Charles Stuart, Duke of Kendal (4 July 1666 – 22 May 1667) was the third son of James, Duke of York (later

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) and his first wife

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. Charles was born on 4 July 1666 at St James's Palace. His godparents were his three-year-old brother James, Duke of Cambridge, his cousin

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, and Emilia von Nassau, Countess of Ossory. He was designated

Duke of Kendal The titles of Earl of Kendal and Duke of Kendal have been created several times, usually for people with some connection to the royal family. *The first creation was for John, 4th son of King Henry IV, who was created Earl of Kendal, Earl of Ri ...

and was to have been created Duke of Kendal, Earl of Wigmore, and Baron of Holdenby, but no patent was ever enrolled. He died at St James's Palace at the age of 10 months on 22 May 1667 and was buried in

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on 30 May 1667.

Arms

Although he was only a grandson of a British Sovereign, by the time of his birth it had become obvious that his uncle would not have any children, so he received a

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as if he were a son of the Sovereign. Said arms consisted of those of the kingdom, differenced by a ''label argent of three points, on each three torteaux gules''.Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family
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Ancestry

References

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