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  2. Dukes in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Duke, in the United Kingdom, is the highest-ranking hereditary title in all five peerages of the British Isles. A duke thus outranks all other holders of titles of nobility ( marquess , earl , viscount and baron or lord of parliament ).

  3. Order of precedence in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    A peer derives his precedence from his highest-ranking title; peeresses derive their precedence in the same way, whether they hold their highest-ranking title in their own right or by marriage. The ranks in the tables refer to peers rather than titles: if exceptions are named for a rank, these do not include peers of a higher rank (or any peers ...

  4. List of dukes in the peerages of Britain and Ireland - Wikipedia

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    In the Peerage of England, the title of duke was created 74 times (using 40 different titles: the rest were recreations).Three times a woman was created a duchess in her own right; Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, chief mistress of Charles II of England, Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, wife of Charles II's eldest illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth, and Cecilia Underwood ...

  5. Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    After English and Scottish peers, peers created in Great Britain as whole in (1707–1801) follow. Together over the Pre-Union Peerage of Ireland (pre-1801), and together they all take precedence over either the senior Peerage of the United Kingdom (post-1801), or the junior Post-Union Peerage of Ireland (1801–1922).

  6. Peerage of England - Wikipedia

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    The Duke of Norfolk [a] 1483 The Duke of Somerset: 1547 The Duke of Richmond: 1675 Duke of Gordon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; Duke of Lennox in the Peerage of Scotland; Duke of Aubigny in the Peerage of France: The Duke of Grafton: 1675 The Duke of Beaufort: 1682 The Duke of St Albans: 1684 The Duke of Bedford: 1694 The Duke of ...

  7. From Duchess to Viscount (Vis-what?): A Complete Guide to ...

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    Aaron Chown/WPA Pool/Getty Images. Examples: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex . The highest degree of the British peerage system, a duke or duchess title is traditionally granted to a prince and his ...

  8. British nobility - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, the British nobility rank directly below the British royal family. In the modern era, this ranking is more of a formally recognised social dignity, rather than something conveying practical authority; however, through bodies such as the House of Lords , the nature of some offices in the Royal Household , and British property law ...

  9. Royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    2nd Duke of Albany: Dukedom of Windsor extinct, 1972: Dukedom of York (7th creation) merged in the Crown, 1936: Dukedom of Connaught and Strathearn extinct, 1943: Dukedom of Albany (6th creation) forfeit, 1919: Duke of Edinburgh (3rd creation), 1947: Queen Elizabeth II 1926–2022: Prince Philip 1921–2021 1st Duke of Edinburgh: Prince Edward ...