Royal eponyms in Canada
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In Canada, a number of sites and structures are named for royal individuals, whether a member of the past French royal family, British royal family, or present Canadian royal family thus reflecting the country's status as a constitutional monarchy under the Canadian Crown. Those who married into the royal family are indicated by an asterisk (*). Charles Edward Stuart was a pretender to the British throne.
Eponymous royalty
[edit]King Francis I
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Queen Elizabeth I
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King Henry IV
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King James VI and I
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Queen Henrietta Maria*
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Prince Rupert
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King Charles I
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King Louis XIV
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Queen Anne
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Louis, Dauphin of France
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King George I
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King George II
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Prince Frederick (1707–1751)
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Charles Edward Stuart
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Prince William (1721–1765)
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King George III
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Queen Charlotte*
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Prince Frederick (1763–1827)
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Princess Frederica*
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Prince Edward (1767–1820)
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Princess Victoria* (1786–1861)
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Prince Augustus
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Prince Adolphus
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Princess Augusta
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Princess Mary
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Princess Sophia
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Princess Amelia
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King George IV
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Queen Caroline*
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King Leopold I*
[edit]Other title: Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1790–1826) | ||||
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King William IV
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Queen Adelaide*
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The Viscountess Falkland
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Queen Victoria
[edit]Prince Albert*
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Princess Victoria (1840–1901)
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Princess Alice
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Prince Alfred
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Princess Helena
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Princess Louise (1848–1939)
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The Duke of Argyll*
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Prince Arthur
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Princess Patricia
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Prince Leopold
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Princess Beatrice
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The Earl of Athlone*
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King Edward VII
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Queen Alexandra*
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Princess Maud
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Princess Louise (1867–1931)
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King George V
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Queen Mary*
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Prince George
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King Edward VIII
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King George VI
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Queen Elizabeth*
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Princess Margaret
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Queen Elizabeth II
[edit]Prince Philip*
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Princess Anne
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Prince Andrew
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Prince Edward (1964–present)
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Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
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James Mountbatten-Windsor, Earl of Wessex
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King Charles III
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Diana, Princess of Wales*
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Prince William (1982–present)
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The mountain was named in 1982 for a collection of madrigals entitled The Triumphs of Oriana, with Oriana being a nickname for Queen Elizabeth.[3]
- ^ a b Named for its location in Kings County[18]
- ^ Only the original Fort George was named for George III, the city's name Prince George honours a Duke of Kent. d. 1902, not George III.[22]
- ^ Named for its location in the archipelago (now known as Haida Gwaii)[32]
- ^ The islands were named by the explorer George Dixon for his ship the Queen Charlotte, which in turn was named for the queen.[34]
- ^ a b Named for the Queen's Rangers[37]
- ^ Named for its location in Queens County[38]
- ^ Hamilton suggests the town was named in honor of the city on Prince Edward Island.Hamilton (1978, p. 110)
- ^ The Viscountess Falkland, née Amelia Cary FitzClarence, was the youngest of William IV's illegitimate children.
- ^ Queensborough was the original name for New Westminster. The name was changed at Victoria's suggestion.[71] In 1908, the present Queensborough was established and named in honour of the prior name.[72]
- ^ Named for its proximity to Alexandra Bridge[135]
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[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b Hamilton 1978, p. 261.
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- ^ "Oriana Peak". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ "Queen Bess Glacier". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Rayburn, Alan (2015). "Place Names". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ Hamilton 1996, p. 285.
- ^ a b King Charles St, Belle River, ON N0R 1A0, Postal Codes in Canada, retrieved 21 August 2023
- ^ Government of Canada. "The Kings and Queens of Canada: The Crown in Canadian History > Henri III (1551–1589)". Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d Hamilton 1978, p. 58.
- ^ "Rupert River". Britannica Academic. 2008. 64436.
- ^ Brown, Jennifer S.H. (2017). An Ethnohistorian in Rupert's Land: Unfinished Conversations. Edmonton: AU Press. p. 23. ISBN 9781771991711. OCLC 974527444.
- ^ a b Hamilton 1978, pp. 141–142.
- ^ a b c Guide to Fort Anne, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Its Historic sites series, no. 4 (6th ed.). Ottawa: F.C. Acland. 1933. p. 5 – via Hathi Trust.
- ^ a b c d e Government of Canada. "Kings and Queens of Canada" (PDF). Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "History of Prince of Wales Fort". Prince of Wales Fort National Historic Site. Parks Canada. April 11, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ a b Brown, Thomas J. (1922), Nova Scotia Place Names (PDF), p. 56, retrieved 13 August 2023
- ^ a b c Hamilton 1996, p. 342.
- ^ Hamilton 1996, pp. 342–343.
- ^ Hamilton 1996, pp. 459–460.
- ^ a b Hamilton 1996, pp. 316–317.
- ^ Grant, Peter (2014). "Strait of Georgia". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ "Prince George". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ Hamilton 1996, p. 90.
- ^ Hamilton 1996, p. 91.
- ^ Hamilton 1978, p. 81.
- ^ a b Hamilton 1996, pp. 345–346.
- ^ Hamilton 1996, p. 383.
- ^ Kernaghan, Lois; Bell, Cheryl (2013). "University of King's College". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ "The Four Citadels". Halifax Citadel National Historic Site. Parks Canada. May 7, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ Osborne, Brian S. (2019). "Kingston". Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ Hamilton 1996, p. 461.
- ^ "Village of Queen Charlotte". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ Ministry of Municipal Affairs (July 13, 2022). "Ancestral Haida name restored to Haida Gwaii village". BC Gov News. Government of British Columbia. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
- ^ Foster, Bristol (2015). "Haida Gwaii". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ a b Hamilton 1978, pp. 58–59.
- ^ Hamilton 1996, p. 62.
- ^ a b Hamilton 1996, p. 121.
- ^ Hamilton 1996, p. 122.
- ^ a b c d Hamilton 1996, p. 390.
- ^ "History". Georges Island National Historic Site. Parks Canada. August 6, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ Hamilton 1996, pp. 473–474.
- ^ Hamilton 1978, p. 88.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Sandberg, L. Anders (9 June 202), "What's in a Name? What does the Duke of York have to do with York University?", Alternative Campus Tour, York University, retrieved 20 August 2023
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- ^ Hamilton 1978, p. 140.
- ^ Hamilton 1996, pp. 381–382.
- ^ a b Hamilton 1996, p. 388.
- ^ a b c d Tidridge, Nathan, Prince Edward and Ontario, the Crown in Canada, retrieved 4 April 2023
- ^ CBC News: Royal couple wraps up trip to Prince Edward Island; November 10, 2000
- ^ a b c d e f g Tidridge, Nathan, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and the province of Prince Edward Island, The Crown in Canada, retrieved 30 March 2023
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Tidridge, Nathan, Prince Edward and Quebec, the Crown in Canada, retrieved 4 April 2023
- ^ Hamilton 1978, p. 313.
- ^ "Gloucester County", Place Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, retrieved 13 August 2023
- ^ a b c Brown 1922, p. 114
- ^ Hamilton 1996, p. 223.
- ^ "History". Prince of Wales Tower National Historic Site. Parks Canada. June 15, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ Hamilton 1978, p. 176.
- ^ Hamilton 1978, p. 177.
- ^ a b Hamilton 1996, p. 474.
- ^ Manson, Bill (2003). Footsteps In Time: Exploring Hamilton's heritage neighbourhoods. North Shore Publishing Inc. ISBN 1-896899-22-6.
- ^ Hamilton 1996, p. 120.
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- ^ Zoltai, S.C. (March 4, 2015). "King William Island". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ Brown 1922, p. 50
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa The Canadian Encyclopedia: Queen Victoria
- ^ a b c d e f g h Place Names of Alberta: Published for the Geographic Board by the Department of the Interior. Ottawa: F.C. Acland. 1928. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
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