Person:Aldrovane Hayes (1)

Notes

Supposedly Aldrovane died in a duel with the Duke of Cumberland while they were with the English garrison in Calais, France in 1589. He reportedly had 4 sons.

However

See:Ancestry According to Wikipedia: 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 first creation, in the Peerage of England, was in 1644 for Prince Rupert of the Rhine, nephew of King Charles I.

If this date is correct, then Aldrovane died 55 years before the creation of the title of "Duke of Cumberland."

Comment in Ancestry article

No: There is no way he was killed by the Duke of Cumberland. 100 years difference between them. Perfect example of how silly rumours get into family trees.

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The fourth Duke of Cumberland, Francis Clifford, was in that seat during the year Aldrovane was rumored to die. That Duke would be in his 30's and Aldrovane would have been 69. Ambitious undertaking.

See:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Clifford,_4th_Earl_of_Cumberland WP:Francis_Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland

Here's a listing of the Earl's of Cumberland from WP:Earl of Cumberland: if the story line involves the Duke of Cumberland, then Francis Clifford the 4th Earl would have been the victor in the duel

Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland (1493–1542)

Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland (1517–1570)

George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland (1558–1605)

Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland (1559–1641)

Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland (1591–1643)

However, if "Duke of Cumberland" is truly the person involved, then this does not look at all sound

From WP:Duke of Cumberland

Duke of Cumberland, first Creation (1644)

Dukes of Cumberland, second Creation (1689)

Dukes of Cumberland, third Creation (1726)

Dukes of Cumberland and Strathearn (1766)

Dukes of Cumberland and Teviotdale (1799)

Each of the above died without heirs, and the peerage was recreated anew for the successor. In any case, none of these peers could have fought a duel with Aldrovane.

Perhaps more to the point, the ENglish occupation of Calais ended thirty years prior to this duel. Neither Aldrovane, nor the Duke of Cumberland, nor the Earl of Cumberland, could have been stationed in the British Garrison at Calais, for the simple reason that there were no British forces there after 1558.

...on 7 January 1558, the French under Francis, Duke of Guise took advantage of a weakened garrison and decayed fortifications to retake Calais. When the French attacked, they were able to surprise the English at the critical strongpoint of Fort Nieulay and the sluice gates, which could have flooded the attackers, remained unopened. The loss was regarded by Queen Mary I of England as a dreadful misfortune.

WP:Calais