CAMBRIDGE

cambridge, earls and dukes of. under the norman and early plantagenet kings of england the earldom of cambridge was united with that of huntingdon, which was held among others by david i., king of scotland, as the husband of earl waltheof's daughter, matilda. as a separate dignity the earldom dates from about 1340, when william v., count (afterwards duke) of juliers, was created earl of cambridge by king edward iii.; and in 1362 (the year after william's death) edward created his own son, edmund of langley, earl of cambridge, the title being afterwards merged in that of duke of york, which was bestowed upon edmund in 1385. edmund's elder son, edward, earl of rutland, who succeeded his father as duke of york and earl of cambridge in 1402, appears to have resigned the latter dignity in or before 1414, as in this year his younger brother, richard, was made earl of cambridge. in the following year richard was executed for plotting against king henry