Earl av Merioneth

Earl av Merioneth
Earl of Merioneth
Vapen för Charles, prins av Wales innan trontillträdet.
TitelHans Kunglig Höghet
Förste innehavarePrins Philip, hertig av Edinburgh
Inrättat20 november 1947
Siste innehavareCharles, prins av Wales
Avvecklat8 september 2022

Earl av Merioneth var en brittisk adelstitel med earls värdighet. Den instiftades av kung Georg VI till hans svärson löjtnant Philip Mountbatten i samband med bröllopet mellan denne och prinsessan Elizabeth den 20 november 1947. Vid prins Philips frånfälle 2021 ärvdes värdigheten av hans äldste son Charles, prins av Wales för att sedan sammansmälta med kronan året därpå vid dennes trontillträde som Charles III. Med titeln hörde även pärsvärdigheterna hertig av Edinburgh och baron Greenwich.[1] Den är kopplad till det walesiska grevskapet Merionethshire.

Earlar av Merioneth

NamnPorträttPeriodGemål
Prins Philip, 1:e earl av Merioneth20 november 1947 – 9 april 2021Prinsessan Elizabeth, grevinna av Merioneth[a]
Prins Charles, 2:e earl av Merioneth9 april 2021 – 8 september 2022Camilla Parker Bowles, grevinna av Merioneth

Anmärkningar

  1. ^ Prinsessan Elizabeth titulerades grevinna av Merioneth under perioden 20 november 1947 – 6 februari 1952 fram till hennes trontillträde som Elizabeth II.

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Left to right: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Beverley, Lady Reeves; Queen Elizabeth II; and Sir Paul Reeves.
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Coat of arms of HRH Prince William, the Prince of Wales (born 1982) son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales. The coat of arms was granted in 2022 to him as the Heir-Apparent to the British and Commonwealth thrones.
Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure (for England), 2nd quarter Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules (for Scotland), 3rd quarter Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland), with over all a label of three points Argent, and on an inescutcheon ensigned by the coronet of the heir-apparent, quarterly, Or and Gules four lions passant guardant counterchanged (for the Principality of Wales), the whole surrounded by the Garter; for a Crest, upon the Royal helm the coronet of his degree Proper, thereon a lion statant guardant Or crowned by a coronet of his degree Proper; Mantling Or and ermine; for Supporters, dexter a lion rampant guardant Or crowned as the Crest and charged on the shoulder with a label as in the arms, sinister a unicorn Argent armed, crined and unguled Proper, gorged with a coronet Or composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lys a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or and charged on the shoulder with a label as in the arms; Motto ‘Ich Dien' in the compartment below the shield two badges, a plume of three ostrich feathers Argent enfiled by a royal coronet Or also with the motto ‘Ich Dien’’, and on a mount Vert, a dragon passant wings elevated Gules charged on the shoulder with a label of three points Argent.
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President Joe Biden greets Britain's Prince Charles, Tuesday, November 2, 2021, during the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, Scotland. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)