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On 31 December 1660, following his brother's restoration, James was created Duke of Albany in Scotland, to go along with his English title, Duke of York. [25] Upon his return to England, James prompted an immediate controversy by announcing his engagement to Anne Hyde, the daughter of Charles's chief minister, Edward Hyde. [26]
Duke of York and Albany was a title of nobility in the Peerage of Great Britain. ... 1st Duke of Albany: King James III 1451–1488: Elizabeth of York 1466–1503:
The cities of New York and Albany, New York, were thus both named after James, as he was the Duke of York and of Albany. The pretender, Charles Edward Stuart , gave the title Duchess of Albany to his illegitimate daughter Charlotte ; she died in 1789.
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Frederick Augustus; 16 August 1763 – 5 January 1827) was the second son of George III, King of the United Kingdom and Hanover, and his consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. A soldier by profession, from 1764 to 1803 he was Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück in the Holy Roman Empire.
New York, its capital Albany, and New York City, were named for this particular Duke of Albany and York. In 1664, Charles II of England granted American territory between the Delaware and Connecticut rivers to his younger brother James.
Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Prince Andrew, the third child of Queen Elizabeth II, was born a full decade after his older sister, Princess Anne. ... James Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn.
King James V 1512–1542: Duke of Albany (3rd creation), 1565: James 1540–1541 Duke of Rothesay: Prince Arthur Stewart 1541 styled Duke of Albany: Mary, Queen of Scots 1542–1587: Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley 1545–1567 1st Duke of Albany: Prince James 1566–1625 2nd Duke of Albany Later King James VI & I: Dukedom of Albany (3rd creation ...
Anne Hyde (12 March 1637 – 31 March 1671) [2] [a] was the first wife of James, Duke of York, who later became King James II and VII.. Anne was the daughter of a member of the English gentry—Edward Hyde (later created Earl of Clarendon)—and met her future husband when they were both living in exile in the Netherlands.