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Duke of Leinster (/ ˈ l ɪ n s t ər /; [2] [3] Irish: Diúc Laighean [4]) is a title and the premier dukedom in the Peerage of Ireland.The subsidiary titles of the Duke of Leinster are: Marquess of Kildare (1761), Earl of Kildare (1316), Earl of Offaly (1761), Viscount Leinster, of Taplow in the County of Buckingham (1747), Baron of Offaly (c. 1193), Baron Offaly (1620) and Baron Kildare, of ...
George Henry Fitzroy in his robes as Duke of Grafton Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland Extant All Dukes Dukedoms Marquesses Marquessates Earls Earldoms Viscounts Viscountcies Barons Baronies Baronets Baronetcies This article lists all dukedoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom ...
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 ...
Duke of Leinster (1st creation), 1691: Meinhardt Schomberg (1641–1719) Duke of Leinster, Duke of Schomberg, Marquess of Harwich, Earl of Brentford, Earl of Bangor, Baron Tara, Count of Mértola (Portugal) Raugravine Caroline Elisabeth (1659–1696) Charles Lennox (1672–1723) Duke of Richmond: John FitzGerald (1661–1707) 18th Earl of ...
William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster. A modest number of titles in the peerage of Ireland date from the Middle Ages.Before 1801, Irish peers had the right to sit in the Irish House of Lords, on the abolition of which by the Union effective in 1801 by an Act of 1800 they elected a small proportion – twenty-eight Irish representative peers – of their number (and elected replacements as ...
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 ).
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 ...
Carton House is a country house and surrounding demesne that was the ancestral seat of the Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster for over 700 years. Located 23 km west of Dublin, in Maynooth, County Kildare, the Carton Demesne is a 1,100 acres estate, from an original estate of 70,000 acres. [1]