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If you read this link—https://www.tatler.com/article/is-the-duke-of-york-title-cursed-prince-andrew—you’ll find this statement: “….Following its first creation in 1385, the Dukedom of York has never been inherited: its holders have either died without male heirs or been crowned king….”

Not true! Edmund of Langley, son of Edward III, was the 1st Duke of York, and his son, Edward of Norwich, became the 2nd Duke. That, if I’m not mistaken, is the title being inherited from father to son.

However, on the death of the 2nd Duke without heirs, his brother, Richard of Conisbrough, would have become the third had he not already been executed as a result of the Southampton Plot against Henry V. So his son, Richard of York, became the 3rd Duke of York….and also the father of Edward IV and Richard III. Whether or not the passing of the title from the 2nd to the 3rd Duke is too much of a blip, I’m not sure, but the passing of the 1st Duke to the 2nd definitely happened. As did the sticky end of the unfortunate 3rd Duke, as illustrated in the image below.

Later in the above article, the Missing Princes Project is mentioned, and I found the following: “….In 2021, the ‘Missing Princes Project’ claimed to have discovered evidence that Edward [who would have been Edward V had he not been found to be illegitimate] survived, living as Lord of the Major in the Devon village of Coldridge – either way, the Dukedom of York died with him….” Um. Lord of the Major? That’s a new title on me.

Anyway, I stand by my defence of the 1^st and 2^nd Dukes of York. They were father and son.