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The son of the current Duke of Northumberland has the courtesy title of Earl Percy, and is addressed and referred to as "Lord Percy".. If a peer of one of the top three ranks of the peerage (a duke, a marquess or an earl) has more than one title, his eldest son – himself not a peer – may use one of his father's lesser titles "by courtesy".
The Duke of Somerset: Lord Seymour* [1] The Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon: Earl of March and Kinrara* Lord Settrington [2] The Duke of Grafton: Earl of Euston* Viscount Ipswich [3] The Duke of Beaufort: Marquess of Worcester* Earl of Glamorgan* Viscount Grosmont The Duke of St Albans: Earl of Burford* Lord Vere* The Duke of Bedford ...
The wife of a duke is known as a duchess, which is also the title of a woman who holds a dukedom in her own right, referred to as a duchess suo jure; her spouse, however, does not receive any title.
1st Duke of Albany: Edward the Black Prince 1330–1376: Lionel of Antwerp 1338–1368 Duke of Clarence: John of Gaunt 1340–1399: Edmund of Langley 1341–1402 1st Duke of York: Dukedom of Clarence (1st creation) extinct, 1368: Duke of Cornwall (2nd creation), 1376: Duke of Hereford, 1397: Duke of Gloucester (1st creation), 1385: Murdoch ...
Duchess of Edinburgh is the principal courtesy title held by the wife of the Duke of Edinburgh.There have been five Duchesses of Edinburgh since the title's creation. Following the accession of Charles III in 2022, the 3rd creation of the Dukedom of Edinburgh merged in the
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Eldest sons of dukes, marquesses and earls use their father's most senior subsidiary title as courtesy titles, without "The" before the title. [c] If applicable, eldest sons of courtesy marquesses or courtesy earls also use a subsidiary title from their (great) grandfather, which is lower ranking than the one used by their father. Eldest ...
Charles, 72, remains Prince of Wales even after inheriting his late father’s title. The “symbolic” passing down of the duke role to the future king will bring “a new energy into the family ...