the peerage of the United Kingdom and was granted in 1801 by King George III to his seventh son Prince Adolphus (1774–1850), then aged 27. Following his death in 1850 the title was inherited by his only son Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, whose three sons were barred from inheriting the title as his marriage had been in violation of the Royal Marriages Act 1772. Thus on the death of the 2nd Duke in 1904 the title again became extinct. During the period leading up to the 1999 wedding of Prince Edward, the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II, some people speculated that the Dukedom of Cambridge or Sussex were the most likely to be granted to him, and The Sunday Telegraph later reported that Prince Edward was at one point set to be titled Duke of Cambridge. Instead, Prince Edward was created Earl of Wessex, and it was announced that he would eventually be created the next Duke of Edinburgh after his father. On 29 April 2011, the day of his wedding, it was announced that Queen Elizabeth II had created her grandson Prince William Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus, titles relating respectively to places in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, three of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom. The letters patent granting these titles received the great seal on 26 May 2011. They were illuminated by Andrew Stewart Jamieson. Dukes of Cambridge Styled, 1660 | Charles StuartHouse of Stuart1660–1661 | | 22 October 1660Worcester House, Londonson of James, Duke of York (later King James II) and Anne Hyde | not married | 5 May 1661Whitehall Palace, Londonaged 6 months |} First creation, 1664 | James StuartHouse of Stuart1664–1667also: Earl of Cambridge and Baron of Dauntsey (1664) | | 12 July 1663St James's Palace, Londonson of James, Duke of York (later King James II) and Anne Hyde | not married | 20 June 1667Richmond Palace, Londonaged 3 |} Second creation, 1667 | Edgar StuartHouse of Stuart1667–1671also: Earl of Cambridge and Baron of Dauntsey (1667) | | 14 September 1667St James's Palace, Londonson of James, Duke of York (later King James II) and Anne Hyde | not married | 8 June 1671Richmond Palace, Londonaged 3 |} Styled, 1677 | Charles StuartHouse of Stuart1677–1677 | | 7 November 1677St James's Palace, Londonson of James, Duke of York (later King James II) and Mary of Modena