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 CORNWALL 445 (James VI [S.]), by Anne, da. of Frederik. II, King of Denmark, and was b. 19 Feb. 1593/4, at Stirling, and bap. there with great state, Elizabeth, Queen of England, being one of his sponsors. Nom. K.G., 14 June and inst. 9 July 1603. " On 4 June 16 10 he was cr. in Pari. PRINCE OF WALES and EARL OF CHESTER, which dignities by patent of even date were confirmed " sibi et heredibus suis, regibus Anglie."(^) He d. unm. and I'.p.y not without suspicion ot poison,('') in his 19th year, at St. James's Palace, 6 Nov., and was bur. 8 Dec. 1 6 1 2, in Westm. Abbey, under the monu- ment of his grandmother, Mary, Queen of Scotland, whose remains had been brought there from Peterborough Cathedral 11 Oct. 161 2. At his death his peerage dignities lapsed to the Crown. XIV. 1612 Charles (Stuart), Duke of York, as also Duke of to Albany, ^c. [S.], next surv. br. to the abovenamed 1625. Henry Frederick, Duke of Cornwall, fe^c, becoming, 6 Nov. 1 61 2, on his said brother's death s.p., the ist surv. s. and h. ap. of the King of England and Scotland, became, as such, DUKE OF CORNWALL,^) as also DUKE OF ROTHSAY, ^c. [S.]. He was 3rd but 1st surv. s. and h. of James I (James VI [S.]), by Anne, da. of Frederik II, King of Denmark; he was b. at Dunfermline, 19 Nov., and bap. 23 Dec. 1 600. On the same day he was cr. DUKE OF ALBANY, MARQUESS OF ORMOND, EARL OF ROSS, and LORD ARDMAN- NOCH [S.]. On 6 Jan. 1604/5, he was cr., in presence of the Privy Council, DUKE OF YORK, being, at the same time (with several others in celebration of that creation) made K.B.C*) He was nom. K.G. 24 Apr., and inst. 13 May 1611. Having, 6 Nov. 161 2, become the h. ap. of the Realm (as abovementioned), he was, 4 Nov. 161 6, under the designa- tion of " Charles, Prince of Great Britain, Duke of Cornwdl and York, and the question whether the Dukedom of Cornwall charter of 1337 (see ante, p. 435, note "e") was an Act of Pari, or not; for only an Act could validate the extra-legal limitation, and there is no statement that the Commons consented. Although the iudges unanimously decided that the charter had the force of a statute, their reasoning, as reported, is not convincing, and their conclusions have been impugned by Sir H. Nicolas when dealing with the words "Assent of Parliament" in his book on the Earldom of Devon case, {ex inform. J. H. Round). V.G. (*) He was deservedly most popular, not only for his sense of honour and justice, but for his accomplishments in all martial exercises, being the Marcellus of his age. C") This matter is discussed in Jesse's Court of England during the Stuarts, vol. i, pp. 167-175, edit. 1840. ("=) The like event had happened in 1 502, when Henry (afterwards Henry VIII) became, by the death of his elder br., Arthur, the ist surv. s. and h. ap. of the King, and was, accordingly (though not " primogenitus "), styled Duke of Cornwall under the Great Seal. Notwithstanding this precedent, " the case of the Duchy of Cornwall " was fully discussed at this time (as if it were unprecedented), and Prince Charles' right thereto was declared by the King, with the assent of the Privy Council, isfc, and published 1613. See Collins' Proceedings, pp. 148-161. {^) See ante, p. 443, note " b."