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{{Short description|Peerage of the United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox nobility title
| name              = Earl of Merioneth
| image             = Coat of arms of the Prince of Wales.svg
| image_size        =  
| alt               =  
| caption           = Arms of [[Charles, Prince of Wales]], before his accession 
| creation_date     = 20 November 1947 
| creation          = First
| monarch           = [[George VI]] 
| peerage           = [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] 
| baronetage        = 
| first_holder      = [[Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]
| last_holder       = [[Charles III|Charles, Prince of Wales]]
| present_holder    = 
| heir_apparent     = 
| remainder_to      = the 1st Earl's [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] lawfully begotten
| subsidiary_titles = 
| status            = Merged with crown
| extinction_date   = 8 September 2022
| family_seat       = 
| former_seat       = [[Clarence House]]
| motto             =  
| footnotes         =  
}}
'''Earl of Merioneth''' was a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] created in 1947 along with the [[Duke of Edinburgh]] and the [[Baron Greenwich]] for [[Philip Mountbatten]], later Prince Philip, upon [[Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten|his marriage]] to [[Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth]], later Queen Elizabeth II.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38128|pages=5495–5496|date=21 November 1947}}</ref>

[[Merionethshire]] is one of thirteen [[historic counties of Wales]], a [[Watsonian vice-counties|vice county]] and a former administrative county.

==Earls of Merioneth (1947)==
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| '''[[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]]'''<br/>[[Mountbatten]]<br/>1947–2021<br/><small>''also: [[Duke of Edinburgh]] and [[Baron Greenwich]] (1947)''</small>
| [[File:Duke of Edinburgh 33 Allan Warren.jpg|100px|Prince Philip]]
| 10 June 1921<br/>[[Mon Repos, Corfu|Mon Repos]], [[Corfu]]<br/>son of [[Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark]] and [[Princess Alice of Battenberg]]
| [[Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth]]<br/>20 November 1947<br/>4 children
| 9 April 2021<br>[[Windsor Castle]], [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]]<br>aged 99
|-
| '''[[Charles III|Prince Charles]]'''<ref name=COA>{{cite web|url=https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/news/item/187-hrh-the-duke-of-edinburgh|title=HRH The Duke of Edinburgh|publisher=College of Arms|date=9 April 2021|accessdate=9 April 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411005304/https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/news/item/187-hrh-the-duke-of-edinburgh|url-status=live}}</ref> <br/>[[House of Windsor]]<br/>2021–2022<br/><small>''also: [[Prince of Wales]] and [[Earl of Chester]] (1958), [[Duke of Cornwall]], [[Duke of Rothesay]] (1952), [[Duke of Edinburgh]] and [[Baron Greenwich]] (2021)''</small>
| [[File: King Charles III (July 2023).jpg|100px|Prince Charles]]
| 14 November 1948<br/>[[Buckingham Palace]], London<br/>son of Prince Philip and [[Queen Elizabeth II]]
| [[Lady Diana Spencer]]<br/>29 July 1981{{snd}}28 August 1996<br/>2 children<br />[[Camilla Parker&nbsp;Bowles]]<br/>9 April 2005
| {{spaced ndash}}<br> now {{age in years and days|1948|11|14}} old
|-
| colspan=5|''Prince Charles succeeded as '''Charles III''' in 2022 upon his [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|mother's death]], and his hereditary titles [[merged in the Crown]].''
|}

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{{Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh}}
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[[Category:Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Noble titles created in 1947]]
[[Category:Charles III]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:2022 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:British and Irish peerages which merged in the Crown]]


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