Earl of Ulster

Arms of de Burgh, Earls of Ulster: Or, a cross gules

Arms of Mortimer, Earls of Ulster: Barry of six or and azure on a chief of the first two pallets between two gyrons of the second over all an inescutcheon argent

Arms of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, 8th Earl of Ulster: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, quarterly, France moderne, and England, overall a label of three points each charged with three torteaux (House of York), 2nd, quarterly, Castile and Leon, 3rd, quarterly, Mortimer and de Burgh, and overall an inescutcheon gules, three lions passant guardant or a bordure Argent (Holland, Earl of Kent)

The title of Earl of Ulster has been created several times in the Peerage of Ireland and Peerage of the United Kingdom. Currently, the title is a subsidiary title of the Duke of Gloucester, and is used as a courtesy title by the Duke's son, Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster. Ulster is one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland.

Earls of Ulster, Peerage of Ireland, First Creation (1205)

Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster (1176–1243)

Earls of Ulster, Peerage of Ireland, Second Creation (1264)

Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (died 1271)
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (1259–1326)
William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (1312–1333)
Elizabeth de Burgh, Duchess of Clarence, 4th Countess of Ulster (died 1363)
- m. Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, jure uxoris Earl of Ulster (1338–1368)
Philippa, Countess of March, 5th Countess of Ulster, (1355–1382)
- m. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, jure uxoris Earl of Ulster (1352–1381)
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and 6th Earl of Ulster (1374–1398)
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March and 7th Earl of Ulster (1391–1425)
Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, 8th Earl of Ulster (1412–1460)
Edward of York, 4th Duke of York, 9th Earl of Ulster (1442–1483), merged in crown 1461

Earls of Ulster, Peerage of Ireland, Third Creation (1659)

James Stuart, Duke of York and Albany (1633–1701), merged in crown 1685

Earls of Ulster, Peerage of Ireland, Fourth Creation (1716)

Ernest Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of York and Albany (1674–1728)

Earls of Ulster, Peerage of Ireland, Fifth Creation (1760)

Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739–1767)

Earls of Ulster, Peerage of Ireland, Sixth Creation (1784)

Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763–1827)

Earls of Ulster, Peerage of the United Kingdom, First Creation (1866)

Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844–1900)

Earls of Ulster, Peerage of the United Kingdom, Second Creation (1928)

Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900–1974)
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 1944)
- Alexander Windsor (born 1974), Prince Richard's eldest son, is the heir-apparent to the dukedom, and, as such, uses "Earl of Ulster" as a courtesy title.

References

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ulster, Earls of". Encyclopædia Britannica. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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