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Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, ... In most countries, the word duchess is the female equivalent.
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 ...
Also translated as Herzog (Duke). Daimyo title of powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords of medieval and early modern Japan. Duke (Herzog in German), ruler [a] of a duchy; [c] also for junior members of ducal and some grand ducal families The feminine form is Duchess. Babu, Indian title, equivalent of Duke, feminine is Babuain
Any woman who marries a peer uses the feminine version of his peerage title, even if her own precedence is higher than his, as in the case of a duke's daughter marrying a baron, because a peerage is a substantive title, the usage of which is preferred to any courtesy style – unless she marries into the British royal family.
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).
The following is the order of precedence in England and Wales as of February 2025. Separate orders exist for men and women.. Names in italics indicate that these people rank elsewhere—either higher in that table of precedence or in the table for the other sex.
Duchess, a female white cat in the 1970 Disney animated film The Aristocats; Duchess (of Loughborough), a royal locomotive from the Thomas & Friends franchise; The Duchess (of Boxford), a person from the Thomas & Friends franchise; The Duchess, from the video game American McGee's Alice
HRH The Duke of Rothesay (in Scotland) Your Royal Highness: Your Royal Highness, and thereafter as "Sir" (for males) or "Ma'am" (for females) Princess of Wales: HRH The Princess of Wales HRH The Duchess of Rothesay (in Scotland) Princess Royal: HRH The Princess Royal: Royal peer: HRH The Duke/etc. of London, e.g. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh ...