Dukes of Cornwall, 1337 Creation
All Dukes of Cornwall who have been the eldest living son of the sovereign are generally considered to have held the same creation of the duchy. The following is a table of these Dukes of Cornwall, with the processes by which they became duke and by which they ceased to hold the title:
| Duke of Cornwall | Parent | From | To | Other title held while Duke |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward of Woodstock, "The Black Prince" | Edward III | 1337 (Parliament) | 1376 (death) | Prince of Wales (1343), Prince of Aquitaine (1362–1372), Earl of Chester (1333) |
| Henry of Monmouth | Henry IV | 1399 (Parliament) | 1413 (acceded as Henry V) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1399), Duke of Aquitaine (1390), Duke of Lancaster (1399) |
| Henry | Henry V | 1421 (birth) | 1422 (acceded as Henry VI) | Duke of Aquitaine (1390) |
| Edward of Westminster | Henry VI | 1453 (birth) | 1471 (death) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1454) |
| Edward Plantagenet, Prince of Wales | Edward IV | 1470 (charter) | 1483 (acceded as Edward V) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1471), Earl of March (1479), Earl of Pembroke (1479) |
| Edward of Middleham, 1st Earl of Salisbury | Richard III | 1483 (father's accession) | 1484 (death) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1483), Earl of Salisbury (1478) |
| Arthur Tudor | Henry VII | 1486 (birth) | 1502 (death) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1489) |
| Henry Tudor, 1st Duke of York | Henry VII | 1502 (death of brother Arthur) | 1509 (acceded as Henry VIII) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1504), Duke of York (1494–1504) |
| 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) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1537) |
| Henry Frederick | James I | 1603 (father's accession) | 1612 (death) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1610), Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick and Baron Renfrew (1469), Lord of the Isles (1540), Prince and Great Steward of Scotland (1469) (The italicised henceforth "Duke of Rothesy, etc (1469 & 1540)") |
| Prince Charles, 1st Duke of York, 1st Duke of Albany | James I | 1612 (death of brother Henry) | 1625 (acceded as Charles I) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1616), Duke of Rothesay, etc. (1469 & 1540), Duke of Albany (1600), Duke of York (1605), Marquess of Ormond, Earl of Ross, Lord Ardmannoch (1600) |
| Prince Charles James | Charles I | 1629 (birth) | 1629 (death) | Duke of Rothesay, etc. (1469 & 1540) |
| Prince Charles | Charles I | 1630 (birth) | 1649 (acceded as Charles II) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1638), Duke of Rothesay, etc. (1469 & 1540) |
| Prince James Francis Edward | James II | 1688 (birth) | 1702 (attainted) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1688–1702), Duke of Rothesay, etc. (1469–1702 & 1540–1702) |
| The Prince George, 1st Duke of Cambridge | George I | 1714 (father's accession) | 1727 (acceded as George II) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1714), Hereditary Prince of Hanover, Duke of Rothesay, etc. (1469 & 1540), Duke of Cambridge, Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Milford Haven, Viscount Northallerton, Baron Tewkesbury (1706) |
| The Prince Frederick, 1st Duke of Edinburgh | George II | 1727 (father's accession) | 1751 (death) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1729), Duke of Rothesay, etc. (1469 & 1540), Duke of Edinburgh, Marquess of Ely, Earl of Eltham, Viscount Launceston, Baron Snowdon (1726) |
| The Prince George | George III | 1762 (birth) | 1820 (acceded as George IV) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1762), Duke of Rothesay, etc. (1469 & 1540) |
| The Prince Albert Edward | Victoria | 1841 (birth) | 1901 (acceded as Edward VII) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1841), Duke of Rothesay, etc. (1469 & 1540), Earl of Dublin (1850) |
| The Prince George, 1st Duke of York | Edward VII | 1901 (father's accession) | 1910 (acceded as George V) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1901), Duke of Rothesay, etc. (1469 & 1540), Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killarney (1892) |
| The Prince Edward | George V | 1910 (father's accession) | 1936 (acceded as Edward VIII) | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1910), Duke of Rothesay, etc. (1469 & 1540) |
| The Prince Charles | Elizabeth II | 1952 (mother's accession) | Current | Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1958), Duke of Rothesay, etc. (1469 & 1540) |
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.
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