Earl of Athlone

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The Earl of Athlone was a British peerage title most notably held by Prince Alexander of Teck, a member of the extended royal family who served as Governor General of Canada during the Second World War.

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Label Occurrences
Earl of Athlone canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer ⓘ
Governor General of Canada ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
member of the British royal family ⓘ
title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedBy George VI ⓘ
associatedWith British royal family ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
birthName Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
brotherInLaw George V ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
extinctionReason died without male heirs ⓘ
father Francis, Duke of Teck ⓘ
givenName Alexander ⓘ
hasTitleHolder Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone ⓘ
Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
heldBy Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone ⓘ
honor Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order ⓘ
Knight of the Garter ⓘ
memberOf House of Teck ⓘ
extended British royal family ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
monarchAtCreation George V ⓘ
monarchDuringOffice George VI ⓘ
mother Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge ⓘ
namedAfter Athlone ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Windsor ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Athlone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Viscount Trematon ⓘ
notableFor service as Governor General of Canada during the Second World War ⓘ
notableHolderOffice Governor General of Canada ⓘ
occupation army officer ⓘ
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Governor General of Canada ⓘ
Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
rank field marshal ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Rideau Hall ⓘ
sibling Mary of Teck ⓘ
spouse Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone ⓘ
surface form: Princess Alice of Albany
status extinct title ⓘ
subclassOf earldom ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

House of Teck → associatedTitleInBritain → Earl of Athlone ⓘ
Earl of Athlone → nobleTitle → Earl of Athlone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
The Earl of Athlone → nobleTitle → Earl of Athlone ⓘ
Baron Arklow → laterTitle → Earl of Athlone ⓘ
subject surface form: Prince Alexander of Teck