Duke of Lancaster

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The Duke of Lancaster is a royal title traditionally held by the reigning British monarch in connection with the historic Duchy of Lancaster, a significant landed estate and source of private income for the sovereign.

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Label Occurrences
Duke of Lancaster canonical 17

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title
peerage title
royal title
associatedEstate Duchy of Lancaster
associatedWith British monarch
Duchy of Lancaster
ceremonialRoleIn Lancashire
connectedTo Crown Estate system (distinct from Crown Estate)
country United Kingdom
currentHolder Charles III, King of Canada
surface form: Charles III
distinctFrom Crown Estate
Duke of Cornwall
Duke of York
hasMotto Dieu et mon droit
surface form: “Dieu et mon droit” (as part of the sovereign’s arms)
hasRevenueType private estate income
hasSeatOfAdministration Lancaster Castle
hasTerritorialAssociation County Palatine of Lancaster
Lancashire
heldBy Charles I of England
surface form: Charles I

Charles II of England
surface form: Charles II

Edward IV of England
surface form: Edward IV

Edward VII
Elizabeth I of England
surface form: Elizabeth I

Elizabeth II
George I of Great Britain
surface form: George I

George II of Great Britain
surface form: George II

George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: George III

George V
George VI
King Henry IV of England
surface form: Henry IV

Henry V of England
surface form: Henry V

King Henry VI of England
surface form: Henry VI

Henry VII of England
surface form: Henry VII

Henry VIII of England
surface form: Henry VIII

James VI and I
surface form: James I

James II of England
surface form: James II

Victoria
William III of England
surface form: William III

reigning British sovereign
historicalBearer Henry of Grosmont
John of Gaunt
legalStatusOfEstate Crown body separate from the Crown Estate
linkedTo Duchy of Lancaster
surface form: Duchy of Lancaster estates
mergedInto Crown
precededBy John of Gaunt
surface form: Duke of Lancaster (John of Gaunt)
sourceOf private income for the sovereign
styleUsedIn Lancashire toasts and loyal addresses
titleIn Peerage of England
traditionalHolder British monarch

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Duke of Lancaster
Description of subject: The Duke of Lancaster is a royal title traditionally held by the reigning British monarch in connection with the historic Duchy of Lancaster, a significant landed estate and source of private income for the sovereign.

Referenced by (17)

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

British monarch title Duke of Lancaster
House of Lancaster dynasticTitle Duke of Lancaster
Duchy of Lancaster heldByInCapacityAs Duke of Lancaster
John of Gaunt title Duke of Lancaster
Henry V of England title Duke of Lancaster
King Henry IV of England title Duke of Lancaster
subject surface form: Henry IV of England
Catherine of Lancaster fatherTitle Duke of Lancaster
County Palatine of Lancaster hasTitleHolder Duke of Lancaster
County Palatine of Lancaster createdFor Duke of Lancaster
Henry of Grosmont nobleTitle Duke of Lancaster
Lancaster estate associatedWithTitle Duke of Lancaster
Earl of Lancaster, created 1267 linkedTitle Duke of Lancaster
subject surface form: Earl of Lancaster (1267 creation)
Earl of Lancaster associatedTitle Duke of Lancaster
Stafford House laterOwner Duke of Lancaster
King Henry V positionHeld Duke of Lancaster
subject surface form: Henry V of England
Lancaster Gate namedAfter Duke of Lancaster
Constance of Castile spouseTitleOfHusband Duke of Lancaster