Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon

Prince Rupert of Teck ("Rupert Alexander George Cambridge"), (24 April 1907–15 April 1928) was a member of the British Royal Family, a great grandson of Queen Victoria. During World War I, the British Royal Family relinquished their Germanic titles, and Prince Rupert assumed the style Viscount Trematon in 1917.

Early life

Prince Rupert was born on April 24, 1907 at Claremont House, Esher, Surrey, England. His father was Prince Alexander of Teck, the second eldest son of Prince Francis, Duke of Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. His mother was Princess Alexander of Teck (née Princess Alice of Albany), the daughter of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. Rupert took his title of Prince of Teck and style, "His Serene Highness", from his father and was known as "Prince Rupert of Teck".

Prince Rupert was a hemophiliac, a condition he inherited from his mother. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Viscount Trematon

During World War I, anti-German feeling in the United Kingdom led Rupert's uncle King George V to change the name of the Royal House from the Germanic House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the more English-sounding House of Windsor. The King also renounced all his Germanic titles for himself and all members of the British Royal Family who were British citizens, including Rupert.

In response to this, Prince Alexander, Rupert's father, renounced his title of a Prince of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg and the style "His Serene Highness". Alexander, along with his brother, Prince Adolphus of Teck, adopted the name Cambridge, after their maternal grandfather, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge.

A few days later, the King created his brother-in-law Earl of Athlone and Viscount Trematon. Alexander was now styled The Right Honourable The Earl of Athlone. Rupert adopted the courtesy title of Viscount Trematon. His mother retained her title of Princess of Great Britain and Ireland with the style Her Royal Highness and became known as Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.

Death

Lord Trematon died from an intracerebral hemorrhage as a result of a car crash in France on April 15, 1928. His funeral took place in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and he was buried in the Royal Burial Grounds at Frogmore on 20 April 1928 . His death, following the death of his brother Prince Maurice of Teck in 1910, meant that the title of Earl of Athlone became extinct in 1957 when his father died.

tyles from birth to death

*His Serene Highness Prince Rupert of Teck (1907-1917)
*Mr. Rupert Cambridge (1917)
*Viscount Trematon (1917-1928)

Ancestry

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1= 1. Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon
2= 2. Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
3= 3. Princess Alice of Albany
4= 4. Francis, Duke of Teck
5= 5. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
6= 6. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
7= 7. Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont
8= 8. Duke Alexander of Württemberg
9= 9. Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde
10= 10. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
11= 11. Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
12= 12. Albert, Prince Consort
13= 13. Victoria of the United Kingdom
14= 14. George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
15= 15. Princess Helene Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg
16= 16. Duke Louis of Württemberg
17= 17. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg
18= 18. László, Count Rhédey of Kis-Rhéde
19= 19. Agnes Inczédy of Nagy-Várad
20= 20. George III of the United Kingdom
21= 21. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
22= 22. Prince Frederick of Hesse
23= 23. Princess Caroline Polyxene of Nassau-Usingen
24= 24. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
25= 25. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
26= 26. Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
27= 27. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
28= 28. George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
29= 29. Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg
30= 30. William, Duke of Nassau
31= 31. Princess Pauline of Württemberg

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6137145 Find-A-Grave biography]