Dukes of Richmond

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The Dukes of Richmond are a prominent English noble title historically associated with the royal FitzRoy family and closely linked to the British aristocracy and court.

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Dukes of Richmond canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ducal title
hereditary peerage title
alsoHoldsTitle Duke of Gordon
Duke of Lennox
associatedEvent Goodwood Festival of Speed
Qatar Goodwood Festival
surface form: Qatar Goodwood Festival (Glorious Goodwood)
associatedWith British aristocracy
English court
country Kingdom of England
United Kingdom
currentCreatedBy Charles II of England
currentCreationYear 1675
currentFirstHolder Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond
currentFirstHolderFather Charles II of England
currentFirstHolderMother Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth
currentHoldersFamilyName Lennox
familySeat Goodwood House
familySeatLocation West Sussex
surface form: West Sussex, England
firstCreatedBy Henry VIII of England
firstCreationExtinctionReason died without legitimate issue
firstCreationYear 1525
firstHolder Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
firstHolderFather Henry VIII of England
firstHolderMother Elizabeth Blount
languageOfTitle English
linkedTo British royal family
House of Stuart
nobleFamily FitzRoy family
notableEstate Goodwood House
surface form: Goodwood Estate
peerage Peerage of England
Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of the United Kingdom
politicalInfluence Whiggism
surface form: Whig politics (historically)
rank duke
region Richmond (Yorks)
surface form: Richmond, Yorkshire
secondCreatedBy James VI and I
surface form: James I of England
secondCreationExtinctionReason died without legitimate male issue
secondCreationYear 1623
secondHolder Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox
status extant (current creation)
subsidiaryTitle Baron Settrington
Earl of Darnley
Earl of March
thirdCreatedBy Charles I of England
thirdCreationExtinctionReason died without surviving male issue
thirdCreationYear 1641
thirdHolder James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond (third creation)
titleHolderStyle Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond
surface form: Duke of Richmond
traditionalCourtesyTitleHeir Earl of March

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FitzRoy hasNobleBranch Dukes of Richmond
Baron Settrington heldBy Dukes of Richmond