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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 ...
The Dukes of Hazzard follows the adventures of "the Duke boys", primarily cousins Bo Duke (John Schneider) and Luke Duke (but alternatively Coy and Vance Duke for most of season 5), who live on a family farm in fictional Hazzard County, Georgia (the exact location of which is never specified, though Atlanta is mentioned several times as the nearest big city), with their cousin Daisy (Catherine ...
Duke of York: Earldom (3rd creation), Marquessate, and Dukedom (1st creation) of Suffolk restored, 1463: Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk: Richard III Duke of Gloucester King of England: Edward IV King of England: Elizabeth Plantagenet: John de la Pole (1442–1492) 2nd Duke of Suffolk, 2nd Marquess of Suffolk, 5th Earl of Suffolk, 1463–1492 ...
The first duke was President of the Council of Ministers and a quite remarkable ambassador in London and to the Congress of Vienna; Duke of Saldanha, 1857, family Saldanha Oliveira e Daun. Also 1st Marquis of Saldanha, 1st Count of Saldanha and 1st Count of Almoster. The first duke was President of the Council of Ministers and Marshal of the Army;
The kings and dukes of Lorraine have held different posts under different governments over different regions, since its creation as the kingdom of Lotharingia by the Treaty of Prüm, in 855. The first rulers of the newly established region were kings of the Franks. The Latin construction "Lotharingia" evolved over time into "Lorraine" in French ...
Duke of Burgundy (French: duc de Bourgogne) was a title used by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, from its establishment in 843 to its annexation by the French crown in 1477, and later by members of the House of Habsburg, including Holy Roman Emperors and kings of Spain, who claimed Burgundy proper and ruled the Burgundian Netherlands.
The dukes' lands straddled the border areas between the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire and were divided into two groups of possessions. [5] In the south was the Duchy of Burgundy itself, and the neighbouring County of Burgundy (the modern Franche-Comté), a fief of the Empire.
Duke of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Leicester: Joan of Lancaster c. 1312 –1349: John (II) de Mowbray 1310–1361 3rd Baron Mowbray: Eleanor of Lancaster 1318–1372: Mary of Lancaster c. 1320 –1362: Earl of Worcester (2nd creation), 1397: John of Gaunt 1340–1399 Duke of Lancaster, 5th Earl of Lancaster, (6th) Earl of ...