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According to legend, Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall to King Uther Pendragon, rebelled against the latter's rule when he became obsessed with Gorlois' wife, Igraine. Uther killed Gorlois and married Igraine; the result of the union was the future King Arthur.

The Dukedom of Cornwall always belongs to the eldest son of the Sovereign. Cornwall was the first dukedom ever conferred in England, being created for Edward, the Black Prince, the eldest son of Edward IIIEdward III ( 13 November 1312 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English Kings of mediaeval times. His fifty-year reign began when his father Edward II was deposed on 25 January 1327, and lasted until 1377. Among his immediate predecessors, only in 1336Events End of the Kemmu restoration and beginning of the Muromachi period in Japan. Start of the reign of Emperor Komyo of Japan, second of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders discovery of the Canarian Islands (Lanzarotte Malocello) Foundation of Vijayanagar. After Edward predeceased the King, the dukedom was recreated for his son, the future Richard IIThere is also a play entitled Richard II by Shakespeare. Richard II ( January 6?, 1367 February 14, 1400) was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent". He was born at Bordeaux and became his father's heir when. Under a charter of 1421Events March 21 Battle of Bauge. A small French force surprises and defeats an English force under Thomas, Duke of Clarence, a brother of Henry V of England, in Normandy. May 26 Mehmed I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Murad, the dukedom passes to the Sovereign's eldest son and heir.

If the eldest son of the Sovereign dies, his or her eldest son does not inherit the Dukedom. However, if the eldest son should die without children, then his next brother obtains the Dukedom. Underlying these rules is the principle that only a son of the Sovereign—never a grandson, even if he is the heir-apparent—may be Duke of Cornwall. It is possible for an individual to be Prince of WalesThe eldest son of the reigning monarch of Great Britain is traditionally invested with the title of Prince of Wales . This tradition began in 1301, when King Edward I of England, having completed the Norman conquest of Wales, gave the title to his heir, P and heir-apparent without being Duke of Cornwall. For example, King George IIGeorge II (George Augustus) ( 10 November 1683 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. He was the second's heir-apparent, the future George IIIGeorge III (George William Frederick) ( 4 June 1738 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was c, was Prince of Wales, but not Duke of Cornwall (because he was the King's grandson, not the King's son).

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Traditionally, each Duke of Cornwall is entitled to receive certain feudal dues. The current Duke received his dues at Launceston Castle in 1973; they included a pair of white gloves, a pair of greyhounds, a pound of pepper and cumin, a pair of gilt spurs, one hundred silver shillings, a bow, a spear and firewood. The Duke of Cornwall is also entitled to the income of the Duchy's lands to cover the cost of his public functions. Should there be no Duke of Cornwall at any time, the income of the Duchy goes to the Crown. The Duchy includes over 570 square kilometres of land, most of which lies in Devon. In 2003, the Duchy earned £9,943,000, a sum that was exempt from income tax (but the Prince of Wales elected to pay the tax voluntarily).

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The Arms of the Duke of Cornwall are sable fifteen bezants Or, that is, a black field bearing fifteen gold coins. A small shield bearing these arms appears on the Prince of Wales' heraldic achievement, below the main shield.

4 List of the Dukes of Cornwall

Holders of the Dukedom of Cornwall, with the processes by which they became dukes of Cornwall and by which they ceased to hold the title:

Duke of Cornwall	Parent	From	To
Edward, the Black Prince	Edward III	1337 (Parliament)	1376 (death)
Richard of Bordeaux	Edward, the Black Prince	1376 (charter)	1377 (acceded as Richard II)
Henry of Monmouth	Henry IV	1399 (Parliament)	1413 (acceded as Henry V)
Henry	Henry V	1421 (birth)	1422 (acceded as Henry VI)
Edward of Westminster	Henry VI	1453 (birth)	1471 (death)
Edward Plantagenet	Edward IV	1470 (charter)	1483 (acceded as Edward V)
Edward, Earl of Salisbury	Richard III	1483 (father's accession)	1484 (death)
Arthur Tudor	Henry VII	1486 (birth)	1502 (death)
Henry Tudor, Duke of York	Henry VII	1502 (death of brother Arthur)	1509 (acceded as Henry VIII)
Henry	Henry VIII	1511 (birth)	1511 (death)
Henry	Henry VIII	1514 (birth)	1514 (death)
Edward Tudor	Henry VIII	1537 (birth)	1547 (acceded as Edward VI)
Henry, Duke of Rothesay	James I	1603 (father's accession)	1612 (death)
Charles Stuart, Duke of York	James I	1612 (death of brother Henry)	1625 (acceded as Charles I)
Charles James Stuart	Charles I	1629 (birth)	1629 (death)
Charles Stuart	Charles I	1630 (birth)	1649 (acceded as Charles II)
James Francis Edward Stuart	James II	1688 (birth)	1689 (father's deposition)
George Augustus	George I	1714 (father's accession)	1727 (acceded as George II)
Frederick Lewis	George II	1727 (father's accession)	1751 (death)
George Augustus Frederick	George III	1762 (birth)	1820 (acceded as George IV)
Albert Edward	Victoria	1841 (birth)	1901 (acceded as Edward VII)
George	Edward VII	1901 (father's accession)	1910 (acceded as George V)
Edward	George V	1910 (father's accession)	1936 (acceded as Edward VIII)
Charles, Prince of Wales	Elizabeth II	1952 (mother's accession)

Additional details appear in Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, A. Sutton, Gloucester, 1982. [orig. 13 volumes, published by The St. Catherine Press Ltd, London, England from 1910-1959; reprinted in microprint: 13 vol. in 6, Gloucester: A. Sutton, 1982 ]

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