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The subsidiary titles of the dukedom were Baron of Snowdon, in the County of Caernarvon, Viscount of Launceston.

A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a medieval country, territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a high-ranking nobleman hierarchically second.

France some were and some were not, while the term is not applicable to dukedoms of other nations, even where an institution similar to the peerage (e.

Mowbray died in exile in 1399, months after his grandmother, and his dukedom was repealed.

It is the most recent dukedom conferred on someone not related to the British royal family.

When Richard himself became king, the dukedom merged into the crown.

It is the senior dukedom in that Peerage (except for the Dukedom of Rothesay held by the Sovereign's eldest son), and.

Duke of Cambridge, one of the eight current royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom, is a hereditary title of specific rank of nobility in the British royal.

The Duke of Braganza holds one of the most important dukedoms in Portugal, see Duchy of Braganza (Bragança).

Duke of Sussex is a substantive title, one of several royal dukedoms, that has been created twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Cornwall was the first dukedom conferred within the Kingdom of England.

The dukedom of Cornwall can only be held by the oldest living.

The first creation of the dukedom was on 14 September 1444, when Humphrey Stafford, 6th Earl of Stafford.

The dukedom has descended to heirs male of the body, along with eleven other hereditary.

peerages of Great Britain and the United Kingdom, most recently as a royal dukedom for the fourth son of King George V.

The dukedom's long survival for over three centuries was mainly due to its size, being.

The current dukedom of Richmond was created in 1675 for Charles Lennox, the illegitimate son.

The present dukedom is unique, in that the first holder of the title created it for himself.

Synonyms:

demesne; domain; duchy; land;

Antonyms:

incomplete; downgrade; upgrade; leave; embark;