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Cumberland and Teviotdale, Duke of (GB, 1799 - 1919)

Creation: let.pat. 24 Apr 1799

Deprived: 28 Mar 1919

Family name:

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Arms:

The Royal Arms as borne by HM King George III but without the Inescutcheon on the Arms of Hanover differenced by a Label of three points Argent the centre point charged with a Fleurs de lys Azure and each of the other points with Cross Gules

Crest:

On a Coronet of four Crosses Patty alternated with four Fleurs-de-Lis a Lion statant guardant Or crowned with a like Coronet and differenced by a Label as in the Arms

Supporters:

Same as in the Royal Arms borne by HM King George III differenced by a like Coronet and Label

Note: These are the differenced version of the Royal Arms assigned by Royal Warrant to the 1st Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale. When he succeeded his brother as King of Hanover he charged the Arms of Hanover with the Electoral inescutcheon "Gules the Crown of Charlemagne proper" and changed the label to a label of three points Argent as Heir Presumptive to the British Throne. This label was not used after 1848. During the lifetime of his father his son, the future King George V of Hanover, bore the arms of his father with a second label of three points Gules charged on the centre point with a Horse courant Argent as heir to the Throne of Hanover.

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HRH Prince Ernest Augustus, 1st Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, later HM King Ernest I of Hanover, KG KP GCB GCH PC

5th son of King George III by his wife HRH Princess Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, dau. of HRH Charles Louis Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

born

5 Jun 1771

mar.

29 May 1815 his cousin HRH Princess Frederica Louise Caroline Sophia Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 2 Mar 1778; widow of HRH Prince Frederick Louis Charles of Prussia, and former wife of HSH Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels; d. 29 Jun 1841), 3rd dau. of HRH Charles Louis Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, by his first wife HSH Princess Frederica Caroline Louise of Hess-Darmstadt, dau. of HSH George William, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

only surviving child

1. HRH Prince George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus of Cumberland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg from birth, later 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (HM King George V of Hanover)

died

18 Nov 1851

created

24 Apr 1799 Earl of Armagh (Peerage of Ireland) and Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (Peerage of Great Britain)

suc. by

son

note

Knight of the Garter 1786; Lieut, 9th Hanoverian Lancers 1790, Lt Col 1793, Maj Gen 1794 (fought at Tournai and Nimeguen), Lt Gen 1799, Gen 1808, and Field Marshal 1813; Privy Councillor 1799; Chancellor of Trinity College, Dublin 1805-51; GCB 1815; GCH 1815; Knight of St Patrick 1821; suc. his brother 20 Jun 1837 as King of Hanover

HRH Prince George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus, 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (HM King George V of Hanover), KG GCH

born

27 May 1819

mar.

18 Feb 1843 HSH Princess Alexandra Maria Wilhelmina Katherine Charlotte Theresa Henrietta Louise Pauline Elizabeth Frederica Georgina of Saxe-Altenburg VA (b. 14 Apr 1818; d. 9 Jan 1907), 1st dau. of HSH Joseph George Frederick Ernest Charles, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, by his wife HSH Princess Amelia Theresa Louise Wilhelmina Philippa of Württemberg, dau. of HSH Louis Frederick Alexander, Duke of Württemberg

children

1. HRH Prince Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg from birth, Crown Prince of Hanover 1851-66, later 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale

1. HRH Princess Frederica Sophia Marie Henrietta Amelia Therese CI LJStJ, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneberg from birth (b. 9 Jan 1848; d. 16 Oct 1926), mar. 24 Apr 1880 Liutbert Alexander George Lionel Alphonse, 6th Baron von Pawel-Rammingen. KCB KCVO KCH (b. 1843; d. 20 Nov 1932), and had issue

2. HRH Princess Marie Ernestine Josephine Adophine Henrietta Therese Elizabeth Alexandrine CI, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneberg from birth (b. 2 Dec 1849; d. 4 Jun 1904)

died

12 Jun 1878

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GCH 1825; Knight of the Garter 1835; deposed as King of Hanover by Prussia 20 Sep 1866; Gen in the British Army 1876

HRH Prince Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, KG GCH

born

21 Sep 1845

mar.

21 Dec 1878 HRH Princess Thyra Amelia Caroline Charlotte Anne of Denmark CI (b. 29 Sep 1853; d. 26 Feb 1933), sister of Queen Alexandra and 3rd dau. of HM King Christian IX of Denmark, by his wife HSH Princess Louise Wilhelmina Frederica Caroline Augusta Julia of Hesse-Cassel, dau. of HSH William X, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel

children

1. HRH Prince George William Christian Albert Edward Alexander Frederick Waldemar Ernest Adolf, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg from birth, styled Earl of Armagh, GCVO (b. 28 Oct 1880; dvp. 20 May 1912)

2. HRH Prince Christian Frederick William George Peter Waldemar, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg from birth (b. 4 Jul 1885; dvp. 3 Sep 1901)

3. HRH Prince Ernest Augustus Christian George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg from birth, Reigning Duke of Brunswick 1913-18 (b. 17 Nov 1887; d. 30 Jan 1953), mar. 24 May 1913 his third cousin once removed HRH Princess Victoria Louise Adelaide Mathilda Charlotte of Prussia (b. 13 Sep 1892; d. 11 Dec 1980), only dau. of HIM William II Victor Albert, German Emperor and King of Prussia, by his wife HSH Princess Augusta Victoria Frederica Louise Theodora Jenny of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, 1st dau. of HH Frederick Christian Augustus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and had issue

1. HRH Princess Marie Louise Victoria Caroline Amelia Alexandra Augusta Frederica, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneberg from birth (b. 11 Oct 1879; d. 31 Jan 1948), mar. 10 Jul 1900 HRH Maximilian Alexander Frederick William, Margrave of Baden, German Imperial Chancellor 1918 (d. 6 Nov 1929), and had issue

2. HRH Princess Alexandra Louise Maria Olga Elizabeth Theresa Vera, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneberg from birth (b. 29 Sep 1882; d. 19...). mar. 7 Jun 1904 HRH Frederick Francis IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1945), and had issue

3. HRH Princess Olga Adelaide Louise Marie Alexandrina Agnes, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneberg from birth (b. 11 Jul 1884; d. 19...)

died

14 Nov 1923

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entered the Hanoverian Army 1862; Maj Gen, British Army 1886, Lieut Gen 1892, Gen 1898; GCH 1866; Knight of the Garter 1878; on 18 Oct 1884 proclaimed himself Reigning Duke of Brunswick but renounced the Duchy in favour of his son 27 Oct 1913; on 13 May 1915 his name was removed from the Roll of the Order of the Garter and on 28 Mar 1919 his name was removed from the Roll of Peers of Great Britain and Ireland by Order of the King in Council under Section 1 of the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 for bearing arms against Great Britain

It is open to HRH Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (b. 1954), grandson of HRH Prince Ernest Augustus (d. 1953), to make a claim to be restored as Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale under Section 2 of the Titles Deprivation Act 1917.

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