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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.
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 ...
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 Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans: 86 1988 England 8. Duke of Bedford: 1694
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.
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)
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; List of dukedoms in Spain; Duchies in Sweden
15 January, "An Agreement of the People of England, and the places therewith incorporated, for a secure and present peace, upon grounds of common right, freedom and safety" presented to the Rump Parliament; 20 January, The trial of Charles I of England by the High Court of Justice begins; 27 January, The death warrant of Charles I of England is ...
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom