What does it mean to be named the prince of cumberland?)?

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Answer 1

In Macbeth, it's the title Duncan gives his oldest son, Malcolm, to designate him heir to the throne.  (Historically, until about that time, Scottish kings had usually not been succeeded by their sons, so Duncan was instituting a new pattern of succession, which Macbeth saw as a threat to the prediction that HE would become King.)  To the best of my knowledge, this incident and the title are fictitious inventions of Shakespeare, probably meant to parallel the English designation of the heir to the throne as Prince of Wales.

Answer 2

Duke of Cumberland is a peerage title that was conferred upon junior members of the British royal family, named after the county of Cumberland. The title was created again in the Peerage of Great Britain, but the form being changed to "Cumberland and Strathearn".

The first creation, in the Peerage of England, was in 1644 for Prince Rupert of the Rhine, nephew of King Charles I. When he died without heirs, the title was created again in the Peerage of England in 1689 for Prince George of Denmark, husband of Princess Anne, younger daughter of King James II. He also died without heirs, in 1708. Neither of these men, however, was usually known by their peerage title.

The third creation, in the Peerage of Great Britain, was for Prince William Augustus, the third son of King George II. The last creation (the form being "Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale") was for Ernest Augustus (later King of Hanover), fifth son of King George III of the United Kingdom.

Answer 3

If you're asking with reference to "Macbeth", "Duncan announces that his son, Malcolm, will become the Prince of Cumberland. The Prince of Cumberland in Scotland was the same rank as the Prince of Wales in England, and thus Malcolm is now next in line to the throne."

http://shakespeare.about.com/od/glossary...

Otherwise in Britain, there have been Dukes of Cumberland:

"Duke of Cumberland is a peerage title that was conferred upon junior members of the British royal family, named after the county of Cumberland.

The present heir is Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 26 February 1954), great grandson of the 3rd Duke and current head of the House of Hanover. He is the senior male-line descendant of George III of the United Kingdom."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Cum...

The famous "Butcher Cumberland" was the son of King George II, who earned this nickname by the severity with which he treated the fugitives after the Battle of Culloden in 1746.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Will...

Answer 4

I imagine, not much, being there is no benefits with the title