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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 Norfolk (3rd creation), 1477: Duke of Bedford (4th creation), 1478: Alexander Stewart c. 1454 –1485 1st Duke of Albany: James III 1451/1452–1488: George Neville 1457–1483 Duke of Bedford: King Henry VII 1457–1509: Elizabeth of York 1466–1503: Richard of Shrewsbury 1473–1483 Duke of York, Duke of Norfolk: George of York 1477 ...
Duke of Marlborough (England) Duke of Montrose (Scotland) Duke of Norfolk (England) (premier non-royal duke in that peerage) (also serve as Earl Marshal) Duke of Northumberland (Great Britain) Duke of Richmond (England), Duke of Gordon (Scotland), (United Kingdom), Duke of Lennox (Scotland), Duke of Aubigny (France) (currently all one person ...
3rd Duke of Norfolk, 6th Earl of Norfolk, 10th Baron Segrave, 9th Baron Mowbray 1432–1461: John Howard (1425–1485) 1st Duke of Norfolk, 13th Baron Segrave, 12th Baron Mowbray 1483–1485: Titles forfeit, 1485: Earl of Surrey and Warenne (2nd creation), 1451: Duke of Norfolk (4th creation) restored and Earl of Surrey, 1514: John Stourton (c ...
Dukedom of Leinster (1st creation) extinct, 1719: Charles Schomberg (1683–1713) styled Marquess of Harwich: Charles Lennox (1701–1750) Duke of Richmond: Viscount Leinster, of Taplow in the County of Buckingham, 1747 Marquess of Kildare, 1761 Duke of Leinster (2nd creation), 1766: Emily Lennox (1731–1814) James FitzGerald (1722–1773)
Anciently the Dukes of Norfolk also had a townhouse, more properly a ducal palace, in the City of Norwich, the capital of the County of Norfolk, which was greatly enlarged by Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (d.1572), whose London townhouse was then the London Charterhouse just outside of the northern wall of the City of London, re-named ...