Duke of Northumberland

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British peer English noble family duchy hereditary title

The Duke of Northumberland is a hereditary British noble title held by the head of the Percy family, historically one of England’s most powerful aristocratic dynasties and major landowners.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Duke of Northumberland canonical 22
Dukes of Northumberland 1
Ralph Percy 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer ⓘ
English noble family ⓘ
duchy ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
associatedCounty Northumberland ⓘ
associatedWith House of Percy ⓘ
associatedWithMonarchy British monarchy ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Northumberland ⓘ
ceremonialRole local leadership in Northumberland (historically) ⓘ
coatOfArms Arms of Percy family ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: King George III
creationDate 1766 ⓘ
currentHolder Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture on estate lands ⓘ
estate management ⓘ
tourism at Alnwick Castle ⓘ
genderRestriction male-preference primogeniture (historically) ⓘ
hasHeirApparentTitle Earl Percy ⓘ
heldBy head of the Percy family ⓘ
historicalInfluence major political influence in northern England ⓘ
historicalPowerBase Northumberland ⓘ
historicalStatus one of England’s most powerful aristocratic dynasties ⓘ
holdsTitle Duke of Northumberland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
inheritedBy eldest son (customarily) ⓘ
isHereditary true ⓘ
isMajorLandowner true ⓘ
landholdingsRegion Syon Lane area ⓘ
surface form: London area (Syon House estate)

North East England ⓘ
nobleFamily Percy family ⓘ
nobleRank duke ⓘ
notableEstate Alnwick Castle grounds ⓘ
surface form: Alnwick Castle gardens
peerage Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
precedenceInPeerage high-ranking dukedom ⓘ
socialClass British aristocracy ⓘ
styleOfAddress His Grace ⓘ
subsidiaryTitles Baron Percy ⓘ
Earl Percy ⓘ
Earl of Northumberland ⓘ
titleType peerage title ⓘ
traditionalFamilySeat Albury Park ⓘ
Alnwick Castle ⓘ
Prudhoe Castle ⓘ
Syon House ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalAlignment Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Conservative Party (modern era)

Referenced by (25)

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

Syon House grounds → managedBy → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Syon House grounds → ownedBy → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Alnwick Castle grounds → ownedBy → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Battle of Otterburn → commander → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ralph Percy
Alnwick, Northumberland, England → associatedTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Syon Park → ownedBy → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland → nobleTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Drawing Room at Syon House → associatedWith → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Drawing Room at Syon House → commissionedBy → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Northumberland Strait → namedAfter → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
The Earl of Derby (as Prime Minister, first term) → hasCabinetMember → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
subject surface form: The Earl of Derby (first term as Prime Minister)
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland → nobleTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland → nobleTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland → honorificPrefix → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Duke of Northumberland
FitzRoy family → associatedWithTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Alnwick Castle → owner → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Alnwick Castle → seatOf → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dukes of Northumberland
Duke of Northumberland → holdsTitle → Duke of Northumberland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland
Percy family → nobleTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Hugh Percy → nobleTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Duke of Northumberland's River → namedAfter → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Syon House → residenceOf → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Syon House → ownedBy → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Dudley family → nobleTitleHeld → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
Viscount Lisle → precedesTitle → Duke of Northumberland ⓘ