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  Duke of Edinburgh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Duke of Edinburgh is a British dukedom.
HRH Prince Frederick Lewis, Duke of Edinburgh (1707-1751)
HRH Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743-1805)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duke_of_Edinburgh   (473 words)

  
 Early Life - Prince William Frederick, Duke Of Gloucester And Edinburgh
His Royal Highness Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (January 15 1776 - November 30 1834) was a member of the British Royal Family, a great grandson of George II of Great Britain.
Prince William was born on 15 January 1776 in Rome, Italy.
His father was the Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, the third son of the Frederick, Prince of Wales.
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 Wikipedia: Prince William of Wales
HRH Prince William of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor) (born June 21, 1982) of the Royal House of Windsor is the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and second in the line of succession to the British throne.
William was the first royal prince to attend an ordinary primary school rather than being educated at home.
William Henry, son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, was, technically, a "Prince William of Wales" at the time of his birth, but is generally known by the titles he later acquired -- Duke of Gloucester and Duke of Edinburgh.
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/p/pr/prince_william_of_wales.html   (190 words)

  
 Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester & Edinburgh (1776-1834)
Maria, Duchess of Gloucester, née Maria Walpole (Countess of Waldegrave)
Prince of Great Britain and Ireland; Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg, with the style of His Highness (H.H.Prince William of Gloucester)
Duke of Gloucester & Edinburgh, in the Peerage of Great Britain, and Earl of Connaught, in the Peerage of Ireland (H.H. The Duke of Gloucester)
www.regiments.org /biography/royals/1776wilG.htm   (119 words)

  
 Duke of Gloucester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title Duke of Gloucester (pronounced gloss-ter) is a British royal title (after Gloucester), often conferred on one of the sons of the reigning monarch.
The first four creations were in the Peerage of England, the next in the Peerage of Great Britain, and the last in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; this current creation carries with it the subsidiary titles of Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden.
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester (1452-1485) (became King Richard III in 1483)
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 Channel 4 - History - The Prince Regent and His Circle
He was closest to Frederick, the next eldest, but was also a friend, confidant and supporter of his sisters, who for the most part led a miserable, confined life in what they called 'The Nunnery'.
She was married, quite happily, at 40 to the dim duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, known as 'Silly Billy'.
Prince George's godchild, he was steadfastly attached her and asked for (but never got) her death mask.
www.channel4.com /history/microsites/H/history/n-s/princeregent01.html   (1086 words)

  
 gas lighting - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
The man who first applied the inflammability of gas to the purposes of illumination, was William Murdock, who worked for Mathew Boulton and James Watt at Soho, Handsworth in Birmingham.
John Taylor had obtained a patent for an apparatus for the decomposition of oil and other animal substances; but the circumstance which more particularly attracted the public attention to be directed to oil gas was the erection of the patent apparatus at Apothecary's Hall, by Messrs.
Taylors and Martineau; and the way was prepared for an application to parliament for the establishment of an Oil Gas Company by sundry papers in journals, and by the recommendations of Sir William Congreve, who had been employed by the Secretary of State to inspect the state of the gas manufactories in the metropolis.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Gas-lighting   (1990 words)

  
 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738–29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death.
HRH Prince George of Wales was born at Norfolk House in London.
HRH The Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
www.irelandinformationguide.com /George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom   (4415 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Duke of Edinburgh
King George III then revived the title on November 19, 1764 for his younger brother, Prince William of Wales, the full form of the title being "Gloucester and Edinburgh".
Although it was announced at the time of the wedding of Prince Edward that he would eventually receive this title, he will not inherit the title from his father.
That means that when the present Duke dies, the dukedom will be inherited by his eldest son, The Prince of Wales.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Duke_of_Edinburgh   (438 words)

  
 boys clothing: British royalty
Albert Victor (1864-92): Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, known to the familly as Eddy was the eldest son of Edward VII and grandson of Queen Victoria.
William (1982-): Prince William, as first son of the hier, is the current second in line to the throne.
William's mother, Diana, set royal precedents in the amount of personal attention she gave to her children and the public affection she has showed to both William and Henry (or "Harry") is well recorded.
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 Marriage - Prince William Frederick, Duke Of Gloucester And Edinburgh
Marriage - Prince William Frederick, Duke Of Gloucester And Edinburgh
On July 22, 1816 he married Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, the fourth daughter of George III of the United Kingdom and his cousin once removed.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh lived at Bagshot Park in Surrey.
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 PEERAGE - Online Information article about PEERAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
" prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng.
Edinburgh in 1821, the lord high constable had place as the first subject in Scotland immediately after the members of the royal family.
But in practice this omission is generally disregarded, and the children of the eldest sons of dukes, marquesses and earls, at all events, are accorded the same rank and titles which they would have if their fathers were actual instead of quasi peers of the degree next under that of their grandfathers.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /PAS_PER/PEERAGE.html   (6438 words)

  
 COUNTY OF HOLLAND - LoveToKnow Article on COUNTY OF HOLLAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
William took Aachen in 1248 and was there crowned Efe~te4 king; and after Fredericks death in 1250, he had a King of considerable party in Germany.
In 1349 Margaret was induced to resign her sovereignty, and the stadholder became count under the title of William William V. This was the time of the formation of thefamous of the parties in Holland, known as Kahbeljauws (Cods) House of and Hoeks (Hooks); the former, the burgher party, Bavaria.
William, prince of Orange, as stadholder of Holland P and Zealand was destined to have momentous results to the future of those provinces (see WILLIAM THE SILENT).
www.1911ency.org /H/HO/HOLLAND_COUNTY_OF.htm   (10806 words)

  
 Berkshire History: Biographies: Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1743-1805)
William was the third son of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, by Augusta, daughter of Duke Frederick II of Saxe-Gotha, and the grandson of King George II of Great Britain.
In the army, Gloucester was commissioned a Colonel of the 13th Regiment of Foot on 28th June 1766, of the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards on 6th January 1768, of the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards and Major-General on 30th March 1770, General on 25th May 1772 and, eventually, Field-Marshal in 1793.
William and Maria ten sold their twin St. Leonard's estates for the princely sum of £10,000 but, afterwards, relations between the two appear to have begun to deteriorate.
www.berkshirehistory.com /bios/william_dofg.html   (837 words)

  
 Hereditary Peerages
Duke of Marlborough, whose dukedom was inherited by his eldest daughter.
The title Duke of Gloucester was held by George III's brother William Henry (created before 1762), and was passed on to his son, who died without issue (and was later revived by George V for his son Henry, as noted above).
Prince Philip was born a Prince of Greece and Denmark.
www.hmsrichmond.org /avast/titles03.html   (1668 words)

  
 June 10 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining.
1901 - Robert Williams Buchanan, British poet, novelist and dramatist (b.
1974 - Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b.
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 marks of cadency in the British royal family
An innovation arises with the children of James, duke of York (who bears a label of three points ermine): they are given a label of five points ermine, first instance of the use of 5 points to denote grandchildren of a sovereign.
The duke of Kendal was given a label of 3 points, but it was becoming clear by then that Charles II would have no legitimate heirs, and in fact the duke of York's arms were sometimes shown with a label of three points argent.
Alfred, duke of Edinburgh, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1844-1900)
www.heraldica.org /topics/britain/cadency.htm   (1860 words)

  
 alt.talk.royalty FAQ: British royalty and nobility
Prince Charles, as the oldest son of the Sovereign, inherited the title Duke of Cornwall, as well as the (Scottish) titles Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland.
The Prince of Wales is involved because, in most likelihood, he (as HM King Charles III) will grant the (new) Dukedom of Edinburgh to his brother, after the death of their parents, and the reversion of the present title to the Crown.
Prince Philip is involved in the agreement out of respect for his role as father, and his having been the Duke of Edinburgh for over 50 years, rather than any sense that he controls the inheritance of his titles.
www.heraldica.org /faqs/britfaq.html   (18602 words)

  
 Friedrich Ludwig (1701-1751)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
At this time Friedrich was known as the duke of Gloucester (although he was never actually created duke of Gloucester and became only duke of Edinburgh when he was first raised to the peerage in 1736).
In 1736 Friedrich Ludwig married Augusta of Saxe - Gotha - Altenburg (1719-1772), daughter of Friedrich II., duke of Saxe - Gotha.
The prince died on 20 March 1751 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/FriedrichLudwig/FriedrichLudwig.html   (344 words)

  
 Royal Houses of Scotland
William had also five illegitimate children, a son and four daughters, from each of whom sprang one of the claimants to the Crown in 1291-92.
Alexander, Duke of Albany, married firstly, Lady Katherine Sinclair, daughter of William, Earl of Orkney and Caithness, which married was diss.
The Duke was killed in Paris by the splinter of a lance at a tournament, 1485.
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 Paul James column
Despite the existence of the 1337 charter which conferred the dukedom on the king's eldest son forever, it was felt necessary to re-create the dukedom for Henry IV's son (the future Henry V) in 1399, and for Edward IV's son (the future Edward V), in 1471.
The first generation of royal dukes was completed with the creation of the dukedoms of York (for Edmund of Langley) and of Gloucester (for Thomas of Woodstock), both on the same day in 1385.
The Dukes of Cumberland succeeded to the throne of Hanover in 1837 (because Victoria, as a woman, was barred).
www.etoile.co.uk /Columns/Paul/041031.html   (1798 words)

  
 HRH THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
After the Conquest it is possible that the Earldom of Gloucester was held by (a) William FitzEustace, perhaps son of Eustace II Count of Boulogne, and (b) Robert FitzHamon, Sieur de Creully in the Calvados region of Normandy, allegedly grandson of Hamo
The Earldom passed to his eldest son, William FitzRobert, and from him to JOHN, later KING JOHN and husband from 1189 to 1199 (when he divorced her) of Isabel, the youngest of William FitzRobert's three daughters.
On the death of Walter's great-grandson William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster of the 1264 creation, the title apparently became held by the latter's sole daughter Elizabeth.
www.burkes-peerage.net /Sites/Peerage/SitePages/page62-6h.asp   (1335 words)

  
 English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England - George III.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
George William Frederick, the future George III, was born prematurely at Norfolk House in London in the early morning of 4th June, 1738.
He was the son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
Shortly after inheriting the throne, George was to become deeply enamoured of the beautiful Lady Sarah Lennox, the daughter of the Duke of Lennox and a direct descendant of Charles II.
www.englishmonarchs.co.uk /hanover_3.htm   (1791 words)

  
 Britannia: History of Windsor (Berkshire)
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, d.1817, wife of Prince Leopold George Frederick of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg (later King Léopold I of the Belgians) & daughter of King George IV Unnamed Prince, b & d.1817, son of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales & Prince Leopold George Frederick of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg (later King Léopold I of the Belgians)
Prince William of Windsor, b.1348, sixth son of King Edward III
Prince George, Duke of Bedford, b.1477, third son of King Edward IV Princess Mary, b.1466, second daughter of King Edward IV Princess Anne Sophia, b.1686, third daughter of Queen Anne & Prince George of Denmark
www.britannia.com /history/berks/winbur.html   (787 words)

  
 Genealogy of the Royal Family of Great Britain and Hanover   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Fürst-Bishop of Osnabrück, 1661; Duke of Hanover, 1679; Elector of Hanover, 1692
HSH Duke Maximilian Wilhelm of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Born as: HSH Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg)
www.geocities.com /henrivanoene/genbritain01.html   (4960 words)

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