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Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales (Welsh: Tywysog Cymru) is a title traditionally granted to the Heir Apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (and formerly the Kingdom of Great Britain and before that the Kingdom of England). The current Prince of Wales is Prince... -
Duke of Normandy
Duke of Normandy is a title held or claimed by various Norman, English and French rulers from the tenth century until the end of the French monarchy. The title refers to the region of Normandy in France and several associated islands in the English Channel. The fiefdom of Normandy was created in... -
Lord of Mann
The title Lord of Mann (Manx: Çhiarn Vannin), is used on the Isle of Man to refer to Queen Elizabeth II, who is the Island's Lord Proprietor and head of state. The title is not correctly used on its own. Since 1399, the Kings and Lords of Mann existed in a position of feudality as vassals of the... -
Duke of Cornwall
The Dukedom of Cornwall was the first dukedom created in the peerage of England. The present Duke of Cornwall is The Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, the reigning British monarch (since 1952). According to legend, Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall under King Uther Pendragon, rebelled... -
Lord of the Isles
The designation Lord of the Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Triath nan Eilean or Rí Innse Gall), now a Scottish title of nobility, emerged from a series of mixed-blood Viking/Gaelic rulers of the west coast and islands of Scotland in the Middle Ages. Their power rested on large fleets of Birlinns, a type... -
Duke of Windsor
The peerage title Duke of Windsor was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1937 for The Prince Edward, formerly King of the United Kingdom as well as each of the other Commonwealth realms. The dukedom takes its name from the town where the famous Windsor Castle is situated – having been... -
Princess of Wales
Princess of Wales is a British courtesy title held by the wife of The Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283. Due to the mortality rate and the fact that very few Princes of Wales married prior to ascending the throne (if that), there have in fact been only ten Princesses... -
Duke of York
The title Duke of York is a title of nobility in the British peerage. Since the 15th century, it has, when granted, usually been given to the second son of the British monarch. Since the second creation (1474), not one of the holders of the title has ever passed it on: they either died without male... -
Marquess of Huntly
Marquess of Huntly is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on April 17, 1599, for George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly, making it the oldest existing marquessate in Scotland, and the second-oldest in the British Isles, only the English marquessate of Winchester being older. The Gordon... -
Marquess of Queensberry
Marquess of Queensberry (often spelled, after the French, as the Marquis of Queensbury) is a title in the peerage of Scotland. The title has been held since its creation in 1682 by a member of the Douglas family. The Marquesses also held the title of Duke of Queensberry from 1684 to 1810, when it...
