Biography of William Frederick Hanover 2nd Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh 1776-1834
Paternal Family Tree: Hanover
Maternal Family Tree: Dorothy Clement 1715-1739
On 15 May 1759 James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave (age 44) and [his mother] Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Waldegrave. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave and Mary Webb Countess Waldegrave. He a great grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 19 Nov 1764 [his father] William Henry Hanover 1st Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 20) was created 1st Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh, 1st Earl Connaught.
In 1766 [his father] William Henry Hanover 1st Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 22) and [his mother] Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 29) were married in secret at Pall Mall [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh. He the son of Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales and Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 46). He a grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 15 Jan 1776 William Frederick Hanover 2nd Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh was born to William Henry Hanover 1st Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 32) and Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 39) at Palazzo Teodoli, via del Corso. He a great grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
In 1787 William Frederick Hanover 2nd Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 10) admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
On 29 Sep 1791 [his future brother-in-law] Prince Frederick Hanover Duke York of York (age 28) and Frederica Charlotte Hohenzollern (age 24) were married at Charlottenburg, Berlin. She the daughter of Frederick William II King Prussia (age 47) and Crown Princess Elisabeth Christine of Prussia (age 44). He the son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 53) and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 47). They were third cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
In 1794 [his uncle] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 55) created new Garter Knights as follows:
617th Henry Scott 3rd Duke Buccleuch (age 47),
618th William Frederick Hanover 2nd Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 17),
619th William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland (age 55).
On 18 May 1797 King Frederick Wilhelm Karl Württemberg (age 42) and [his illegitimate sister-in-law] Princess Charlotte Hanover (age 30) were married. She the daughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 58) and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 52). They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 25 Aug 1805 [his father] William Henry Hanover 1st Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 61) died. His son William Frederick Hanover 2nd Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 29) succeeded 2nd Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh, 2nd Earl Connaught.
On 22 Aug 1807 [his mother] Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 71) died.
On 22 Jul 1816 William Frederick Hanover 2nd Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 40) and Mary Hanover Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 40) were married at St James's Palace [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh. She the daughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 78) and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 72). He the son of William Henry Hanover 1st Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh and Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh. They were first cousins. He a great grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 05 Jan 1827 [his brother-in-law] Prince Frederick Hanover Duke York of York (age 63) died.
On 05 Oct 1828 [his illegitimate sister-in-law] Princess Charlotte Hanover (age 62) died.
On 30 Nov 1834 William Frederick Hanover 2nd Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 58) died at Yattendon Castle [Map]. He was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh, Earl Connaught extinct.
On 30 Apr 1857 [his former wife] Mary Hanover Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 81) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King George I of Great Britain and Ireland Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Palatinate Simmern Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland Son of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleonore Esmier D'Olbreuse Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg
GrandFather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Joachim Ernst Hohenzollern 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Hohenzollern 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Frederick Hohenzollern 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: William Henry Hanover 1st Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea Maria Anhalt
Great x 2 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: Johann Philipp Wettin Duke Saxe Altenburg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 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: John George Wettin Elector Saxony 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Augustus Duke of Saxe Weissenfels 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 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 Adolphus Frederick I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Maria of Ostfriesland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
William Frederick Hanover 2nd Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Walpole
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Walpole of Houghton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Barkham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Colonel Robert Walpole
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Crane 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Crane
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Alinton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Walpole 1st Earl Orford
GrandFather: Edward Walpole 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Shorter
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Short of Bybrook
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Shorter 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Philipps 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Erasmus Philipps 3rd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Philipps 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Darcy 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Darcy Lady Philips 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England