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{{Short description|Royal dukedom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox nobility title
| name              = {{resize|98%|Dukedom of Clarence and Avondale}}
| image             = [[File:Coat of Arms of Albert, Duke of Clarence and Avondale.svg|180px]] 
| image_size        =  
| alt               =  
| caption           = [[Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale#Arms|Arms of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale]]
| creation_date     = 24 May 1890 
| creation          = First 
| monarch           = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]] 
| peerage           = [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] 
| baronetage        =  
| first_holder      = [[Prince Albert Victor]] 
| last_holder       = Prince Albert Victor 
| present_holder    =  
| heir_apparent     =  
| heir_presumptive  =  
| remainder_to      = the 1st Duke's [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] lawfully begotten 
| subsidiary_titles =  [[Earl of Athlone]]
| status            = Extinct 
| extinction_date   = 14 January 1892 
| family_seat       =  
| former_seat       =  
| motto             =  
| footnotes         =  
}}
'''Duke of Clarence and Avondale''' was a title awarded to [[Prince Albert Victor]], a grandson of [[Queen Victoria]], in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26056 |date=24 May 1890 |page=3019}}</ref>

Whilst there had previously been several creations of [[Duke of Clarence|Dukes of Clarence]] (and one [[Duke of Clarence and St Andrews]]), the sole creation of a dukedom of Clarence and Avondale was for Albert Victor, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales (later King [[Edward VII]]). This was the last [[Royal Dukedoms in the United Kingdom|royal dukedom]] to be created with two territorial designations.

The Duke died of [[pneumonia]] in 1892 before his planned marriage so the title became extinct. He is buried in the Albert Memorial Chapel adjoining [[St George's Chapel, Windsor]], beneath an Art Nouveau memorial designed by [[Sir Alfred Gilbert]].<ref>Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson</ref>

==Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1890)==
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| '''[[Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale|Prince Albert Victor]]'''<br />[[House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]<br />1890–1892<br />''also: [[Earl of Athlone]] (1890)''
| [[File:Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence (1864-1892).jpg|100px|Prince Albert Edward]]
| 8 January 1864<br />[[Frogmore House]]<br />son of [[Edward VII|King Edward VII]] and [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]]
| Never married
| 14 January 1892<br />[[Sandringham House]], [[Sandringham, Norfolk|Sandringham]]<br />aged 28
|-
| colspan=5|''Albert Victor had no children and all his titles became extinct on his death.''
|}
[[File:Memorial to HRH Albert, Duke of Clarence, in York Minster.jpg|thumb|Memorial to the Duke of Clarence and Avondale in [[York Minster]]]]
== Family tree ==
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