Charles Stuart, Duke of Cambridge (1660–1661)

Charles Stuart (22 October 1660 – 5 May 1661) was the first of four sons and eight children born from the marriage between the Duke of York (later King James II of England & VII of Scotland) and his first wife, Anne Hyde.

Charles was conceived seven months before his parents' marriage and if royal advisors and his paternal grandmother, Queen Henrietta Maria, had had their way, he could have been declared illegitimate.

The duke's death would be the first in a series of most of King James VII & II's legitimate children dying young.

Three of his younger brothers, likewise short-lived, were also called Duke of Cambridge: James, Edgar, and Charles.

During his short life, Charles bore a coat of arms, as a grandson of a British sovereign, consisting those of the kingdom, differenced by a label argent of five points ermine.