Duke of St Albans

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The Duke of St Albans is a hereditary title in the Peerage of England, traditionally associated with descendants of King Charles II and recognized as one of the historic English dukedoms.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Duke of St Albans canonical 6
1st Duke of St Albans 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobleman ⓘ
duchy ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
subsidiary title ⓘ
associatedFamilyName Beauclerk ⓘ
associatedHouse House of Stuart (illegitimate line) ⓘ
linked to: House of Stuart
associatedWithMonarch King Charles II of England ⓘ
category Dukedoms in the Peerage of England ⓘ
Noble titles created in 1684 ⓘ
Titles created for illegitimate children of British monarchs ⓘ
ceremonialPrecedence above Duke of Portland (when extant) ⓘ
below Duke of Norfolk ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature royal arms of Charles II with a baton sinister ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdFor Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans ⓘ
creationDate 1684 ⓘ
creationPeerage Peerage of England ⓘ
creationYear 1684 ⓘ
father King Charles II of England ⓘ
firstHolder Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans ⓘ
hasGender male-preference primogeniture ⓘ
heirApparentTitle Earl of Burford ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the royal dukedoms created for illegitimate sons of Charles II ⓘ
inheritance heirs male of the body lawfully begotten ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
monarchWhoCreatedTitle King William III of England ⓘ
mother Nell Gwyn ⓘ
namedAfter St Albans ⓘ
city of St Albans in Hertfordshire ⓘ
nobleRankInUK highest rank below royal dukes ⓘ
partOf Peerage of England ⓘ
rank duke ⓘ
relatedTitle Duke of Cleveland ⓘ
Duke of Grafton ⓘ
linked to: The Duke of Grafton

Duke of Richmond ⓘ
status extant ⓘ
style His Grace ⓘ
subclassOf Duke in the British peerage ⓘ
subsidiaryOf Duke of St Albans ⓘ
Duke of St Albans ⓘ
subsidiaryTitle Baron Heddington ⓘ
Earl of Burford ⓘ
traditionalAssociation descendants of King Charles II ⓘ
typeOfNobility English nobility ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans → ordinalOfTitle → 1st Duke of St Albans ⓘ
linked to: Duke of St Albans
Earl of Burford → subsidiaryOf → Duke of St Albans ⓘ
subject linked to: Duke of St Albans
Baron Heddington → subsidiaryOf → Duke of St Albans ⓘ
subject linked to: Duke of St Albans
Baron Heddington → subsidiaryTitleOf → Duke of St Albans ⓘ
Earl of Burford → associatedWith → Duke of St Albans ⓘ
Earl of Burford → linkedTitle → Duke of St Albans ⓘ