House of Marlborough

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The House of Marlborough is a prominent British aristocratic family best known for producing the Dukes of Marlborough, including the famed military commander John Churchill and being ancestral to Winston Churchill.

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House of Marlborough canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aristocratic family ⓘ
ancestralTo Winston Churchill ⓘ
associatedFamilyName Churchill ⓘ
Spencer ⓘ
Spencer-Churchill ⓘ
associatedWithPrimeMinister Winston Churchill ⓘ
coatOfArmsDescription Quarterly, 1st and 4th, sable a lion rampant argent, on a canton of the second a cross gules; 2nd and 3rd, quarterly argent and gules, in the second and third quarters a fret or, over all on a bend sable three escallops of the first ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
foundingFigure John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
grantedTitleBy Queen Anne ⓘ
hasHereditaryTitle Baron Churchill ⓘ
Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Earl of Marlborough ⓘ
Earl of Sunderland ⓘ
Marquess of Blandford ⓘ
historicalEraOfRise late 17th century ⓘ
language English ⓘ
linkedToBattle Battle of Blenheim ⓘ
Battle of Malplaquet ⓘ
Battle of Oudenarde ⓘ
Battle of Ramillies ⓘ
linkedToEvent War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
locatedIn Blenheim Palace ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
nobleTitleAssociatedWith Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
notableFor military leadership in the War of the Spanish Succession through John Churchill ⓘ
producing the Dukes of Marlborough ⓘ
notableMember Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Consuelo Vanderbilt ⓘ
George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
politicalInfluence British Conservative politics ⓘ
region Oxfordshire ⓘ
Woodstock, Oxfordshire ⓘ
religionHistorically Anglicanism ⓘ
seat Blenheim Palace ⓘ
socialClass British nobility ⓘ
peerage of England ⓘ
titleCreationYear 1702 ⓘ

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Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough → memberOf → House of Marlborough ⓘ
subject linked to: 9th Duke of Marlborough
Lady Caroline Russell → notableFamilyConnection → House of Marlborough ⓘ
Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Churchill → memberOf → House of Marlborough ⓘ
George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough → memberOfNobleFamily → House of Marlborough ⓘ
subject linked to: George
Edla Griffiths → associatedWith → House of Marlborough ⓘ