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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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