Duke of Southampton

Duke of Southampton was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1675 for Charles FitzRoy, an illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress, the 1st Duchess of Cleveland. Together with the dukedom, Charles Fitzroy also received the subsidiary titles of Earl of Chichester and Baron Newbury.

Upon his mother's death in 1709, the 1st Duke of Southampton succeeded to her hereditary peerages (the dukedom of Cleveland, earldom of Southampton and barony of Nonsuch). At his death in 1730, the titles passed to his son William. The 2nd Duke of Southampton died without issue, so the titles became extinct upon his death in 1774. The dukedom of Southampton has not been created again. One of the heirs is the Baron Southampton, descendant of a brother of the first Duke of Southampton.

Dukes of Southampton (1675)

• Charles Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Southampton, 2nd Duke of Cleveland (1662–1730)
• William Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Southampton, 3rd Duke of Cleveland (1698–1774)

See also

• Duke of Cleveland

References

1. Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland
2. Duke of Cleveland
3. Earl of Southampton
4. Baron Southampton
5. Southampton (disambiguation)
6. William FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Cleveland
7. Duke of St Albans
8. Southampton
9. Earl of Chichester
10. Duke of Grafton
11. Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton
12. Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge
13. University of Southampton
14. Charles II of England
15. List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
16. Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
17. Southampton Plot
18. Southampton Airport
19. Clan Stewart
20. List of earldoms