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Biography of Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn 1745-1790

Paternal Family Tree: Hanover

Maternal Family Tree: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg

On 8th May 1736 [his father] Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales (age 29) and [his mother] Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 16) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg and [his grandmother] Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg. He the son of [his grandfather] King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 52) and [his grandmother] Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England (age 53). They were fifth cousins.

On 7th November 1745 Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn was born to Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales (age 38) and Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 25) at Leicester House. He a grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 30th November 1745 Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn was christened at Leicester House.

On 31st March 1751 [his father] Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales (age 44) died at Leicester House.

In 1754 Jean Etienne Liotard (age 51). Portrait of Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn (age 8).

On 22nd October 1766 Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn (age 20) was created 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn.

In 1767 Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn (age 21) was appointed 587th Knight of the Garter by [his brother] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 28).

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1769 Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor (age 37) brought an action against Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn (age 23) for having criminal conversation with Richard's wife Henrietta Vernon Countess Grosvenor (age 33) having been discovered in flagrante delicto and was awarded damages of £10,000 and £3000 costs.

In 1771 Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn (age 25) and Anne Luttrell Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn (age 27) were married. She by marriage Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn. She the daughter of Simon Luttrell 1st Earl Carhampton (age 58) and Judith Maria Lawes Countess Carhampton (age 51). He the son of Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales and Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 51).

On 8th February 1772 [his mother] Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 52) died at Cartlon House.

In 1777 Thomas Gainsborough (age 49). Portrait of Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn (age 31).

Around 1784 Thomas Gainsborough (age 56). Portrait of Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn (age 38) and [his wife] Anne Luttrell Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn (age 40).

Anne Luttrell Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn: On 24th January 1743 she was born to Simon Luttrell 1st Earl Carhampton and Judith Maria Lawes Countess Carhampton at Marylebone. In 1771 Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn. She the daughter of Simon Luttrell 1st Earl Carhampton and Judith Maria Lawes Countess Carhampton. He the son of Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales and Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg. On 28th December 1808 Anne Luttrell Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn died.

On 18th September 1790 Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn (age 44) died. Duke Cumberland and Strathearn extinct.

On 28th December 1808 [his former wife] Anne Luttrell Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn (age 65) died.

Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn 1745-1790 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn 1745-1790

Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn 1745-1790

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: King George I Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick IV Elector Palatine 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland 2 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sophia Dorothea of Celle 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleonore Esmier D'Olbreuse Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg

Father: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Joachim Ernst Hohenzollern 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert Hohenzollern 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Frederick Hohenzollern 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Johann Wilhelm Wettin Duke Saxe Weimar 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea Susanne Palatine Duchess Saxe Weimar

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothea Maria Anhalt

Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Johann Philipp Wettin Duke Saxe Altenburg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Maria Countess Palatine of Neuburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Julius Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Oldenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John George Wettin Elector Saxony 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Augustus Duke of Saxe Weissenfels 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe Gotha Altenburg 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke John VII of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Adolphus Frederick I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Oldenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Count Enno III of East Frisia

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Maria of Ostfriesland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna of Holstein-Gottorp 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg