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2 unusual facts about dukedom


Dukedom

Dukedom, Kentucky and Tennessee, an unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky and Weakley County, Tennessee

Dukedom (game), a land management game (an expanded version of Hamurabi)


Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Although Prince Andreas is the dynastic senior male line descendant of Prince Albert he is not the heir to his grandfather's suspended British title Duke of Albany; instead Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha would inherit the dukedom as heir-male of the last Duke of Albany through his grandfather Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Baron Butler

As the Baron predeceased his father, his son James inherited the barony in 1680 and then the dukedom in 1688.

Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier

Montausier received from Louis XIV the order of the Saint Esprit, the government of Normandy, a dukedom, and in 1668 the office of governor of the dauphin, Louis le Grand Dauphin (1661-1711).

David Lindsay, 1st Duke of Montrose

In 1488 he was created Duke of Montrose, the first Scotsman not of royal blood to be granted a Dukedom.

Ducados

Duchy or dukedom and governed by a Duke or Duchess regnant

Duke of Buckingham and Normanby

The dukedom was created in 1703 for John Sheffield, 1st Marquess of Normanby KG, a notable Tory politician of the late Stuart period, who served under Queen Anne as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council.

Duke of Dorset

The plot line of David Gurr's thriller "A Woman Called Scylla" assumes fictionally that the Dukedom of Dorset did not become extinct but survived into the Twentieth Century.

Duke of Gramont

The title Duke of Gramont (duc de Gramont) was a senior member of French peerage, dukedom and nobility.

Duke of Montblanc

With the Spanish Succession War (1700–1714), the winner Philip V of Spain disarticulate all the status and constitutions of crown of Aragon, and so the dukedom of Montblanc.

Elisabeth-Anna-Palais

However, revolutionaries forced the grand duke to raise the red flag from the flagpoles of the Palais and the Schloss on 8 November 1918 and three days later he renounced his dukedom and retired to his Schloss Rastede at Rastede.

Épernon

De Nogaret's second son, Bernard (1592–1661), succeeded his father to the dukedom and after his death, the title was borne by the families of Goth and of Pardaillan.

François de Beauvilliers, 1st duc de Saint-Aignan

In reward for his devotion to the court party during the Fronde, his county of Saint-Aignan was elevated to a dukedom in 1663, with the special privilege of the peerage (duché-pairie), making him one of the highest ranking aristocrats of the kingdom of France.

George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester

In 1793, Paulet was the first commissioner for the Lord-Lieutenancy of Hampshire, formerly held by the Duke of Bolton, and in the following year, succeeded as Marquess of Winchester upon the Duke's death (the dukedom becoming extinct).

Guiche, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

The anime/manga Rose of Versailles references Guiche as a dukedom when the "Duke de Guiche" (Duke of Guiche) plays a role in the story where the Duchess of Polignac engages both of her daughters to be married to him against their will (one of which, Rosalie Lamorlière, plays a central role in the story).

Henry Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland

After succeeding to the Dukedom on the death of his father, 11 October 1988, he was noted for planting many trees at Syon House, the Ducal residence at Brentford; for an unsuccessful foray into film-making involving the Duke in front of and behind the camera; for a relationship with Naomi Campbell's mother Valerie; and for excessive and adventurous drug taking.

He was succeeded to the Dukedom by his younger brother Lord Ralph Percy.

John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset

When his eldest brother, Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, was killed fighting for Lancaster in 1464 at the Battle of Hexham, the next brother, Edmund, succeeded to the Dukedom, and John became "Marquess of Dorset" and "Earl of Dorset", courtesy titles granted to the Beaufort heir-apparent or heir-presumptive.

Louis I, Duke of Bar

On the death of his brother Edward III, Duke of Bar at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, Louis inherited the dukedom and successfully defended his claim to it against that of his brother-in-law Adolphe, Duke of Juliers and of Berg, who felt that, as a clergyman, Louis was not suited to inherit the dukedom and its revenues.

Luigi Braschi Onesti

Luigi Braschi Onesti (1745 – 1816), duca di Nemi, was a nephew of Pope Pius VI, who granted him his dukedom.

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland

He died in March 1977, aged 84, and was succeeded in the dukedom by his third cousin Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck.

William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus

The title Earl of Angus is now held by the Dukes of Hamilton, and is used as a courtesy title for the eldest son of the heir apparent to the current dukedom.

William FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Cleveland

The dukedom became extinct upon his death, however it was revived for his grand-nephew William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland


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