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{{short description|Dukedom in the Peerage of Great Britain}}

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{{Infobox nobility title
| name              = Dukedom of Cumberland<br />and Teviotdale
| image             = [[File:Coat of Arms of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale.svg|180px]] 
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| creation_date     = 24 April 1799 
| monarch           = [[George III|King George III]] 
| peerage           = [[Peerage of Great Britain]] 
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| first_holder      = [[Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover|Prince Ernest Augustus]] 
| last_holder       = [[Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover]] 
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| heir_apparent     =  
| heir_presumptive  =  
| remainder_to      = the 1st Duke's [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] lawfully begotten 
| subsidiary_titles = Earl of Armagh 
| status            = Suspended on 28 March 1919 under the [[Titles Deprivation Act 1917]]
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'''Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale''' was a title in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]] that was held by junior members of the [[British royal family]]. It was named after the county of [[Cumberland]] in [[England]], and after [[Teviotdale]] in [[Scotland]]. Held by the [[Kingdom of Hanover|Hanoverian]] royals, it was suspended under the [[Titles Deprivation Act 1917]], which revoked titles belonging to enemies of the United Kingdom during the [[World War I|Great War]].

==History==
[[File:A Cumberland Strut 1812.png|thumb|"A Cumberland Strut": 1812 sketch depicting [[Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover|Ernest Augustus]]'s title and Charlotte Nugent (wife of [[Charles Edmund Nugent]]), his supposed mistress]]
The title [[Duke of Cumberland]] had been created three times in the Peerages of England and Great Britain.

In 1799, the double dukedom of Cumberland and Teviotdale, in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]], was bestowed on [[Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover|Ernest Augustus]] (later [[King of Hanover]]), fifth son of King [[George III of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=15126 |date=23 April 1799 |page=372}}</ref> [[Cumberland]] is a historic county in northwest England, while [[Teviotdale]] refers to the basin of the [[River Teviot]] in Scotland. In 1837, Ernest became [[Kingdom of Hanover|king of Hanover]], and on his death in 1851 the title descended with the kingdom to his son [[George V of Hanover|King George V of Hanover]], and on George's death in 1878 to his grandson [[Prince Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover]]. In 1866, Hanover was annexed by [[Prussia]], but King George died without renouncing his rights. His son Ernest, while maintaining his claim to the kingdom of Hanover, was generally known by his title of Duke of Cumberland in Britain.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Cumberland, Dukes and Earls of |volume=7 |page=620}}</ref>

The title was suspended for Ernest's pro-German activities during World War I under the [[Titles Deprivation Act 1917]], as it was for [[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick|his son]]. Under the Act, the lineal male heirs of the 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale have the right to petition the British Crown for the restoration of his peerages. To date, none has done so. The present heir is Prince [[Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1954)|Ernst August of Hanover]] (born 26 February 1954), great grandson of the 3rd Duke and current head of the [[House of Hanover]]. He is the senior male-line descendant of [[George III of the United Kingdom]].

==Dukes of Cumberland and Teviotdale==
After the [[Act of Union 1707|Union]] of [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]], the Hanoverian kings liked to grant double titles (one from one [[Countries of the United Kingdom|constituent country]], one from another) to emphasise unity.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;text-align:center;"
!width="220" |Duke
!width="110" |Portrait
!width="220" |Birth
!width="220" |Marriage(s)
!width="220" |Death
!width="220" |Sucession
!width="150" |Arms
|-
| '''[[Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover|Prince Ernest Augustus]]'''<br/>[[House of Hanover]]<br/>1799–1851<br/>''<small>also [[Earl of Armagh]] (1799), [[King of Hanover]] (1837)</small>''
| [[File:Ernst August von Hannover (1771-1851), by Edmund Koken.jpg|125px|Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover]]
| 5 June 1771<br/>[[Buckingham Palace]]<br/>son of [[George III]] and [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]
| [[Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]<br/>29 May 1815<br/>3 children
| 18 November 1851<br/>[[Hanover]]<br/>aged 80
| The son of [[George III]] 
|[[File:Coat of Arms of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale.svg|frameless|150px]]
|-
| '''[[George V of Hanover|Prince George]]'''<br/>[[House of Hanover]]<br/>1851–1878<br/>''<small>also [[Earl of Armagh]] (1851), [[King of Hanover]] (1851)</small>''
| [[File:King George V of Hannover 10.jpg|125px|George V, King of Hanover]]
| 27 May 1819<br/>[[Berlin]]<br/>son of [[Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover|Prince Ernest Augustus]] and [[Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]
| [[Marie of Saxe-Altenburg|Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg]]<br/>18 February 1843<br/>3 children
| 12 June 1878<br/>[[Paris]]<br/>aged 59
| The son of [[Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover|Prince Ernest Augustus]], the 1st Duke
|[[File:Coat of Arms of George, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (from 1835 to 1851).svg|frameless|150px]]
|-
| '''[[Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover|Prince Ernest Augustus]]'''<br/>[[House of Hanover]]<br/>1878–1919<br/>''<small>also [[Earl of Armagh]] (1878), [[Kingdom of Hanover|Crown Prince of Hanover]] (1851)</small>''
| [[File:ERNSTAUGUSTofHannover1.jpg|125px|Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover]]
| 21 September 1845<br/>[[Hanover]]<br/>son of [[George V of Hanover|Prince George]] and [[Marie of Saxe-Altenburg]]
| [[Princess Thyra of Denmark]]<br/>21 December 1878<br/>6 children
| 14 November 1923<br/>[[Gmunden]]<br/>aged 78
| The son of [[George V of Hanover|Prince George]], the 2nd Duke
|[[File:Coat of Arms of George, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (from 1835 to 1851).svg|frameless|150px]]
|-
| colspan="7" |''The [[Titles Deprivation Act 1917]] suspended the title on 28 March 1919.''
|}

{{Dukes of Cumberland family tree}}

==See also==
*[[King of Hanover]]

==References==
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