Talk:Duke of Rothesay

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This article has a conflict over whether the title goes to the heir apparent or to the first born son of the reigning monarch. One could be the heir to one's grandparent. Someone more knowledgable than I should fix this. -65.66.103.43 23:33, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Use of the title

I know that the eldest-living-sons-who-were-also-heir-apparent of the Monarch of Scotland were called Duke of Rothesay pre-Union of the Crowns.

I also know that Charles is currently styled DofR North of the Border.

What do any of us know (with sources if poss.) about the usage of the DofR title in-between?

Did James VI's son Henry Frederick cease to be known as DofR when his father became James I?

Apparently Albert Edward was known as DofR in a similar fashion to how Charles is, but do we have contemporary sources to this effect?

And what about the Hanoverian Dukes?

Many thanks etc ^† DBD 23:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

• Duke of Rothesay correctly reports Complete Peerage, with one exception; exactly the same limitation as Duke of Cornwall: eldest son of the Sovereign of Scotland only. Therefore all the Princes of Wales since 1603 except George III, who did not inherit it from his father. (The exception is the Old Pretender, who was not attainted until 1702; I will be amending.) Charles I was declared Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, York and Albany; but "the now received opinion" holds that he was entitled to Rothesay too. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 15:38, 30 May 2008 (UTC)