Duchy of Bronté

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The Duchy of Bronté was a feudal estate in eastern Sicily granted in 1799 to Admiral Horatio Nelson, giving him the title Duke of Bronté and linking the area to British naval history.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Duchy of Bronté canonical 5
Duchy of Bronte 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf duchy ⓘ
feudal estate ⓘ
associatedCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedPerson Emma Hamilton ⓘ
William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson ⓘ
associatedWith Bourbon Restoration in Naples ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
beneficiary Horatio Nelson ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
fullTitleConferred Duke of Bronté ⓘ
grantedBy King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies ⓘ
grantedTo Admiral Horatio Nelson ⓘ
linked to: Horatio Nelson

Horatio Nelson ⓘ
grantYear 1799 ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
hasHereditaryRights yes ⓘ
hasSeat Bronte, Sicily ⓘ
hasSettlement Bronte ⓘ
hasTitleAssociated Duke of Bronté ⓘ
historicalRegion Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ⓘ
historicalStatus noble estate ⓘ
languageOfLocalAdministration Italian ⓘ
Sicilian ⓘ
legalSystem feudal law of the Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
linkedTitle Duke of Bronté in the Peerage of the Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
linkedTo British naval history ⓘ
Mediterranean naval campaigns ⓘ
locatedIn Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
eastern Sicily ⓘ
namedAfter Bronte, Sicily ⓘ
nobleRankConferred duke ⓘ
notableOwner Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson ⓘ
linked to: Horatio Nelson

William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson ⓘ
politicalSystem feudalism ⓘ
presentInModernMunicipality Bronte, Metropolitan City of Catania ⓘ
linked to: Bronte, Catania
reasonForGrant services against the French ⓘ
support of the Bourbon monarchy in Naples ⓘ
region Metropolitan City of Catania ⓘ
Region of Sicily ⓘ
titleHeldBy Horatio Nelson ⓘ
his heirs ⓘ
typeOfTenure feudal tenure ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Brontë, Sicily → historicallyNotableFor → Duchy of Bronté ⓘ
Brontë, Sicily → namedFor → Duchy of Bronté ⓘ
Duca di Bronte → associatedWith → Duchy of Bronte ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Bronté
Castello di Maniace → partOf → Duchy of Bronté ⓘ
Castello di Maniace → associatedWith → Duchy of Bronté ⓘ
Castello di Maniace → category → Duchy of Bronté ⓘ
Charlotte Nelson, Duchess of Bronte → inherited → Duchy of Bronte ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Bronté
Charlotte Nelson, Duchess of Bronte → associatedWith → Duchy of Bronte ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Bronté
Duca di Bronte su Maniace → associatedWith → Duchy of Bronte ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Bronté