Can Queen Elizabeth Displace a Duke or Duchess (Read description)?

Question

I have noticed that not just queen elizabeth II but other kings and queens of the United Kingdom create their children either at birth, or at their wedding a title (such as a Duke), does this mean they displaced the Duke that was their before?

and if they didnt, i still would like to know if the reigning Monarch can take a Duke out of the power of his Duchy

thanks much

Alex, the Eurpean Monarchy Nerd

Answer 1

No,titles that are available or created are used.

The Monarch could remove a title,but that would because the removed peer had committed a treasonous act.

Answer 2

All titles including the monarch itself are only symbolic with no real power attached to it. A duchy title cannot be displaced and the title will only reverse back to the crown if the Duke/Duchess passed away without issue and there is no one else in the family to inherit such title.

In the United Kingdom, ducal titles which have been given within the royal family include Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence, Duke of York, Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Bedford, Duke of Cumberland, Duke of Cambridge, Duke of Rothesay, Duke of Albany, Duke of Ross, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Kent, Duke of Sussex, and Duke of Connaught and Strathearn.

A Royal Duke is a duke who is a member of the British Royal Family, entitled to the style of "His Royal Highness". The current Royal Dukedoms are Cornwall and Rothesay (both held by the Prince of Wales), York, Edinburgh, Gloucester and Kent. The former King Edward VIII was created Duke of Windsor after his abdication; however he did not have any heirs and therefore the title is not currently in use, and, because of the negative feelings resulting from the Duke's aforementioned abdication, it is unlikely to be revived. With the exceptions of the dukedoms of Cornwall and Rothesay (which can only be held by the eldest son of the Sovereign), these dukedoms are hereditary according to the Letters Patent that created them, which contain the standard remainder "heirs male of his body".

Answer 3

They can only have titles that are vacant.

Answer 4

No-one is displaced: the Queen uses a vacant title. For instance, no-one can be Duke of Edinburgh while the present Duke is alive.

Andrew, the present Duke of York, was given the Queen's father's former title.

Answer 5

They either use titles that have fallen vacant or they institute a new title. Example of former: Prince Andrew became the Duke of York (Since the 15th century, it has, when granted, been usually given to the second son of the British monarch. Since the second creation (1474), none of the holders of the title have ever transmitted it: they either died without male heirs or became King themselves); example of latter: Prince Edward became the Earl of Wessex (When the Earldom was created, the Palace announced that the Earl of Wessex would be created Duke of Edinburgh after the death of his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, when that title merges with the Crown).

Technically all hereditary titles are in the gift of the monarch, so she can take them away as well as hand them out. Might cause more problems than it solves though.