW1 1AA

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