Duchess of Cornwall

Duchess of Cornwall is a title held by the wife of the heir apparent to the British throne. The Duchess of Cornwall is usually also the Princess of Wales, and goes by that title. The current title-holder is Catherine (née Middleton), whose husband, Prince William (later Prince of Wales), became the Duke of Cornwall on September 8 2022, upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
==Duchesses of Cornwall==
Person	Name 	Birth 	Marriage 	Became Duchess of Cornwall	Spouse 	Change in style 	Death 	
 	Joan of Kent 	19 September 1328	10 October 1361 	10 October 1361 	Edward of Woodstock 	7 June 1376Husband's death;became Dowager Duchess of Cornwall 	7 August 1385 	
 	Anne Neville 	11 June 1456 	13 December 1470	13 December 1470 	Edward of Westminster 	4 May 1471Husband's death;became Dowager Duchess of Cornwall;later became Queen Consort as the wife of Richard III 	16 March 1485 	
 	Catherine of Aragon 	16 December 1485 	14 November 1501	14 November 1501 	Arthur Tudor 	2 April 1502Husband's death;became Dowager Duchess of Cornwall;later became Queen Consort as the wife of Henry VIII	7 January 1536 	7 January 1536
 	Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach 	1 March 1683 	22 August 1705 	1 August 1714 	George Augustus 	11 June 1727Husband acceded to throne as George II;became Queen Consort 	20 November 1737	
 	Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 	30 November 1719 	17 April 1736 	17 April 1736 	Frederick Louis 	31 March 1751Husband's death;became Dowager Duchess of Cornwall 	8 February 1772 	
 	Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 	17 May 1768 	8 April 1795 	8 April 1795 	George Augustus Frederick 	29 January 1820Husband acceded to throne as George IV;became Queen Consort 	7 August 1821 	
 	Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia of Denmark 	1 December 1844 	10 March 1863 	10 March 1863 	Albert Edward 	22 January 1901Husband acceded to throne as Edward VII;became Queen Consort 	20 November 1925	
 	Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck	26 May 1867 	6 July 1893 	22 January 1901 	George Frederick Ernest Albert	6 May 1910Husband acceded to throne as George V;became Queen Consort 	24 March 1953 	
 	Diana Frances Spencer 	1 July 1961 	29 July 1981 	29 July 1981 	Charles Philip Arthur George 	28 August 1996Divorced;assumed the style of Diana, Princess of Wales 	31 August 1997 	
 	Camilla Rosemary Shand 	17 July 1947 	9 April 2005 	9 April 2005 	Charles Philip Arthur George 	8 September 2022Husband acceded to throne as Charles III;became Queen Consort 	living 	
 	Catherine Elizabeth Middleton 	9 January 1982 	29 April 2011 	8 September 2022 	William Arthur Philip Louis 	Incumbent 	living 	
Until her husband's accession to the throne, Camilla, the second wife of the then-prince of Wales, used the title 'Duchess of Cornwall' rather than 'Princess of Wales', as the latter was still popularly associated with Charles's first wife, Diana, who died in 1997.
==Literary references==
* Arthurian legend depicts Cornwall with its own ducal family. Notably, King Arthur's mother, Igraine, would have been Duchess of Cornwall from her first marriage to Duke Gorlois; in some stories, the title is then passed on to their daughter, Morgan le Fay. 
*Shakespeare's King Lear includes the character "Regan, Duchess of Cornwall", Lear's second daughter.
==See also==
*Duke of Cornwall
*Duchy of Cornwall
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
*BBC News report
 
Category:British monarchy
Category:Duchy of Cornwall
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