Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

Prince Adolphus
Duke of Cambridge
Duke of Cambridge
Successor	Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
Born	(1774-02-24)24 February 1774 Buckingham Palace, London
Died	8 July 1850(1850-07-08) (aged 76) Cambridge House, Piccadilly
Burial	Kew, London
Spouse	Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel
Issue	Prince George, Duke of Cambridge Princess Augusta of Cambridge Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
Full name Adolphus Frederick
House	House of Hanover
Father	George III
Mother	Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge was the eighth son of King George III. He married Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel 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.

Ancestors

Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridges ancestors in three generations

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