Marquess of Cambridge

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The Marquess of Cambridge was a British noble title created in 1917 for members of the former German House of Teck who anglicized their names and titles during World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer
British peer
German mediatized house
Queen consort of the United Kingdom
earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
hereditary title
marquessate
title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
viscountcy in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
associatedEvent renunciation of German titles 1917
associatedWith George V
Mary of Teck
birthName Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus
cadetBranchOf House of Württemberg
causeOfExtinction failure of male issue
childOf Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
country United Kingdom
createdDuring World War I
dateCreated 1917-07-16
extinctionDate 1981-04-16
firstHolder Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
formerTitle Francis, Duke of Teck
surface form: Duke of Teck
genderRestriction male-preference primogeniture
hasNoMaleHeir true
historicalContext anti-German sentiment in Britain during World War I
languageOfTitle English
lastHolder Marquess of Cambridge self-linksurface differs
surface form: George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge
monarchWhoCreatedTitle George V
namedAfter CAMBRIDGE
surface form: Cambridge
nobleFamily House of Teck
House of Windsor
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
reasonForCreation anglicization of German titles
relatedTo House of Württemberg
replaces Francis, Duke of Teck
surface form: Duke of Teck
seatType noble title without territorial jurisdiction
sibling Mary of Teck
spouse George V
Margaret Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge
status extinct
styleOfAddress The Most Honourable
subclassOf British noble title
subsidiaryTitle Earl of Eltham
Viscount Northallerton

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House of Teck associatedTitleInBritain Marquess of Cambridge
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge child Marquess of Cambridge
this entity surface form: George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge
Marquess of Cambridge lastHolder Marquess of Cambridge self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge
Prince Adolphus of Teck nobleTitle Marquess of Cambridge
this entity surface form: 1st Marquess of Cambridge
Prince Adolphus of Teck createdPeerageTitle Marquess of Cambridge