Duke of Cumberland is a peerage title that was conferred upon junior members of the British Royal Family, named after the historic county of Cumberland.

History

The Earldom of Cumberland, created in 1525, became extinct in 1643. The dukedom was created in the Peerage of England in 1644 for Prince Rupert of the Rhine, nephew of King Charles I. When he died without male heirs, the title was created again in the Peerage of England in 1689 for Prince George of Denmark, husband of Princess Anne, younger daughter of King

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. He also died without heirs, in 1708. Neither of these men, however, was usually known by his peerage title. The third creation, in the Peerage of Great Britain, was for Prince William, the third son of King George II. Other titles granted to Prince William were ''Marquess of Berkhampstead'', ''Earl of Kennington'', ''Viscount Trematon'' and ''Baron Alderney''. Since the Prince died unmarried and without children, his titles became extinct at his death. The titles

Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was conferred upon a member of the British royal family. It was named after the county of Cumberland in England, and after Strathearn in Scotland. History ...

and Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale were later created in the Peerage of Great Britain.

List of titleholders

Dukes of Cumberland, first creation (1644)

Prince Rupert Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, (17 December 1619 (O.S.) / 27 December (N.S.) – 29 November 1682 (O.S.)) was an English army officer, admiral, scientist and colonial governor. He first came to prominence as a Royalist cava ...

House of Wittelsbach
1644–1682
''also: Earl of Holderness (1644)'' , Rupert of the Rhine

, 17 December 1619

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son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and

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, Never Married , 29 November 1682

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aged 62 , - , colspan="5" , Nephew of Charles I, died without legitimate issue. , -

Dukes of Cumberland, second creation (1689)

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1689–1708
''also: Earl of Kendal and Baron Wokingham (1689)'' , George, Prince of Denmark by Michael Dahl

, 2 June 1653

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son of Frederick III of Denmark and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg , Anne
28 July 1683
1 child , 28 October 1708
Kensington Palace
aged 55 , - , colspan="5" , Husband of Queen Anne, died without surviving issue. , -

Dukes of Cumberland, third creation (1726)

, Prince William
also Marquess of Berkhamstead, Earl of Kennington, Viscount Trematon and Baron Alderney (Great Britain, 1726) , Cumberland-Reynolds

, 26 April 1721
Leicester House, London
son of

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and

Caroline of Ansbach , father = John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach , mother = Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach , birth_date = , birth_place = Ansbach, Principality of Ansbach, Holy Roman Empire , death_date = , death_place = St James's Pal ...

, Never married , 31 October 1765
London
aged 44 , - , colspan="5", Also known as ''"Butcher" Cumberland'' and ''Sweet William''.

Dukes of Cumberland and Strathearn (1766)

The sole title-holder was Prince Henry (1745–1790), third son of Frederick, Prince of Wales. He died without legitimate issue, when the dukedom again became extinct.

Dukes of Cumberland and Teviotdale (1799)

This double dukedom, in the Peerage of Great Britain, was bestowed on Prince Ernest Augustus (1771–1851) (later King of Hanover), the fifth son and eighth child of King

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and King of Hanover. In 1919 it was suspended under the

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and has not been restored to its titular heir.

Family tree

Contract bridge

An historic fixed bridge hand is known as the Duke of Cumberland hand. The hand also appeared in Ian Fleming's

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thriller, '' Moonraker''.The Duke of Cumberland bridge hand
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