Dukes of Cornwall, 1376 Creation
When his heir-apparent Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall predeceased him, Edward III granted Woodstock's son Richard a new creation of the title Duke of Cornwall. When Richard acceded the throne as Richard II in 1377, this creation merged to the crown.
- also Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (1376)
- Richard of Bordeaux, Prince of Wales, 1st Duke of Cornwall (1367–1400)
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