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{{short description|Dukedom in the Peerage of Great Britain}}

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{{Infobox hereditary title
| name              = Dukedom of Kent and Strathearn 
| image             = [[File:Coat of Arms of Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn.svg|220px]] 
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| creation_date     = 23 April 1799 
| monarch           = [[George III|King George III]] 
| peerage           = [[Peerage of Great Britain]] 
| baronetage        =  
| first_holder      = [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn|Prince Edward]] 
| last_holder       = Prince Edward 
| 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 Dublin]] 
| status            = Extinct 
| extinction_date   = 23 January 1820 
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}}
'''Duke of Kent and Strathearn''' is a title that was created once in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]].

==History==
Several [[Earl of Kent|Earls of Kent]] had previously been created in the [[Peerage of England]]. [[Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent|Henry Grey, 12th Earl of Kent]] was created [[Duke of Kent]] in 1710, but the title became extinct upon his death in 1740.

On 23 April 1799, the double dukedom of [[Kent]] and [[Strathearn]] was given, along with the [[Earl of Dublin|Earldom of Dublin]], to [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]]'s fourth son, [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn|Prince Edward Augustus]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=15126 |date=23 April 1799 |page=372}}</ref> After the [[Act of Union 1707|Union]] of [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]], the Hanoverian kings liked to grant double titles (one from one [[Countries of the United Kingdom|constituent country]], one from another) to emphasise unity.

Edward had only one legitimate child, a daughter, Princess Alexandrina Victoria (the future [[Queen Victoria]]). Upon Edward's death in 1820, the dukedom of Kent and Strathearn became extinct, as he had no legitimate male heir.

{{Nobility table header|name=Duke}}
| '''[[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn|Prince Edward]]'''<br />[[House of Hanover]]<br />1799–1820<br /><small>''also: [[Earl of Dublin]] (1799)''</small>
| [[File:Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn by Sir William Beechey.jpg|100px|Prince Edward]]
| 2 November 1767<br />[[London]]<br />son of [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]] and [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Queen Charlotte]]
| [[Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]]<br />1818<br />[[Queen Victoria|1 child]]
| 23 January 1820<br />[[Sidmouth]]<br />aged 52
|-
| colspan=5|''Edward had no legitimate sons and all his titles became extinct on his death.''
|}

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{{Dukes of Kent family tree}}

==See also==
[[File:Coat of Arms of Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Royal Tunbridge Wells.jpg|thumb|Arms of [[Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn]] displayed in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]].]]
*[[British monarchy]]
*[[Kent]]
*[[Duke of Kent|Dukes of Kent]]
*[[Earl of Kent|Earls of Kent]]
*[[Kingdom of Kent]]

==Notes and references==
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[[Category:1799 establishments in Great Britain]]
[[Category:Noble titles created in 1799]]