James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge

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James, Duke of Cambridge KG (11 July 1663 – 20 June 1667) was the second son of James, Duke of York (later James II of England) and his first wife Anne Hyde.

He was born on 11 July 1663 at St James's Palace, and baptised at St Martin-in-the-Fields on 22 July 1663. He was designated Duke of Cambridge from birth and on 23 August 1664 was formally created Duke and Earl of Cambridge, and Baron of Dauntsey, Wiltshire. On 3 December 1666, at the age of only three, he was created a Knight of the Garter at Whitehall. He became ill the following April 1667 and rallied for a while, but he died at Richmond Palace on 20 June 1667. He was buried in Westminster Abbey on 26 June 1667.

Contents 1 Titles, styles, honours and arms 1.1 Arms 2 Ancestry 3 References

[edit] Titles, styles, honours and arms

[edit] Arms

During his short life, James bore a coat of arms, as a grandson of a British Sovereign, consisting those of the kingdom, differenced by a label argent of five points ermine^[1]

[edit] Ancestry

v • d • e Ancestors of James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge

16. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley               8. James I of England                       17. Mary I of Scotland               4. Charles I of England                             18. Frederick II of Denmark               9. Princess Anne of Denmark                       19. Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin               2. James II of England                                   20. Antoine of Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme               10. Henry IV of France                       21. Jeanne III of Navarre               5. Princess Henrietta Maria of France                             22. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany               11. Marie de' Medici                       23. Archduchess Johanna of Austria               1. James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge                                         24. Lawrence Hyde               12. Henry Hyde                       25. Anne Sibell               6. Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon                             26. Edward Langford               13. Mary Langford                       27. Mary Hyde               3. Anne Hyde                                   28. William Aylesbury               14. Thomas Aylesbury                       29. Anne Poole               7. Frances Aylesbury                             30. Francis Denman               15. Anne Denman                       31. Anne Blount

[edit] References

1. ^ Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family

James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge House of Stuart Born: 11 July 1663 Died: 20 June 1667
Peerage of England
New title	Duke of Cambridge 1664–1667	Extinct