Duke of Cumberland

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human noble title

The Duke of Cumberland was a British royal prince and military commander known for his controversial leadership in mid-18th-century European and Jacobite conflicts.

Aliases (6)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → noble title →
allegiance	British Army →
aunt	Sophia Dorothea of Hanover →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
causeOfNickname	harsh repression after the Battle of Culloden →
country	Kingdom of Great Britain →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain →
dateOfBirth	1721-04-15 →
dateOfDeath	1765-10-31 →
education	tutored as a British royal prince →
familyName	Hanover →
father	King George II of Great Britain →
givenName	William →
hasHolder	Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland →
knownFor	controversial military leadership → role in mid-18th-century European conflicts → role in suppressing Jacobite forces in Scotland →
memberOfDynasty	House of Hanover →
militaryRank	Field Marshal →
mother	Caroline of Ansbach →
namedAfter	Cumberland →
nickname	Butcher Cumberland →
nobleTitle	Prince of Great Britain →
notableEvent	Battle of Culloden → Battle of Dettingen → Battle of Fontenoy →
notableWork	command at the Battle of Culloden → command at the Battle of Fontenoy → command in the War of the Austrian Succession → suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1745 →
occupation	military officer →
participantIn	Jacobite rising of 1745 → Seven Years' War → War of the Austrian Succession →
placeOfBirth	Leicester House, London →
placeOfDeath	London →
positionHeld	Duke of Cumberland → Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn →
religion	Protestantism →
residence	Leicester House, London → St James's Palace →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Frederick, Prince of Wales →
subclassOf	Duke in the Peerage of Great Britain →
uncle	Frederick William I of Prussia →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover ("Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale") → Prince Rupert of the Rhine → Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland → Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland ("Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn") →	positionHeld
Battle of Fontenoy ("William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland") → Battle of Lauffeld ("William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland") →	commander
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover ("Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale") → George V of Hanover ("Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale") →	nobleTitle
Battle of Lauffeld ("William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland") →	AlliedCommander
Battle of Fontenoy →	associatedWith
George II of Great Britain ("Prince William, Duke of Cumberland") →	child
Prince George of Denmark →	heldTitle
Seven Years' War →	notableCommander
Lord George Sackville →	servedUnder
Jacobite risings →	significantFigure
Earl of Kendal (1689 creation) ("Duke of Cumberland (1689 creation)") →	subsidiaryTitleOf
Prince George of Denmark →	title