Prince Adolphus, Duke Of Cambridge: British and Hanoverian Royal
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge was the eighth son of King George III.
He married Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel in 1818. They had three children. One of them was Princess Mary Adelaide, the mother of Mary of Teck, who became the consort of George V of the United Kingdom.
| Prince Adolphus | |||||
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| Duke of Cambridge | |||||
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| Viceroy of the Kingdom of Hanover | |||||
| Reign | 24 October 1816 – 20 June 1837 | ||||
| Predecessor | General von Bülow | ||||
| Successor | position abolished | ||||
| Born | 24 February 1774 Buckingham Palace, London | ||||
| Died | 8 July 1850 (aged 76) Cambridge House, Piccadilly | ||||
| Burial | Kew, London | ||||
| Spouse | Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (m. 1818) | ||||
| Issue | Prince George, Duke of Cambridge Princess Augusta of Cambridge Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge | ||||
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| House | House of Hanover | ||||
| Father | George III | ||||
| Mother | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | ||||
Ancestors
| Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge | Father: George III of the United Kingdom | Paternal Grandfather: Frederick, Prince of Wales | Paternal Great-grandfather: George II of Great Britain |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Caroline of Ansbach | |||
| Paternal Grandmother: Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha | Paternal Great-grandfather: Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | ||
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst | |||
| Mother: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Maternal Grandfather: . Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prince of Mirow | Maternal Great-grandfather: Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | |
| Maternal Great-grandmother: Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | |||
| Maternal Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen | Maternal Great-grandfather: Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen | ||
| Maternal Great-grandmother: Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach |
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