duke
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobi ...
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List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
This article lists all dukedoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Introduction of dukedoms into England
Edward III of England created the first ...
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Royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom
In the British peerage, a royal duke is a member of the British royal family, entitled to the titular dignity of prince and the style of ''His Royal Highness'', who holds a dukedom. Dukedoms are the highest titles in the British roll of peerage, a ...
Dukedoms in Portugal
The highest hereditary title in the Portuguese nobility. By tradition, there are a total of five royal and seven non-royal dukes in Portugal, out of 28 dukedoms that have ever been created. In the majority of cases, the title of duke was attribut ...
Duchies in Sweden
Duchies in Sweden have been allotted since the 13th century to powerful Swedes, almost always to princes of Sweden (only in some of the dynasties) and wives of the latter. From the beginning these duchies were often centers of regional power, w ...
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Lists of dukes
Lists of dukes include:
* List of dukes in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
* List of dukes in Europe
* List of dukes in the nobility of Italy
* List of dukes in the peerage of Spain
See also
* Lists of dukedoms
* Duke (disambiguation) for ...