The British Royal Family has just released the title starting today will Prince William and Catherine Middleton. Queen Elizabeth II has decided to grant a ducat to the Prince, who happens to be His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron of Carrickfergus, while Catherine Middleton, after giving the "I do", will be His Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. Above, a photograph of his shield. Dukes of Cambridge throughout history: Jorge Augusto
(later George II), the only son of George Louis, Elector of Hanover (later George I of Great Britain) was appointed Duke of Cambridge in 1706. When his father ascended the throne in 1714, also became Duke of Cornwall and Prince of Wales. In his ascension to the throne in 1727 the Duchy of Cambridge was merged with the Crown and stopped. Cambridge
was formerly a Royal Duchy and four children of James, Duke of York (later James II), who died in childhood were all Dukes of Cambridge. As Cambridgeshire, was a medieval royal title. Edward IV, Duke of York was Earl of Cambridge until he was proclaimed king of England in 1461, when their titles were merged with the Crown. His father and grandfather, both named Richard Plantagenet, were Earls of Cambridge, and the last was also Duke of York. Edmund of Langley, fifth son of Edward III and Edward IV's great-grandfather, was created Earl of Cambridge in 1362 and the Duke of York in 1385.
The Duchy of Cambridge, founded in 1801, became extinct after the death of the second Duke of Cambridge in 1904. Cambridge Marquesado also existed in 1917 when he gave the brother of Queen Mary until 1981, when the second Marquis died and the title became extinct.
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