Dukes of Norfolk

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The Dukes of Norfolk are the premier dukes and highest-ranking peers in the English nobility, historically serving as Earls Marshal and long associated with the powerful Howard family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf duchy ⓘ
hereditary peerage title ⓘ
associatedFamily Howard family ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature Howard arms with augmentation of honour ⓘ
flaming lion ⓘ
royal augmentation from Richard III ⓘ
country England ⓘ
currentHolderBirthYear 1956 ⓘ
currentHolderReligion Roman Catholic ⓘ
currentHolderResidence Arundel Castle ⓘ
currentTitleHolder Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk ⓘ
familyMotto Sola virtus invicta ⓘ
familyName Howard ⓘ
hereditaryOffice Earl Marshal ⓘ
hereditaryTo heirs male of the body ⓘ
historicalReligionConsequence subject to legal disabilities as Catholics before Catholic Emancipation ⓘ
historicalStatus leading noble family in late medieval and Tudor England ⓘ
nobilityRank duke ⓘ
notableTitleHolder Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk ⓘ
Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk ⓘ
Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk ⓘ
Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk ⓘ
Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk ⓘ
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (3rd creation) ⓘ
Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk ⓘ
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (3rd creation) ⓘ
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk ⓘ
originalCreationYear 1397 ⓘ
originalMonarch Richard II of England ⓘ
peerage Peerage of England ⓘ
politicalAlignmentHistorical often influential at the English court ⓘ
positionInPeerage premier duke of England ⓘ
precedence highest-ranking peers in the English nobility ⓘ
region County of Norfolk ⓘ
linked to: Norfolk county
religiousAffiliationTraditionally Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousStatusPostReformation most senior Roman Catholic lay family in England ⓘ
seatAssociated Arundel Castle ⓘ
Carlton Towers ⓘ
Norfolk House (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Norfolk House
style His Grace ⓘ
subsidiaryTitle Baron Maltravers ⓘ
Earl of Arundel ⓘ
Earl of Norfolk ⓘ
Earl of Surrey ⓘ
titleForHeirApparent Earl of Arundel ⓘ
titleHolderFamily House of Howard ⓘ
traditionalOffice Earl Marshal of England ⓘ
linked to: Earl Marshal
traditionalRole organizing coronations of British monarchs ⓘ
organizing state ceremonies ⓘ
organizing state funerals ⓘ
organizing the State Opening of Parliament ⓘ

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

Arundel Castle → associatedWithNobleHouse → Dukes of Norfolk ⓘ
Norfolk House → principalResidenceOf → Dukes of Norfolk ⓘ
Mowbray family → titleSuccession → Dukedom of Norfolk passed to the Howard family ⓘ
linked to: Dukes of Norfolk
Chief Butler of England → associatedWithFamily → Dukes of Norfolk ⓘ
Barony of Arundel → associatedWith → Dukes of Norfolk ⓘ
Fitzalan Chapel → traditionalBurialPlaceOf → Dukes of Norfolk ⓘ
Fitzalan Chapel → associatedWith → Dukes of Norfolk ⓘ
Arundel Castle Trustees → associatedWith → Dukes of Norfolk ⓘ
St Michael's Church, Framlingham → associatedWith → Dukes of Norfolk ⓘ
St Michael's Church, Framlingham → hasMonumentTo → Dukes of Norfolk ⓘ
Howard of Effingham → hasCadetBranchOf → Dukes of Norfolk ⓘ