Duke of Rothesay

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hereditary title peerage title royal title

The Duke of Rothesay is the traditional title held by the heir apparent to the Scottish throne, now used for the heir to the British crown when in Scotland.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
James, Duke of Rothesay 3
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay 2
Arthur Stewart, Duke of Rothesay 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title ⓘ
peerage title ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Scotland ⓘ
associatedTitle Baron of Renfrew ⓘ
Earl of Carrick ⓘ
Lord of the Isles ⓘ
Prince and Great Steward of Scotland ⓘ
conferredBy monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
currentHolder Prince William, Prince of Wales ⓘ
surface form: William, Prince of Wales
equivalentTitle Prince of Wales ⓘ
surface form: Prince of Wales in the rest of the United Kingdom
hasGender male ⓘ
heirPresumptiveEligible no ⓘ
heldBy Charles I of England ⓘ
surface form: Charles I

Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Charles III

Edward VII ⓘ
Edward VIII ⓘ
George V ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
James I of Scotland ⓘ
James II of Scotland ⓘ
James III of Scotland ⓘ
James IV of Scotland ⓘ
James V of Scotland ⓘ
James VI and I ⓘ
surface form: James VI of Scotland

Prince William, Prince of Wales ⓘ
surface form: William, Prince of Wales
inception 1398 ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
monarchicTradition Scottish monarch ⓘ
surface form: Scottish monarchy
namedAfter Isle of Bute ⓘ
Rothesay ⓘ
nobleRankInScotland highest non-royal rank of the peerage ⓘ
nowPartOf British monarchy ⓘ
partOf Scottish peerage ⓘ
positionHeldBy heir apparent to the British throne when in Scotland ⓘ
heir apparent to the Scottish throne ⓘ
predecessorTitle Prince and Great Steward of Scotland ⓘ
rank duke ⓘ
seat Rothesay Castle ⓘ
styleOfAddress His Royal Highness ⓘ
surface form: His Royal Highness The Duke of Rothesay
subclassOf ducal title ⓘ
successor next eldest son of the monarch ⓘ
traditionalHolder eldest son of the monarch of Scotland ⓘ
transferOnEvent accession of holder to the throne ⓘ
usedIn Scotland ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baron of Renfrew → associatedTitle → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
Rothesay Castle → associatedWith → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
James V of Scotland → child → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
this entity surface form: James, Duke of Rothesay
Margaret Tudor → child → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
this entity surface form: James, Duke of Rothesay
Margaret Tudor → child → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur Stewart, Duke of Rothesay
Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scots → child → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
this entity surface form: James, Duke of Rothesay
Robert III of Scotland → child → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
this entity surface form: David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay
Duke of Cornwall → linkedTitle → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Rothesay (in Scotland, for the heir apparent)
Prince of Wales → linkedTitle → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
Prince Charles → positionHeld → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
Robert Stuart, Duke of Kintyre → sibling → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles James, Duke of Rothesay
Robert III of Scotland → sonHeirApparent → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
this entity surface form: David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay
Charles I of England → title → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
Edward VII → title → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
Edward VIII → title → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
George IV of the United Kingdom → title → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales → title → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
James Francis Edward Stuart → title → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
James II of Scotland → title → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
James III of Scotland → title → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
James V of Scotland → title → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
Prince Charles → title → Duke of Rothesay ⓘ