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By 1572, this class of peerage was extinct, and there were no dukes in the last 30 years of her reign. The extant dukedoms in the Peerage of England were all created (or restored, in the cases of Norfolk and Somerset) in the Stuart period, beginning with James I's re-creation of the dukedom of Buckingham in 1623 for George Villiers.
England 4. Duke of Richmond: 1675 Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond: 70 2017 England Also Duke of Lennox in the Peerage of Scotland (1675) – see below 5. Duke of Grafton: 1675 Henry FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton: 46 2011 England 6. Duke of Beaufort: 1682 Henry Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort: 72 2017 England 7. Duke of St Albans: 1684
Dukedom Holder Year created Subsidiary titles Duke of Cornwall: William, Prince of Wales: 1460 Earl of Strathearn Baron Carrickfergus Baron of Renfrew Lord of the Isles Prince and Great Steward of Scotland: Duke of Rothesay: 1398 Duke of Cambridge: 2011 Duke of Sussex: Prince Harry: 2018 Earl of Dumbarton Baron Kilkeel: Duke of York: Prince ...
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in the United Kingdom in total.
A royal duke is a duke who is a member of the British royal family, entitled to the style of "His Royal Highness".. The current royal dukedoms are, in order of precedence of their holders (that is, not in order of precedence of the dukedoms themselves):
Scotland's Peerage then became subject to many of the same principles as the English Peerage, though many peculiarities of Scottish law continue to apply to it today. Scotland, like England, had lesser and greater barons, as well as earls. There was but one Duke in Scotland: the Duke of Rothesay, the heir-apparent to the Crown.
Lists of dukedoms include: List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland. Royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom; List of French dukedoms; Dukedoms in Portugal;
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of England before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain by the Acts of Union 1707. For dates after 1708, see List of wars involving the United Kingdom .