Royal Earldom, 1866
The next creation of a title of Kent, was not that of Duke or Marquess, but rather that of Earl, with the creation of Prince Alfred (1844–1900), the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, as Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Ulster, and of Kent in 1866. The Duke of Edinburgh (who later became the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) had only one son, Prince Alfred, who would have probably inherited the title of Earl of Kent, among his father's other titles, had he not died before his father in 1899. With Prince Alfred's death in 1900, Kent's title became extinct.
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