Peerage of England
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The Peerage of England is the historic system of hereditary and life titles of nobility—such as duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron—created by the English Crown before the 1707 Acts of Union.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duke in the Peerage of England | 2 |
| English aristocracy | 1 |
| House of Lords (by peerage) | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
peerage
ⓘ
system of nobility ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | England ⓘ |
| conferredBy |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
surface form:
English Crown
monarch of England ⓘ |
| continuesAs | subdivision of the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Peerage of Great Britain
ⓘ
Peerage of Ireland ⓘ Peerage of Scotland ⓘ Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endCause | Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1707 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Peerage of Great Britain
ⓘ
Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| follows | Anglo-Saxon nobility ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedRight | seat in the House of Lords of England ⓘ |
| hasCategory | English peerage titles ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
feudal origin
ⓘ
hereditary succession ⓘ parliamentary summons ⓘ |
| hasHigherRankThan | gentry of England ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | modern British honours system ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | historical legal order of nobility ⓘ |
| hasLowerRankThan |
British royal family
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal family of England
|
| hasNotableFeature | titles created before 1707 Acts of Union ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Baron in the Peerage of England
ⓘ
Peerage of England self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Duke in the Peerage of England
Earl in the Peerage of England ⓘ Marquess in the Peerage of England ⓘ Viscount in the Peerage of England ⓘ |
| hasRank |
baron
ⓘ
duke ⓘ earl ⓘ marquess ⓘ viscount ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | pre-Union England ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Peerage of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
British nobility
nobility in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
letters patent
ⓘ
writs of summons ⓘ |
| startTime | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
hereditary titles
ⓘ
life peerages ⓘ |
| usedIn | English feudal system ⓘ |
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
English aristocracy
this entity surface form:
Duke in the Peerage of England
subject surface form:
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
this entity surface form:
House of Lords (by peerage)
this entity surface form:
Duke in the Peerage of England
subject surface form:
Lord of Parliament
subject surface form:
Earl of Kendal (1414 creation)
subject surface form:
Earl of Kendal (1443 creation)
subject surface form:
Earl of Kendal (1533 creation)
subject surface form:
Earl of Kendal (1689 creation)
The Duke of Grafton (de facto), The Marquess of Rockingham (de jure predecessor in office sequence)
→
peerage
→
Peerage of England
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
subject surface form:
Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester