Talk:Prince George of Denmark

Move suggestions
I propose (unofficially for now) this artilce move to Prince George, Duke of Cumberland, or Prince George of Denmark // D  B  D  10:36, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

This should really be discussed before it is moved. The conventions are likely to be changed to mention male consorts somehow. Charles 16:07, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

He was never known as Duke of Cumberland. It should go back to Prince George of Denmark. john k 17:08, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

The conventions already cover male consorts. See item #10 in the naming conventions: "The same rule applies to male royal consorts." The article is correctly named. What he was "known as" doesn't matter. Additionally, putting "Prince" in the title reduces his rank to that of a junior royal, not a consort of a ruling one. &mdash; Chidom   talk   01:57, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Of course what he was "known as" matters. That is the basic wikipedia naming rule - to use the most common name.  If a specific naming convention takes us away from that for no good reason, it should be trashed. As to that statement in the naming conventions, I have no idea how it got there, and the talk page clearly shows that there is absolutely no consensus for such a rule. john k 17:04, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, you are wrong. item #10 is for living consorts.  We are dealing with a dead consort, and item #9 does not specifically say that it applies to males, because it was never intended to do so. john k 17:06, 21 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Chidom, he was a junior royal. He held neither rank nor title as husband of the Queen of Great Britain. He was never a Prince of Great Britain, let alone Prince Consort. Princesses who marry Kings become Queens, which is why they are not referred to as "Princess [Name] of [Place]". Prince George did not gain a higher rank nor title at the moment of his wife's accession; he was Prince George of Denmark his whole life. Surtsicna (talk) 16:51, 17 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Or this can be interpreted this way: He is officially ("officially" by Wikipedia's Convention) "George of Denmark", just like "Mary of Guise" and "Catherine of Aragon". Adding the "Prince" there actually is to make a note that he doesn't even get called "King", as that would be automatically assumed if we did not, as in "Queen Mary" and "Queen Catherine".

P.S., if we are strict on naming people by what they are commonly known of, he was actually called "Prince George of Great Britain" more often -- meaning just "The Title-less Consort, called George, of Great Britain; how about we call him a Prince, so it doesn't look so bad for him" -- in the context of his wife, who would ever still remember he was a Danish prince? The "Prince" in the name merely came from the power of Britain, no more the power of Denmark. What now?

Number of pregnancies
Here there are eighteen pregnancies: Anne, Queen of Great Britain. Here there are seventeen pregnancies: Prince George of Denmark. What is correct? Calle Widmann (talk) 20:29, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Queen Anne wrote a letter to Christian V after Prince Georges death
Queen Anne wrote a letter to Christian V after Prince Georges death. However Christian V died in 1699. Somshe wrote a letter to a death person? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.157.214.9 (talk) 19:04, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Amended. DrKay (talk) 19:52, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * It says here that she "insisted on writing herself to the King of Denmark to tell him of his father's death". That clearly refers to Frederick IV. I've added his name. The article discusses George's relationship with Anne's family in detail, so it would be nice to show that she was not oblivious to the existence of his family. Surtsicna (talk) 10:48, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Danish Royalty
Was he heir presumptive to the Danish throne? His brother accended the throne in 1870 and his son future Frederick IV was born in 1871. Frederick III's second son was George as Denmark practised agnatic primogeniture up to mid 20th century, he would be heir to the Danish throne between 1870 and 1871. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chamika1990 (talk • contribs) 10:06, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Order of the Elephant
Prince George was also a knight of the Order of the Elephant. That should be mentioned under Honours. Surtsicna (talk) 11:21, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Added. DrKay (talk) 17:33, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Four new portraits
I added four portraits of George a few minutes ago. Perhaps some of them can be used in the article. Surtsicna (talk) 17:03, 14 March 2013 (UTC)


 * The Godolphin House Riley is distorted, because it has been photographed at an angle, so I prefer not to include it here. All these images show him in the same martial pose, holding a commander's baton and/or wearing the garter (either as a sash or a collar). I prefer the images to show different aspects or provide information that is not shown elsewhere in the article. So, the pictures of him at a young age, on horseback, and with his wife are clearly different and therefore, I think, worthy of inclusion. I like the statue because it's the only one, and I like the Sheppard engraving because it shows an alternative coat of arms (and the style of printed works at the time). The Weigel engraving is in my view the weakest image; in fact, I kept it in for the words at the bottom and in the caption (because they show his titles) rather than drawing itself, which is only really notable because it is a Continental work rather than a British one (and so shows he was an international figure). That image is the worst likeness as well, presumably because it was not drawn from life, but that again tells us something about the way he was portrayed. I think for more images to go in the article, they ought to show something clearly new or be of better quality than the current ones. However, that could be argued in the case of switching the Weigel engraving for the Kneller NMM, particularly as it would be swapping a black-and-white image for a color one, which would also be something in its favor. DrKay (talk) 18:58, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree; it makes no sense to add portraits which do not contribute much (if at all). Is the portrait kept at Frederiksborg Palace worth looking for? Surtsicna (talk) 19:33, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * This page is about Frederiksborg horse, but features two images of Prince George as a bachelor. Given that very little is written about his life prior to Anne (merely seven sentences), perhaps an image would be a helpful addition. Surtsicna (talk) 20:09, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * On second thought, they barely show his face, so I doubt they would be any improvement. Surtsicna (talk) 20:55, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Prins Jørgens Garde
Apparently, George is not entirely forgotten in Denmark either. Prins Jørgens Garde still exists. Their official website contains a brief biography. Does the Garde merit a mention? Surtsicna (talk) 20:32, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * In Denmark, his name is most commonly associated with two other connections: 1) "Prins Jørgens Gård is a square forming part of the Christiansborg complex. Prins Jørgens Gård is the postal address for the Prime Minister's office [Prins Jørgens Gård 11, 1218 Copenhagen K] and the Supreme Court [Prins Jørgens Gård 13, 1218 Copenhagen K]. The connotation is however not as strong as e.g. "No. 10 Downing Street". 2) The Prince of Denmark's March (Prins Jørgens March). During World War II, the BBC used it in several broadcasts to occupied Denmark, and he is remembered in the Danish title. 89.239.209.112 (talk) 21:38, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Lady Russell
She was born Lady Rachel Wriothesley because her father was an earl, she then became Lady Vaughan on her first marriage and then Lady Russell on her second. Her husband was attainted in 1683, so I would presume he lost his courtesy title and so at the time she wrote of George's grief she would be reverted to Lady Rachel Russell, her own title she had from birth with her married name. The attainder was reversed in 1688 or 1689, so she might have been Lady Russell again after that. DrKay (talk) 15:45, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Should counties named for him be listed?
Two counties in the United States are named for him, Prince George's County, Maryland, and Prince George County, Virginia. Should they be mentioned in this article? Robert McClenon (talk) 01:41, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Categories
The subject appears in 'Category:English royal consorts' and 'Category:Scottish royal consorts' under 'P', despite the fact that his defaultsort is 'George Of Denmark'. I suspect that this is because he is in these categories through the templates. Compare 'Category:Irish royal consorts' of which he is a member in the normal way, and in which he appears under 'G', as I suggest that he should. I added him to the English and Scottish categories manually, which made him appear there under 'G', but my edit was reverted 'remove duplication; already in these categories, through the templates'. Can anyone suggest how best to make him appear under 'G' rather than 'P'? Thanks in advance. Alekksandr (talk) 20:15, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

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Homosexuality
A sentence I added that Sarah Churchill believed Cumberland to be having a homosexual relationship with George Churchill was taken out with the reasoning that it is misleading. I don't think it's misleading at all. I don't see the problem. If editors have concerns can they please clarify so we can determine whether there is a compromise solution going forward. Thanks. Contaldo80 (talk) 21:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
 * You claim Somerset is your source, but Somerset says "the Whig attacks on George and his council were themselves politically motivated". Sarah Churchill didn't actually believe Prince George was homosexual. She was trying to damage Tory opponents by muck-raking. Somerset even provides a quote from a retraction Sarah wrote to Godolphin. DrKay (talk) 22:00, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
 * DrKay I think you have been somewhat discourteous in peremptorily dismissing my initial edits as misleading without proper discussion. I'd be interested to have the page reference where it says "the Whig attacks on George and his council were themselves politically motivated" to determine the context and whether this references to attacks on George's sexuality? The references in Somerset that I based my edits on say: "She [Sarah] had to admit however that she breached the bounds of good taste when she moved on to discussing the need for a change of personnel on Prince George's Council managing to convey that the Prince was reluctant to part with his adviser George Churchill because they were in a homosexual relationship." She told Godolphin "I did mean only what I said of Mr Morley as a companion and not with any disrespectful thought or reflection upon him, to show what sort of friendship it was.... But if I had thought or ever heard that he had any such inclination it would have been the last thing that I ever should have touched upon." The point is that she did imply to Anne that there was a homosexual relationship; although she subsequently back-tracked when she realized she had gone too far in offending the queen. It's not clear that she was talking simply about the views of the Whigs - and the argument that she was trying to damage tory opponents by much-raking seems to be an interpretation not specifically supported by the source (unless you perhaps have something specifically to hand that does make this link?) Contaldo80 (talk) 22:17, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Page numbers were given in the edit summary. DrKay (talk) 22:25, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Page 185 talks about the suggestion George was a Jacobite but doesn't talk about his sexuality. Have I missed something? At the moment you seem to be arguing that Sarah's claim about a homosexual relationship was politically motivated and linked more generally to Whig attacks on George and his council. This seems to be an interpretation not supported by the source. Contaldo80 (talk) 22:37, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Page 185: "George Churchill ... had 'uncommon morals' -- by which she meant homosexual tendencies -- but also nourished Jacobite sympathies". DrKay (talk) 22:41, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks but that's only a partial quote and doesn't explain the context. Can you clarify whether the reference you are using states that Sarah did indeed adopt Whig attacks on George's sexuality? Contaldo80 (talk) 22:55, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I've clarified that this is George Churchill not Prince George. I'm using the same reference as you are: Somerset, pages 185, 333–335. DrKay (talk) 23:37, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I'll note that expressions like "George and Anne's marriage was a strong one" and "much to the devastation of his wife" are not in keeping with an encyclopedic tone, let alone NPOV. Keeping them would require some extraordinary reasons and strong historical consensus. Nemo 22:55, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
 * All the sources say this. DrKay (talk) 07:36, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Requested move 24 June 2021

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

– Per Rule 3 of Wikipedia:NCROY, which states "If a prince(ss) holds a substantive title that is not princely (a peerage, for instance), use "Prince(ss) {first name}, {title}". " 2601:241:300:B610:4B7:E88B:B3D:F40D (talk) 23:43, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Prince George of Denmark → Prince George, Duke of Cumberland
 * Prince George, Duke of Cumberland → ?
 * Note: Prince George, Duke of Cumberland titles a page with content and so it must also be dispositioned. If this request is granted, then Prince George, Duke of Cumberland may be moved to Prince George, Duke of Cumberland (disambiguation) and tagged with One other topic in accordance with WP:ONEOTHER, or it may be deleted to make way for the first proposed page move.  P.I. Ellsworth   ed.  put'r there 09:03, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Oppose. The proposed new name is too easily confused with people with a similar name and there's no evidence that this is the primary topic. Google searches for Prince George of Denmark result in almost all hits being for Prince George of Denmark whereas searches for the proposed name result in many different men being listed. Retain the common name. Retain the naturally disambiguated title. Celia Homeford (talk) 09:45, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. Not generally known as the Duke of Cumberland. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:58, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose per common name. DrKay (talk) 17:30, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose per common name. Dimadick (talk) 14:56, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Infobox
Sorry for being nitpicky. But he was the English consort & Scottish consort, separately from 1702-07. Then British consort, 1707-08. Also, he was the Irish consort, the entire time 1702-08. GoodDay (talk) 20:30, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * England and Scotland are part of Britain. They always have been. DrKay (talk) 20:31, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * That's not the point. Anne wasn't the British monarch before May 1, 1707. She was the English monarch, the Scottish monarch & Irish monarch separately. That's why we have separate lists for the monarchs & their consorts, concerning the British Isles history. GoodDay (talk) 20:43, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Of course she was the British monarch before 1707. She succeeded in 1702 on the death of the brother-in-law. DrKay (talk) 20:46, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * No she wasn't. There was no Kingdom of Great Britain before 1707. GoodDay (talk) 20:47, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Great Britain existed for thousands of years before 1707. DrKay (talk) 20:49, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * That's not the point & you know it. We're dealing with politics, not geography. GoodDay (talk) 20:50, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Trying to replace "British monarch" with "British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealander, Pakistani, Ceylonese, South African ... Tuvaluan and St Kittsian monarch" at Prince Philip is inane and ridiculous. Simply use a convenient, over-arching concise term that everyone recognizes. DrKay (talk) 20:53, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * This situation is different, as the Kingdom of Great Britain was created by the merging of the Kingdoms of England & Scotland. Also, during this time period, Ireland was a separate kingdom, the entire time. Anyways, we're not going to agree on this, so best to get input from others. GoodDay (talk) 20:58, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * The situation is the same. Canada was a separate kingdom, the entire time. The realm of Papua New Guinea was created by splitting the realm of Australia, etc. You acknowledge yourself that it's 'nitpicky'. It's unnecessarily and absurdly pedantic. DrKay (talk) 21:03, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Check out Anne's infobox. GoodDay (talk) 21:07, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * The infoboxes for Anne of Denmark, Henrietta Maria, Catherine of Braganza and Mary of Modena describe them as "Queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland" (or in Anne of Denmark's case, Queen consort of England and Ireland from 24 March 1603 and Queen consort of Scotland from 17 May 1590, as she became such on those respective dates). I suggest that George of Denmark's infobox should be similar. Alekksandr (talk) 21:06, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * As can be seen, three of those are single succession boxes. Not three separate boxes, not thirty-two separate boxes. One. DrKay (talk) 21:17, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Those three are single infoboxes (as opposed to succession boxes) as the subjects were consorts of the Three Kingdoms between the same dates. I suggest that George's infobox should correspond with the relevant sections of his wife's and should read as shown in the first one to the right. Or if that is too wordy, an alternative would be the second one to the right.Alekksandr (talk) 21:51, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

The second proposed version, would be best. GoodDay (talk) 21:57, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Note: George was the consort of an English & Scottish monarch for 5 years, while consort of a British monarch for about 1 year. GoodDay (talk) 01:11, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose these new infoboxes. Firstly, they're too long adding an extra 5 lines of text some of which is irrelevant, for example I don't see why we should link to Style of the British sovereign. We don't do that on any other consort as far as I know. Secondly, it's badly written and not what a native-English speaker would say. No-one talks of Prince George as the "consort of the British monarch and of the Irish monarch". It's a very unusual turn of phrase that sounds awkward. Thirdly, I don't know of any citations that describe him as "consort of the Irish monarch" or even if they do give it such prominence as to be worthy of stating it twice at the start of the article as if it's something very important. Fourthly, it's repetitive. I've already argued that it's barely reasonable to describe him as the "consort of the Irish monarch", but here we're expected to support stating it twice, one immediately after the other, at the very beginning of the article. Fifthly, it's inconsistent with other articles. We don't do this at other prince consorts, such as Prince Albert and Prince Philip, nor at consorts of other dual monarchies. We don't say things like "Consort of the Austrian monarch and of the Hungarian monarch" or "Consort of the Aragonese and Castilian monarch". We would simply say "Consort of the Spanish monarch" or "Consort of the Austro-Hungarian emperor". We should keep it short, simple, well-written, unrepetitive, relevant, and consistent. Celia Homeford (talk) 13:57, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Succession box
The box for Queen Anne is as follows

I.e. it shows that she was Queen of England and Queen of Scotland from 1702-07, and then Queen of Great Britain from 1707-14. I suggest that her husband's succession boxes should correspond to hers, and should be as follows

Alekksandr (talk) 21:07, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Agreed. GoodDay (talk) 21:09, 24 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Easily simplified to a single line, that is accurate, recognizable and easily understood. A similar change to the one suggested would lead to 32 separate lines at Prince Philip's succession box. This is a bad idea. DrKay (talk) 21:14, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Not the same. But, I'll leave others to debate that here. GoodDay (talk) 21:17, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * In Prince Philip's case, we can simply use "Consort of the monarch of the Commonwealth realms".  Peter Ormond &#128172;  16:16, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I would oppose the use of such a contorted and unidiomatic phrase that has never been used before by any source ever. DrKay (talk) 16:27, 28 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I would oppose that, as well. GoodDay (talk) 23:47, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Queen Anne's succession boxes are as stated above, despite the fact that a change to correspond with Queen Anne's article would lead to 32 separate lines at Elizabeth II's succession box. Alekksandr (talk) 21:56, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * What change at Elizabeth II's succession box? There are already 32 separate lines there. DrKay (talk) 06:55, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

I would support the change to Prince George's succession box and infobox. Векочел (talk) 19:23, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

I think Anne should be changed. Ireland wasn't a sovereign state and it is not necessary to have three rows. Celia Homeford (talk) 14:07, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
 * The Kingdom of Ireland was separate from the kingdoms of England, Scotland & later Great Britain. That's why the (Ireland & GB) were unified in 1801 to become the United Kingdom. GoodDay (talk) 01:13, 27 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Oppose expanding to three succession boxes. It's unnecessary. This isn't an official title and the 'title' parameter is actually being used to describe a role. That role is the husband of the monarch of the British Isles. It can be described in a single line. Celia Homeford (talk) 15:45, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment - We already have Queen Anne's succession boxes in the correct format, at her bio article. GoodDay (talk) 14:09, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Order of the Garter portrait
@DrKay There isn’t a garter portrait of George in the article. Perhaps one of the portraits in the article could be replaced with the garter portrait? But honestly there isn’t that many images in the article. The portrait could be added without the article looking crowded.  ✠ Robertus Pius ✠ (Talk • Contribs) 13:58, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
 * He's wearing the order in six portraits in the article. I don't see any value in adding a seventh. DrKay (talk) 14:56, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I meant the garments of the order. I don’t see a reason not to include it in the article. It won’t crowd up the article.  ✠ Robertus Pius ✠ (Talk • Contribs) 18:12, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Heiress Apparent
Some degree of reconciliation was achieved following Queen Mary's sudden and unexpected death from smallpox in 1694, which made Anne heiress apparent.[35]

Since Anne's status as heir to the throne could've been replaced by a male son of William, shouldn't this read as "heiress presumptive" instead of "heiress apparent"? 12.233.98.14 (talk) 20:29, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * No. William's children (by anyone other than Mary) were after Anne in the line of succession, per the Bill of Rights 1689. DrKay (talk) 20:57, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * William III of England's claim to the throne was jure uxoris. It would not matter if he had children or not, it would matter if Mary II of England had heirs of her own. Dimadick (talk) 16:49, 3 April 2024 (UTC)