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{{short description|Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox nobility title
| name              = Barony of Killyleagh
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| image_size        = 180px
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| creation_date     = 23 June 1986 
| creation          = First
| monarch           = [[Elizabeth II]] 
| peerage           = [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] 
| baronetage        =  
| first_holder      =  
| last_holder       = [[Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor]] 
| heir_apparent     = 
| heir_presumptive  =  
| remainder_to      = the 1st Baron's [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] lawfully begotten 
| subsidiary_titles = 
| status            = Extant, not in use<ref>{{cite web |url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10370/|publisher=House of Commons Library|type=Research Briefing|title=The removal of titles and honours|date=3 November 2025|access-date=4 November 2025|last=Torrance|first=David}}</ref>
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'''Baron Killyleagh''' is<!-- do not changed to "was", please join talk page discussion on the article about the title Duke of York--> a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created on 23 July 1986 by [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] as a [[substantive title]] for her son, the then [[Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor| Prince Andrew]] ( now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor) on the occasion of [[Wedding of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah Ferguson|his marriage]] to [[Sarah Ferguson]].<ref>[http://royalcentral.co.uk/uk/yorks/pages-from-royal-history-prince-andrew-marries-sarah-ferguson-51309 Royal Central]</ref><ref name="londongazette">{{London Gazette |issue=50606 |supp=1 |date=23 July 1986 |page=1 }}</ref> In November 2025, [[King Charles|the King]] removed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's right to be referred to as Prince and to use his titles of nobility. Nonetheless, the title 'Baron Killyleagh' along with Mountbatten-Windsor's superior titles ( [[Duke of York]] and [[Earl of Inverness]]) remain extant in strict legal terms. <ref name="hoclib">{{Cite web |last=Torrance |first=David |date=3 November 2025 |title=The removal of titles and honours |url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10370/ |access-date=4 November 2025 |website=[[House of Commons Library]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Roll of the Peerage |url=https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/images/downloads/Roll_of_the_Peerage.pdf |access-date=30 October 2025 |work=College of Arms}}</ref><ref name="Gazette-Removals">{{London Gazette
| issue = 64895
| date = 6 November 2025
| page = 21342
}}</ref>

The title is named after the village and [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of [[Killyleagh]], [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is best known for its 12th century [[Killyleagh Castle]].

Traditionally, the monarch grants male members of the royal family at least one title on their wedding day. On the same day, that the then Prince Andrew was awarded the title, he was also created [[Duke of York]] and [[Earl of Inverness]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Ferguson |first=Sarah |title=Finding Sarah: A Duchess's Journey to Find Herself |year=2011 |publisher=Atria Books |location=New York |isbn=9781439189566 |pages=234–235 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FEhzphOO-MoC |quote=I had become Princess Andrew and the Duchess of York, as well as the Countess of Inverness and the Baroness of Killyleagh.}}</ref><ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2959194.stm Why did Prince Andrew and Prince Edward get knighthoods?]</ref>

==Award of the title Baron Killyleagh (1986)==
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| '''[[Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor]]'''<br />[[House of Windsor]]<br />1986<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/50606/supplement/1|title = Page 1 &#124; Supplement 50606, 23 July 1986 &#124; London Gazette &#124; the Gazette}}</ref>–2025<br />''<small>also: [[Duke of York]] and [[Earl of Inverness]] (1986)</small>''
| [[File:Duke of York 2022 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| 19 February 1960<br />[[Buckingham Palace]]<br />son of [[Elizabeth II]] and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]
| [[Sarah, Duchess of York|Sarah Ferguson]]<br />23 July 1986 – 30 May 1996<br />([[divorce]])<br />2 children
| {{spaced ndash}}<br /> now {{age in years and days|1960|2|19}} old
|-
|colspan="6" |''On 31 October 2025, the title "Baron Killyleagh" was removed from the Roll of the Peerage, removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's right to use the title.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/images/downloads/Roll_of_the_Peerage.pdf|title=Roll of the Peerage|work=College of Arms|access-date=30 October 2025}}</ref>
|}

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