Duke of Northumberland

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The Duke of Northumberland is a hereditary British noble title held by the head of the Percy family, historically one of England’s most powerful aristocratic dynasties and major landowners.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Duke of Northumberland canonical 48
Dukes of Northumberland 1
Ralph Percy 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer ⓘ
English noble family ⓘ
duchy ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
associatedCounty Northumberland ⓘ
associatedWith House of Percy ⓘ
associatedWithMonarchy British monarchy ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Northumberland ⓘ
ceremonialRole local leadership in Northumberland (historically) ⓘ
coatOfArms Arms of Percy family ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy King George III ⓘ
creationDate 1766 ⓘ
currentHolder Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture on estate lands ⓘ
estate management ⓘ
tourism at Alnwick Castle ⓘ
genderRestriction male-preference primogeniture (historically) ⓘ
hasHeirApparentTitle Earl Percy ⓘ
heldBy head of the Percy family ⓘ
historicalInfluence major political influence in northern England ⓘ
historicalPowerBase Northumberland ⓘ
historicalStatus one of England’s most powerful aristocratic dynasties ⓘ
holdsTitle Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
inheritedBy eldest son (customarily) ⓘ
isHereditary true ⓘ
isMajorLandowner true ⓘ
landholdingsRegion London area (Syon House estate) ⓘ
linked to: Syon Lane area

North East England ⓘ
nobleFamily Percy family ⓘ
nobleRank duke ⓘ
notableEstate Alnwick Castle gardens ⓘ
peerage Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
precedenceInPeerage high-ranking dukedom ⓘ
socialClass British aristocracy ⓘ
styleOfAddress His Grace ⓘ
subsidiaryTitles Baron Percy ⓘ
Earl Percy ⓘ
Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
titleType peerage title ⓘ
traditionalFamilySeat Albury Park ⓘ
Alnwick Castle ⓘ
Prudhoe Castle ⓘ
Syon House ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalAlignment Conservative Party (modern era) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Syon House grounds → managedBy → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Syon House grounds → ownedBy → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Alnwick Castle grounds → ownedBy → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Battle of Otterburn → commander → Ralph Percy ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Northumberland
Alnwick, Northumberland, England → associatedTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Syon Park → ownedBy → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland → nobleTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Drawing Room at Syon House → associatedWith → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Drawing Room at Syon House → commissionedBy → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Northumberland Strait → namedAfter → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
The Earl of Derby (first term as Prime Minister) → hasCabinetMember → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland → nobleTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland → honorificPrefix → The Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Northumberland
FitzRoy family → associatedWithTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Alnwick Castle → owner → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Alnwick Castle → seatOf → Dukes of Northumberland ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Northumberland
Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland → holdsTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
subject linked to: Duke of Northumberland
Percy family → nobleTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Hugh Percy → nobleTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Duke of Northumberland's River → namedAfter → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Syon House → residenceOf → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Syon House → ownedBy → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Dudley family → nobleTitleHeld → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Viscount Lisle → precedesTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Jane Guildford → marriedToTitleHolder → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
First Derby ministry → firstLordOfTheAdmiralty → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
First Derby ministry → hasCabinetMember → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
George FitzRoy → nobleTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Syon → associatedWith → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
House of Percy → notableTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset → relatedTitleCreation → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Hugh Smithson → nobleTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Percy family → notableTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
subject linked to: Percy
Baron Prudhoe → precedesTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland → heldTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
subject linked to: Baron Prudhoe
Percy family → associatedTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
subject linked to: Baron Prudhoe
Northumberland House → namedAfter → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Northumberland House → associatedWith → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Earl Percy → associatedWithTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Earl Percy → precedenceBelow → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Northumberland Estates → associatedWith → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Northumberland Estates → ownedBy → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Northumberland Estates → associatedTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Tudor Rose (1936 film) → depicts → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
The Alnwick Garden → hasOwner → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Dukes of Northumberland → titleHolderOf → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Shakespeare’s Richard II → featuresCharacter → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Baron Percy → associatedWithTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ