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==History== The title was first granted in 1660 by [[Charles II of England]] (immediately following the [[Stuart Restoration|Restoration of the monarchy]]) to his infant eldest nephew [[Charles Stuart, Duke of Cambridge (1660β1661)|Charles Stuart]] (1660β1661), the first son of the Duke of York (later [[King James II]]), though he was never formally created Duke of Cambridge as he died at the age of six months. The first officially recognised creation of the dukedom was in the [[Peerage of England]] in 1664, when King Charles II granted the title to his next eldest surviving nephew [[James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge|James Stuart]], the infant second son of the Duke of York, who died early in 1667 at the age of three, when the title again became extinct. The title was then granted later that year by King Charles II to his next eldest surviving nephew [[Edgar Stuart, Duke of Cambridge|Edgar Stuart]], the third son of the Duke of York, who also died in infancy, in 1671 at the age of three, when the title became extinct the third time. The Duke of York's fourth son [[Charles Stuart, Duke of Cambridge (1677)|Charles]] (his eldest son by his second wife) was also styled Duke of Cambridge in 1677, but died when about a month old, not having lived long enough to be formally created duke. The title was recreated by Queen Anne in 1706 who granted it to [[George II of Great Britain|George Augustus]] (later King George II), son of the Elector of Hanover (later [[George I of Great Britain|King George I]]), her distant cousin (both being descended from King James I). When the title was created George Augustus was third in line to the throne, after his grandmother [[Sophia of Hanover|Sophia]] and his father. When he ascended to the throne as King George II in 1727, the dukedom merged with the Crown.<ref name="titles">{{cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2011/Announcementoftitles29April2011.aspx |title=Announcement of Titles: Statement issued by the press secretary to The Queen |publisher=The Royal Household |date=29 April 2011 |access-date=2012-04-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430090334/http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2011/Announcementoftitles29April2011.aspx |archive-date=30 April 2011}}</ref> The title was again recreated in the [[peerage of the United Kingdom]] and was granted in 1801 by [[King George III]] to his seventh son [[Prince Adolphus]] (1774β1850), then aged 27.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=15429 |page=1403 |date=21 November 1801 |nolink=yes}}</ref> Following his death in 1850 the title was inherited by his only son [[Prince George, Duke of Cambridge|Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge]], whose three sons were barred from inheriting the title as his marriage had been in violation of the [[Royal Marriages Act 1772]]. Thus on the death of the 2nd Duke in 1904 the title again became extinct.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8138271/Could-William-and-Kate-be-the-next-Duke-and-Duchess-of-Cambridge.html|title=Could William and Kate be the next Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?|author=Tim Ross|date=16 November 2010|work=The Telegraph|access-date=11 February 2012|archive-date=18 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518102522/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8138271/Could-William-and-Kate-be-the-next-Duke-and-Duchess-of-Cambridge.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During the period leading up to the [[Wedding of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Sophie Rhys-Jones|1999 wedding]] of [[Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex|Prince Edward]], the youngest son of [[Queen Elizabeth II]], some people speculated that the Dukedom of Cambridge or [[Duke of Sussex|Sussex]] were the most likely to be granted to him, and ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' later reported that Prince Edward was at one point set to be titled Duke of Cambridge.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8196402/Royal-wedding-Prince-William-asks-the-Queen-not-to-make-him-a-duke.html|title= Royal wedding: Prince William asks the Queen not to make him a duke|author= Richard Eden|date= 12 December 2010|work= The Telegraph|access-date= 12 December 2010|archive-date= 12 January 2022|archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8196402/Royal-wedding-Prince-William-asks-the-Queen-not-to-make-him-a-duke.html|url-status= live}}</ref> Instead, Prince Edward was created [[Earl of Wessex]], and it was announced that he would eventually be created the next [[Duke of Edinburgh]] after [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|his father]].<ref name="wessex">{{cite web| title=The Earl of Wessex-Styles and Titles| url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheEarlofWessex/Stylesandtitles.aspx| publisher=The Royal Household| access-date=2012-04-30| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202843/http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheEarlofWessex/Stylesandtitles.aspx| archive-date=3 March 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref> On 29 April 2011, the day of [[Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton|his wedding]], it was announced that Queen Elizabeth II had created her grandson Prince William<!-- William is no longer "of Wales". --> Duke of Cambridge, [[Earl of Strathearn]] and [[Baron Carrickfergus]],<ref name="titles"/> titles relating respectively to places in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, three of the [[constituent countries of the United Kingdom]]. The [[letters patent]] granting these titles received the [[Great Seal of the Realm|great seal]] on 26 May 2011.<ref name="gazette2011"/> Following the [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|death of Queen Elizabeth II]] in 2022, William and Catherine gained the titles of Prince and Princess of Wales in addition to their titles as Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. They have henceforth been primarily referred to as the Prince and Princess of Wales.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bulbul |first=Nuray |date=15 May 2024 |title=What titles does Prince William have and what do they mean? |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/prince-william-titles-military-meaning-royal-family-b1157881.html |website=The Standard |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref>
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