What is a duke of england?

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What is a duke of england?

Answer 1

A Duke is a nobleman who holds the highest rank in the table of nobility below that of a King or Queen.

In the United Kingdom, the inherited position of a Duke along with its dignities, privileges, and rights is a Dukedom. However, the title of Duke has never been associated with independent rule in the British Isles: they hold Dukedoms, not Duchies. Dukes in the United Kingdom are addressed as 'Your Grace' and referred to as 'His/Her Grace'. Currently, there are twenty-seven Dukedoms in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom, held by twenty-four different people.

Answer 2

A duke is a noble person, historically of highest rank below the King or Queen, and usually controls a duchy or a Dukedom. A woman who holds in her own right the title to such duchy or dukedom, or is the wife of a duke, is normally styled duchess. However, Queen Elizabeth II is known as Duke of Normandy in the Channel Islands and Duke of Lancaster in Lancashire.

In the United Kingdom, a duke is – with the exception of the monarch and immediate Royal Family – the highest-ranking hereditary title in the British peerage, sometimes referred to as "the nobility" or simply as "Lords and Ladies." A duke therefore outranks Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts and Barons. The wife of a duke is known as a duchess.

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 Cornwall and Rothesay (both held by the Prince of Wales), York, Edinburgh, Gloucester and Kent. The former King Edward VIII was created Duke of Windsor after his abdication; however he did not have any heirs and therefore the title is not currently in use, and, because of the negative feelings resulting from the Duke's aforementioned abdication, it is unlikely to be revived. With the exceptions of the dukedoms of Cornwall and Rothesay (which can only be held by the eldest son of the Sovereign), these dukedoms are hereditary according to the Letters Patent that created them, which contain the standard remainder "heirs male of his body". The British monarch also holds and is entitled to the revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster, and within the borders of the County Palatine of Lancashire is saluted as "The Duke of Lancaster" (even when the monarch is a queen; she does not receive the title "Duchess").

Answer 3

its a noble person , highest rank below the king and queen. and usually controls duchy or a Dukedom

Answer 4

Royal Commission!

Answer 5

hi a duke of england is the cousin of a prince, princess, king or queen.

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Answer 6

A duke is the highest-ranked peer in the non-royal aristocracy.Many dukes were given titles and income-producing lands(called a duchy) as rewards for service to the monarchy;today's hereditary dukes may still have their original properties if they were able to keep running things(finances are high to run old estates so some dukes give tours of their houses to make ends meet,while others have no financial problems or sell property if they can't,but retain their titles).

Please note that there are also Royal Dukes, as well;Royal Dukes rank higher than non-royal dukes.Order of precedence:

King/Queen

Prince/Princess

(These royals often carry other titles as well,like duke/duchess,

marquess/marchioness,

earl/countess

baron/baroness)

Non-royal Peerage

Duke/Duchess

Marquess/Marchioness

Earl/Countess

Viscount/Viscountess

Baron/Baroness

Answer 7

I think it is a drink