Ducal House of Lennox

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The Ducal House of Lennox is a British noble family line established in the early 18th century that descends from the illegitimate offspring of King Charles II and holds prominent ducal titles in the peerage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British ducal house ⓘ
noble family ⓘ
associatedActivity horse racing at Goodwood ⓘ
associatedDynasty House of Stuart ⓘ
associatedEstate Goodwood Estate ⓘ
linked to: Goodwood House
coatOfArmsFeature royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
descendsFrom Charles II of England ⓘ
descentType illegitimate line of Charles II of England ⓘ
familyNameVariant Gordon-Lennox ⓘ
Lennox ⓘ
founder Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox ⓘ
foundingDate early 18th century ⓘ
hasAncestralOrigin Lennox ⓘ
hasAncestralRegion Scotland ⓘ
hasCadetBranch Gordon-Lennox line ⓘ
hasMember Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond ⓘ
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond ⓘ
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond ⓘ
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond ⓘ
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond ⓘ
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox ⓘ
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond ⓘ
Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond ⓘ
holdsHereditaryOffice Hereditary Constable of Inverness Castle ⓘ
Hereditary Keeper of the Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ
languageOfFamily English ⓘ
nobleRank ducal rank ⓘ
nobleTitle Duke of Aubigny ⓘ
Duke of Gordon ⓘ
Duke of Lennox ⓘ
Duke of Richmond ⓘ
notableFor descent from Charles II of England ⓘ
holding multiple ducal titles simultaneously ⓘ
peerage French nobility ⓘ
Peerage of England ⓘ
Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
politicalAlignmentHistorical Royalist ⓘ
region British Isles ⓘ
religionTraditionally Anglicanism ⓘ
seatHistorically Goodwood House ⓘ
seatRegion West Sussex ⓘ
socialClass British aristocracy ⓘ
successionLaw male-preference primogeniture ⓘ
titleCreationContext post-Restoration British monarchy ⓘ

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

Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond → foundedHouse → Ducal House of Lennox ⓘ
Duke of Richmond and Gordon → linkedTo → House of Stuart through Lennox line ⓘ
linked to: Ducal House of Lennox